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.

The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Laney than male students.

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