Enrollment Trends at HACC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,958 where 12,585 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 19,121 students in 2016 and was lowest at 12,576 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 19,121 to 12,585 students, a net loss of 6,536 (34.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Harrisburg Area Community College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	19,121	6,985	12,136
2016-17	18,837 -284	6,766 -219	12,071 -65
2017-18	18,681 -156	6,768 2	11,913 -158
2018-19	18,081 -600	6,439 -329	11,642 -271
2019-20	17,422 -659	6,090 -349	11,332 -310
2020-21	15,376 -2,046	5,082 -1,008	10,294 -1,038
2021-22	14,023 -1,353	4,600 -482	9,423 -871
2022-23	12,576 -1,447	4,113 -487	8,463 -960
2023-24	12,880 304	4,358 245	8,522 59
2024-25	12,585 -295	4,269 -89	8,316 -206
Average	15,958	5,547	10,411

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.20%. The percentage was 68.93% 10 years ago and HACC still has a high percentage of white students. 5.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.40% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.75% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 68.93% to 60.20%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.23% to 5.75%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.89% to 10.40%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.11% to 13.75%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6028 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5010 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Harrisburg Area 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	62	617	2,082	1,933	35	13,180	535
2016-17	44	650	1,990	1,955	25	12,824	587
2017-18	47	642	1,894	2,150	21	12,588	590
2018-19	44	667	1,744	2,175	16	12,124	625
2019-20	50	735	1,701	2,188	19	11,393	624
2020-21	33	689	1,425	1,813	16	10,131	605
2021-22	38	631	1,373	1,730	14	9,058	533
2022-23	32	623	1,226	1,564	10	8,086	479
2023-24	29	690	1,298	1,705	13	7,963	531
2024-25	36	724	1,309	1,730	11	7,576	526
Average	42	667	1,604	1,894	18	10,492	564