Enrollment Trends at Iowa Lakes CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,055 where 1,945 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,315 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,803 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,315 to 1,945 students, a net loss of 370 (16%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,315	1,151	1,164
2016-17	2,122 -193	998 -153	1,124 -40
2017-18	2,011 -111	885 -113	1,126 2
2018-19	2,051 40	900 15	1,151 25
2019-20	2,035 -16	956 56	1,079 -72
2020-21	2,288 253	1,055 99	1,233 154
2021-22	1,803 -485	803 -252	1,000 -233
2022-23	1,960 157	895 92	1,065 65
2023-24	2,024 64	989 94	1,035 -30
2024-25	1,945 -79	947 -42	998 -37
Average	2,055	958	1,098

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.64%. The percentage was 86.05% 10 years ago and Iowa Lakes CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.18% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.62% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.32% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.05% to 79.64%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.25% to 1.18%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.67% to 2.62%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.49% to 6.32%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3608 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2560 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Iowa Lakes Community 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	17	29	85	104	3	1,992	7
2016-17	16	33	92	105	1	1,804	8
2017-18	8	26	106	99	1	1,565	3
2018-19	8	11	91	91	1	1,432	3
2019-20	13	22	103	88	9	1,412	2
2020-21	13	27	131	108	8	1,769	3
2021-22	7	19	69	106	8	1,377	4
2022-23	5	16	74	123	5	1,445	11
2023-24	4	21	51	120	4	1,497	18
2024-25	7	23	51	123	2	1,549	20
Average	10	23	85	107	4	1,584	8