Enrollment Trends at Laney

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,090 where 9,328 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 11,667 students in 2016 and was lowest at 8,168 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 11,667 to 9,328 students, a net loss of 2,339 (20%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,667	5,287	6,380
2016-17	10,928 -739	4,963 -324	5,965 -415
2017-18	10,891 -37	4,975 12	5,916 -49
2018-19	10,404 -487	4,758 -217	5,646 -270
2019-20	10,424 20	4,736 -22	5,688 42
2020-21	9,225 -1,199	4,058 -678	5,167 -521
2021-22	8,168 -1,057	3,816 -242	4,352 -815
2022-23	9,653 1,485	4,299 483	5,354 1,002
2023-24	10,211 558	4,784 485	5,427 73
2024-25	9,328 -883	4,409 -375	4,919 -508
Average	10,090	4,609	5,481

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 16.94% and the percentage of black students is 20.10% at Laney College. 20.69% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 29.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 14.39% to 16.94%. Asian enrollment declined from 25.48% to 20.69%. Black student enrollment decreased from 23.75% to 20.10%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 20.82% to 29.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7962 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8120 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Laney 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	35	2,973	2,771	2,429	67	1,679	589
2016-17	27	3,374	2,386	2,352	71	1,564	544
2017-18	36	3,371	2,255	2,543	80	1,521	533
2018-19	19	2,778	2,158	2,435	62	1,493	558
2019-20	22	2,767	2,029	2,593	64	1,435	522
2020-21	15	2,397	1,681	2,338	53	1,440	580
2021-22	18	1,970	1,532	2,166	58	1,497	461
2022-23	24	2,244	1,997	2,690	61	1,519	576
2023-24	28	2,305	2,048	3,044	47	1,612	568
2024-25	11	1,930	1,875	2,764	55	1,580	594
Average	24	2,611	2,073	2,535	62	1,534	553