Enrollment Trends at YCP

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,138 where 3,825 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 4,739 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,656 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,739 to 3,825 students, a net loss of 914 (19.3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,739	4,537	2,053	2,484	202	76	126
2016-17	4,508 -231	4,293 -244	1,949 -104	2,344 -140	215 13	68 -8	147 21
2017-18	4,415 -93	4,171 -122	1,924 -25	2,247 -97	244 29	78 10	166 19
2018-19	4,317 -98	4,050 -121	1,862 -62	2,188 -59	267 23	100 22	167 1
2019-20	4,307 -10	4,038 -12	1,784 -78	2,254 66	269 2	105 5	164 -3
2020-21	4,039 -268	3,748 -290	1,651 -133	2,097 -157	291 22	89 -16	202 38
2021-22	3,852 -187	3,527 -221	1,539 -112	1,988 -109	325 34	72 -17	253 51
2022-23	3,656 -196	3,335 -192	1,455 -84	1,880 -108	321 -4	72	249 -4
2023-24	3,720 64	3,308 -27	1,445 -10	1,863 -17	412 91	97 25	315 66
2024-25	3,825 105	3,369 61	1,450 5	1,919 56	456 44	112 15	344 29
Average	4,138	3,838	1,711	2,126	300	87	213

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,838 where 3,369 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at York College of Pennsylvania since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,537	4,077	1,835	2,242	460	218	242
2016-17	4,293	3,851	1,730	2,121	442	219	223
2017-18	4,171	3,814	1,744	2,070	357	180	177
2018-19	4,050	3,707	1,670	2,037	343	192	151
2019-20	4,038	3,687	1,598	2,089	351	186	165
2020-21	3,748	3,438	1,491	1,947	310	160	150
2021-22	3,527	3,171	1,361	1,810	356	178	178
2022-23	3,335	2,962	1,263	1,699	373	192	181
2023-24	3,308	2,939	1,282	1,657	369	163	206
2024-25	3,369	3,072	1,338	1,734	297	112	185
Average	3,838	3,838	1,531	1,941	3,838	180	186

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 300 where 456 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at York College of Pennsylvania since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	202	40	14	26	162	62	100
2016-17	215	45	14	31	170	54	116
2017-18	244	44	12	32	200	66	134
2018-19	267	53	26	27	214	74	140
2019-20	269	43	22	21	226	83	143
2020-21	291	48	21	27	243	68	175
2021-22	325	74	27	47	251	45	206
2022-23	321	72	27	45	249	45	204
2023-24	412	76	28	48	336	69	267
2024-25	456	88	35	53	368	77	291
Average	300	300	23	36	300	64	178

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.67%. The percentage was 81.52% 10 years ago and YCP still has a high percentage of white students. 2.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.03% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.17% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.52% to 70.67%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.81% to 2.33%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.71% to 8.03%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.44% to 10.17%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4816 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3288 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at York College of Pennsylvania 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	6	86	223	258	3	3,863	163
2016-17	4	88	204	253	3	3,595	157
2017-18	3	91	219	278	4	3,527	153
2018-19	7	82	227	274	4	3,420	154
2019-20	3	95	251	297	4	3,329	138
2020-21	2	84	221	289	3	3,152	140
2021-22	5	84	226	305	3	2,936	140
2022-23	6	76	225	303	3	2,698	142
2023-24	7	85	279	350	2	2,669	149
2024-25	9	89	307	389	4	2,703	159
Average	5	86	238	300	3	3,189	150