Student Population at LCC

Total Enrollment

2,435 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

2,435

Online Enrollment

894

Men Students

749

Women Students

1,686

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 2,435 students have enrolled at Lower Columbia College (all undergraduate).

By gender, 749 male and 1,686 female students are attending Lower Columbia College. By attendance status, there are 1,234 full-time students and 1,201 part-time students.

The number of students at Lower Columbia College is very small compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in Washington.

Lower Columbia College offers online degree/certificate programs and 894 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

The below chart compares the student population between Lower Columbia College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 749 male and 1,686 female students attending LCC. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.44 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at LCC.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at LCC
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,435	1,234	1,201
Men	749	410	339
Women	1,686	824	862

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,742 White students (71.54%) and 304 Hispanic students (12.48%) at Lower Columbia College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Lower Columbia College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Lower Columbia College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	24	7	17
Asian	61	13	48
Black or African American	44	17	27
Hispanic	304	87	217
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	3	6
White	1,742	546	1,196
Two or More Races	163	45	118
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	63	27	36
Total	2,435	749	1,686

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 1,476 students whose age under twenty five and 726 students whose age is over thirty years old at Lower Columbia College.

Especially, 523 students are younger than eighteen and 17 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Lower Columbia College.

Population by Student Age at Lower Columbia College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,435	749	1,686
Under 18	523	201	322
18-19	481	190	291
20-21	266	94	172
22-24	206	53	153
25-29	233	62	171
30-34	213	42	171
35-39	169	30	139
40-49	237	46	191
50-64	90	26	64
65 and over	17	5	12
Total	2,435	749	1,686

Online Student Population

At Lower Columbia College, 1,743 students (71.58% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 894 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 793 students live in Washington where Lower Columbia College is located in and 100 students have enrolled from other states.