Enrollment Trends at LSC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,628 where 4,074 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in LSC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,862	2,152	2,710
2016-17	4,793 -69	2,154 2	2,639 -71
2017-18	5,059 266	2,324 170	2,735 96
2018-19	5,281 222	2,406 82	2,875 140
2019-20	5,230 -51	2,316 -90	2,914 39
2020-21	4,762 -468	1,984 -332	2,778 -136
2021-22	4,373 -389	1,841 -143	2,532 -246
2022-23	3,849 -524	1,728 -113	2,121 -411
2023-24	4,001 152	1,684 -44	2,317 196
2024-25	4,074 73	1,760 76	2,314 -3
Average	4,628	2,035	2,594

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 81.44%. The percentage was 82.81% 10 years ago and LSC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.08% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.85% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.81% to 81.44%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.30% to 1.08%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.29% to 2.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.67% to 4.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3316 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3110 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lake Superior 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	72	63	160	130	7	4,026	167
2016-17	78	71	134	130	2	3,975	182
2017-18	72	72	154	132	4	4,176	202
2018-19	82	87	163	133	3	4,352	203
2019-20	72	90	133	149	2	4,299	218
2020-21	61	73	126	174	7	3,957	206
2021-22	50	59	110	154	0	3,640	184
2022-23	50	61	86	142	1	3,224	151
2023-24	54	63	105	141	2	3,287	182
2024-25	56	44	116	165	1	3,318	199
Average	65	68	129	145	3	3,825	189