Enrollment Trends at LCC

The student population at Lower Columbia College is 2,435 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 764 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 2.25 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

894 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 90.21% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,791 where 2,435 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 2.25 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in LCC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lower Columbia College since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,199	1,233	1,966
2013-14	3,152 -47	1,129 -104	2,023 57
2014-15	3,208 56	1,169 40	2,039 16
2015-16	2,969 -239	1,062 -107	1,907 -132
2016-17	2,787 -182	981 -81	1,806 -101
2017-18	2,935 148	981 0	1,954 148
2018-19	2,819 -116	882 -99	1,937 -17
2019-20	2,703 -116	842 -40	1,861 -76
2020-21	2,325 -378	678 -164	1,647 -214
2021-22	2,164 -161	648 -30	1,516 -131
2022-23	2,435 271	749 101	1,686 170
Average	2,791	941	1,849

Lower Columbia College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.54%. The percentage was 78.43% 10 years ago and LCC still has a high percentage of white students. 2.51% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.81% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lower Columbia College over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	41	51	46	206	7	2,509	118
2013-14	47	55	35	220	8	2,456	111
2014-15	33	49	30	244	3	2,467	141
2015-16	34	62	39	259	4	2,187	166
2016-17	39	56	23	254	3	2,079	141
2017-18	39	72	38	291	6	2,144	172
2018-19	38	60	38	321	8	1,994	184
2019-20	32	68	33	273	7	1,963	178
2020-21	18	63	41	241	8	1,733	130
2021-22	18	49	33	260	8	1,578	136
2022-23	24	61	44	304	9	1,742	163
Average	33	59	36	261	6	2,077	149

Lower Columbia College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

894 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has increased 90.21% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lower Columbia College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,208	470	679	2,059
2015-16	2,969	433	599	1,937
2016-17	2,787	446	657	1,684
2017-18	2,935	547	688	1,700
2018-19	2,819	612	761	1,446
2019-20	2,703	696	926	1,081
2020-21	2,325	1,818	401	106
2021-22	2,164	1,166	693	305
2022-23	2,435	894	849	692
Average	2,705	787	695	1,223

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