Enrollment Trends at Lackawanna

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,856 where 2,211 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.56 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Lackawanna than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,629	844	785
2016-17	1,489 -140	817 -27	672 -113
2017-18	1,604 115	826 9	778 106
2018-19	1,873 269	878 52	995 217
2019-20	1,991 118	885 7	1,106 111
2020-21	2,043 52	868 -17	1,175 69
2021-22	1,916 -127	734 -134	1,182 7
2022-23	1,868 -48	753 19	1,115 -67
2023-24	1,939 71	775 22	1,164 49
2024-25	2,211 272	863 88	1,348 184
Average	1,856	824	1,032

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.63%. The percentage was 65.32% 10 years ago and Lackawanna still has a high percentage of white students. 1.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.66% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.15% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.32% to 55.63%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.39% to 1.72%. Black student enrollment decreased from 16.76% to 12.66%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.35% to 16.15%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6470 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5371 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lackawanna 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	4	39	273	136	1	1,064	41
2016-17	3	27	293	136	0	935	22
2017-18	6	21	256	180	2	974	26
2018-19	10	23	239	226	4	1,092	43
2019-20	8	25	235	234	4	1,198	47
2020-21	8	24	263	242	5	1,159	37
2021-22	11	17	227	265	4	1,061	41
2022-23	8	25	261	281	3	970	46
2023-24	7	23	300	356	3	1,024	53
2024-25	8	38	280	357	1	1,230	75
Average	7	26	263	241	3	1,071	43