Enrollment Trends at Luzerne County CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,836 where 4,460 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 5,788 students in 2016 and was lowest at 4,187 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,788 to 4,460 students, a net loss of 1,328 (22.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,788	2,291	3,497
2016-17	5,669 -119	2,208 -83	3,461 -36
2017-18	5,360 -309	2,095 -113	3,265 -196
2018-19	4,984 -376	1,925 -170	3,059 -206
2019-20	4,920 -64	1,898 -27	3,022 -37
2020-21	4,454 -466	1,585 -313	2,869 -153
2021-22	4,187 -267	1,428 -157	2,759 -110
2022-23	4,220 33	1,439 11	2,781 22
2023-24	4,315 95	1,467 28	2,848 67
2024-25	4,460 145	1,576 109	2,884 36
Average	4,836	1,791	3,045

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.65%. The percentage was 73.26% 10 years ago and Luzerne County CC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.79% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.35% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 24.28% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.26% to 52.65%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.54% to 1.79%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.28% to 6.35%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.66% to 24.28%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6594 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4498 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Luzerne County Community College 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	18	89	248	617	10	4,240	70
2016-17	25	85	252	706	11	3,955	85
2017-18	20	73	285	755	2	3,593	94
2018-19	17	80	236	757	5	3,304	78
2019-20	17	85	286	796	7	3,173	64
2020-21	21	79	228	666	5	2,855	41
2021-22	21	70	270	647	3	2,566	27
2022-23	18	75	256	786	7	2,424	30
2023-24	17	90	295	879	6	2,372	26
2024-25	14	80	283	1,083	1	2,348	54
Average	19	81	264	769	6	3,083	57