Enrollment Trends at Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 994 where 1,539 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 676 to 1,539 students, a gain of 863 (127.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	676	505	171
2016-17	680 4	481 -24	199 28
2017-18	719 39	477 -4	242 43
2018-19	809 90	527 50	282 40
2019-20	830 21	546 19	284 2
2020-21	944 114	613 67	331 47
2021-22	1,184 240	852 239	332 1
2022-23	1,209 25	906 54	303 -29
2023-24	1,345 136	998 92	347 44
2024-25	1,539 194	1,145 147	394 47
Average	994	705	289

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 7.99% and the percentage of black students is 34.31% at Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park. 1.17% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 52.70% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 14.94% to 7.99%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.37% to 1.17%. Black student enrollment increased from 22.78% to 34.31%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 55.92% to 52.70%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5969 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6119 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park 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	0	16	154	378	2	101	17
2016-17	1	18	172	385	2	82	12
2017-18	4	14	204	405	0	70	18
2018-19	6	14	221	428	0	100	30
2019-20	2	9	263	416	0	103	20
2020-21	3	12	327	459	0	107	18
2021-22	1	23	373	577	4	126	36
2022-23	2	26	323	661	2	125	23
2023-24	5	14	399	770	2	112	28
2024-25	1	18	528	811	3	123	52
Average	3	16	296	529	2	105	25

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.