Enrollment Trends at Lehman College

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,891 where 13,324 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

87.19% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.81% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 817 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 300 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.94 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Lehman College than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at CUNY Lehman College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,807	10,800	3,490	7,310	2,007	543	1,464
2016-17	13,329 522	11,320 520	3,694 204	7,626 316	2,009 2	578 35	1,431 -33
2017-18	14,130 801	11,978 658	3,864 170	8,114 488	2,152 143	629 51	1,523 92
2018-19	14,787 657	12,639 661	4,085 221	8,554 440	2,148 -4	635 6	1,513 -10
2019-20	15,143 356	13,002 363	4,216 131	8,786 232	2,141 -7	632 -3	1,509 -4
2020-21	15,091 -52	12,833 -169	4,020 -196	8,813 27	2,258 117	603 -29	1,655 146
2021-22	14,392 -699	12,375 -458	3,880 -140	8,495 -318	2,017 -241	527 -76	1,490 -165
2022-23	13,015 -1,377	11,211 -1,164	3,660 -220	7,551 -944	1,804 -213	501 -26	1,303 -187
2023-24	12,894 -121	11,227 16	3,914 254	7,313 -238	1,667 -137	470 -31	1,197 -106
2024-25	13,324 430	11,617 390	4,044 130	7,573 260	1,707 40	495 25	1,212 15
Average	13,891	11,900	3,887	8,014	1,991	561	1,430

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,900 where 11,617 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at CUNY Lehman College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,800	6,259	2,082	4,177	4,541	1,408	3,133
2016-17	11,320	6,600	2,208	4,392	4,720	1,486	3,234
2017-18	11,978	7,216	2,426	4,790	4,762	1,438	3,324
2018-19	12,639	7,794	2,605	5,189	4,845	1,480	3,365
2019-20	13,002	8,066	2,698	5,368	4,936	1,518	3,418
2020-21	12,833	8,380	2,731	5,649	4,453	1,289	3,164
2021-22	12,375	7,927	2,605	5,322	4,448	1,275	3,173
2022-23	11,211	7,401	2,502	4,899	3,810	1,158	2,652
2023-24	11,227	7,396	2,667	4,729	3,831	1,247	2,584
2024-25	11,617	7,443	2,685	4,758	4,174	1,359	2,815
Average	11,900	11,900	2,521	4,927	11,900	1,366	3,086

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,991 where 1,707 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at CUNY Lehman College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,007	249	60	189	1,758	483	1,275
2016-17	2,009	234	52	182	1,775	526	1,249
2017-18	2,152	227	48	179	1,925	581	1,344
2018-19	2,148	214	53	161	1,934	582	1,352
2019-20	2,141	198	52	146	1,943	580	1,363
2020-21	2,258	285	68	217	1,973	535	1,438
2021-22	2,017	215	38	177	1,802	489	1,313
2022-23	1,804	186	34	152	1,618	467	1,151
2023-24	1,667	217	43	174	1,450	427	1,023
2024-25	1,707	672	142	530	1,035	353	682
Average	1,991	1,991	59	211	1,991	502	1,219

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 8.36% and the percentage of black students is 24.81% at CUNY Lehman College. 6.93% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 55.10% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 9.54% to 8.36%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.32% to 6.93%. Black student enrollment decreased from 28.23% to 24.81%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 51.70% to 55.10%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6227 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6399 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

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• 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	18	810	3,616	6,621	21	1,222	81
2016-17	22	870	3,624	7,140	22	1,172	102
2017-18	25	883	3,805	7,717	26	1,168	128
2018-19	22	952	3,935	8,218	29	1,123	121
2019-20	28	957	4,121	8,339	30	1,096	158
2020-21	22	1,003	3,971	8,321	17	1,161	190
2021-22	27	959	3,638	7,907	14	1,249	202
2022-23	27	962	3,300	7,160	17	989	201
2023-24	30	895	3,306	7,039	11	1,033	208
2024-25	25	923	3,306	7,342	11	1,114	213
Average	25	921	3,662	7,580	20	1,133	160