Enrollment Trends at Pennsylvania Highlands

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,519 where 2,501 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,814 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,270 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,456 to 2,501 students, a net gain of 45 (1.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,456	1,035	1,421
2016-17	2,655 199	1,090 55	1,565 144
2017-18	2,814 159	1,146 56	1,668 103
2018-19	2,658 -156	1,059 -87	1,599 -69
2019-20	2,752 94	1,038 -21	1,714 115
2020-21	2,456 -296	870 -168	1,586 -128
2021-22	2,345 -111	830 -40	1,515 -71
2022-23	2,270 -75	850 20	1,420 -95
2023-24	2,286 16	879 29	1,407 -13
2024-25	2,501 215	953 74	1,548 141
Average	2,519	975	1,544

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 81.97%. The percentage was 87.09% 10 years ago and Pennsylvania Highlands still has a high percentage of white students. 1.08% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.24% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.80% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 87.09% to 81.97%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.63% to 1.08%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.66% to 5.24%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.04% to 2.80%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3236 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2391 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pennsylvania Highlands 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	4	40	90	50	1	2,139	48
2016-17	8	39	146	56	1	2,141	78
2017-18	4	30	129	63	1	2,369	94
2018-19	4	20	102	68	2	2,213	77
2019-20	0	26	116	67	1	2,299	72
2020-21	2	21	105	36	2	2,089	55
2021-22	1	20	91	42	0	2,018	43
2022-23	1	19	75	45	0	1,968	39
2023-24	7	19	78	56	0	1,990	48
2024-25	10	27	131	70	0	2,050	72
Average	4	26	106	55	1	2,128	63