Enrollment Trends at Copiah-Lincoln CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,970 where 2,932 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.49 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Copiah-Lincoln CC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Copiah-Lincoln Community College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,098	1,204	1,894
2016-17	3,006 -92	1,176 -28	1,830 -64
2017-18	3,075 69	1,186 10	1,889 59
2018-19	3,094 19	1,138 -48	1,956 67
2019-20	3,113 19	1,183 45	1,930 -26
2020-21	2,907 -206	1,097 -86	1,810 -120
2021-22	2,837 -70	1,095 -2	1,742 -68
2022-23	2,801 -36	1,110 15	1,691 -51
2023-24	2,834 33	1,090 -20	1,744 53
2024-25	2,932 98	1,177 87	1,755 11
Average	2,970	1,146	1,824

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.40%. The percentage was 53.65% 10 years ago and Copiah-Lincoln CC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.51% of enrolled students is Asian and 41.61% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.56% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 53.65% to 51.40%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.13% to 0.51%. Black student enrollment increased from 41.45% to 41.61%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.13% to 2.56%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5619 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5402 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Copiah-Lincoln Community College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	9	4	1,284	35	1	1,662	19
2016-17	3	4	1,212	47	0	1,637	18
2017-18	3	6	1,226	33	2	1,696	20
2018-19	12	7	1,233	38	1	1,673	23
2019-20	9	14	1,214	43	3	1,631	28
2020-21	5	10	1,162	55	2	1,608	19
2021-22	5	11	1,147	63	1	1,560	21
2022-23	8	13	1,084	64	0	1,522	27
2023-24	7	14	1,145	66	3	1,495	38
2024-25	5	15	1,220	75	2	1,507	28
Average	7	10	1,193	52	2	1,599	24