Enrollment Trends at LCCC

-517

Total Enrollment

-448

Men

-69

Women

The student population at Lehigh Carbon Community College is 6,221 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 517 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 1.75 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,816 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 125.59% since 2015.

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,564 where 6,221 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.75 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in LCCC than male students.

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

YearTotalMenWomen
2015-166,7382,7094,029
2016-176,620
-118
2,578
-131
4,042
13
2017-186,956
336
2,708
130
4,248
206
2018-197,109
153
2,728
20
4,381
133
2019-206,843
-266
2,586
-142
4,257
-124
2020-216,205
-638
2,137
-449
4,068
-189
2021-226,324
119
2,162
25
4,162
94
2022-236,242
-82
2,265
103
3,977
-185
2023-246,385
143
2,331
66
4,054
77
2024-256,221
-164
2,261
-70
3,960
-94
Average6,5642,4474,118
Lehigh Carbon Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.44%. The percentage was 63.08% 10 years ago and LCCC still has a high percentage of white students. 3.49% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.64% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 30.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.08% to 51.44%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.29% to 3.49%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.14% to 7.64%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.23% to 30.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6355 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5832 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lehigh Carbon Community College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

YearAmerican Indian or Native AmericanAsianBlackHispanicNative Hawaiian or Other Pacific IslanderWhiteTwo or More Races
2015-161415441475704,250303
2016-17111443981,32004,003269
2017-1871714601,55904,019285
2018-19422015051,80443,869225
2019-20231664581,85633,726287
2020-21181484331,60323,465260
2021-22321754761,69043,489237
2022-23401924961,774153,360164
2023-24381995141,915153,292155
2024-25422174751,889113,200148
Average271774631,61753,667233
Lehigh Carbon Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,816 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 125.59% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lehigh Carbon Community College from 2015 to 2025.

YearTotal EnrollmentOnline CompletelyEnrolled in Some Online CoursesNot Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-166,7388051,1324,801
2016-176,6208401,0874,693
2017-186,9569391,1654,852
2018-197,1093171,8124,980
2019-206,8431,1111,3894,343
2020-216,2055,062311832
2021-226,3243,3461,2721,706
2022-236,2422,1271,6632,452
2023-246,3851,9831,9222,480
2024-256,2211,8161,8102,595
Average6,5641,8351,3563,373

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