Enrollment Trends at Lone Star College System

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 71,366 where 73,077 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 74,300 students in 2020 and was lowest at 68,415 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 70,724 to 73,077 students, a net gain of 2,353 (3.3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	70,724	29,273	41,451
2016-17	71,551 827	29,900 627	41,651 200
2017-18	72,336 785	29,763 -137	42,573 922
2018-19	73,499 1,163	29,569 -194	43,930 1,357
2019-20	74,300 801	30,001 432	44,299 369
2020-21	70,109 -4,191	27,049 -2,952	43,060 -1,239
2021-22	68,653 -1,456	27,200 151	41,453 -1,607
2022-23	68,415 -238	28,040 840	40,375 -1,078
2023-24	70,991 2,576	29,421 1,381	41,570 1,195
2024-25	73,077 2,086	30,529 1,108	42,548 978
Average	71,366	29,075	42,291

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 23.87% and the percentage of black students is 13.42% at Lone Star College System. 8.05% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 42.80% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 33.17% to 23.87%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.19% to 8.05%. Black student enrollment decreased from 15.22% to 13.42%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 34.63% to 42.80%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7341 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7420 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	169	4,379	10,764	24,494	0	23,459	2,231
2016-17	162	4,775	10,355	27,160	0	23,105	2,235
2017-18	149	4,804	10,481	27,010	0	22,657	2,364
2018-19	144	4,986	10,015	27,925	0	22,432	2,442
2019-20	134	5,373	9,476	30,098	0	22,271	2,567
2020-21	129	5,238	8,908	27,913	0	21,094	2,552
2021-22	134	5,096	8,892	27,755	0	19,604	2,503
2022-23	157	5,250	8,900	28,246	0	18,298	2,485
2023-24	149	5,642	9,316	29,849	0	18,263	2,538
2024-25	157	5,883	9,805	31,275	0	17,440	2,664
Average	148	5,143	9,691	28,173	0	20,862	2,458