How Student Population Changes at HACC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 17,513 where 12,576 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 2.06 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in HACC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Harrisburg Area Community College since 2013.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20,780	7,745	13,035
2014-15	20,230 -550	7,560 -185	12,670 -365
2015-16	19,121 -1,109	6,985 -575	12,136 -534
2016-17	18,837 -284	6,766 -219	12,071 -65
2017-18	18,681 -156	6,768 2	11,913 -158
2018-19	18,081 -600	6,439 -329	11,642 -271
2019-20	17,422 -659	6,090 -349	11,332 -310
2020-21	15,376 -2,046	5,082 -1,008	10,294 -1,038
2021-22	14,023 -1,353	4,600 -482	9,423 -871
2022-23	12,576 -1,447	4,113 -487	8,463 -960
Average	17,513	6,215	11,298

Harrisburg Area Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.30%. The percentage was 68.67% 10 years ago and HACC still has a high percentage of white students. 4.95% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.75% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Harrisburg Area Community College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	79	593	2,289	1,904	36	14,270	412
2014-15	67	622	2,154	2,011	43	13,937	528
2015-16	62	617	2,082	1,933	35	13,180	535
2016-17	44	650	1,990	1,955	25	12,824	587
2017-18	47	642	1,894	2,150	21	12,588	590
2018-19	44	667	1,744	2,175	16	12,124	625
2019-20	50	735	1,701	2,188	19	11,393	624
2020-21	33	689	1,425	1,813	16	10,131	605
2021-22	38	631	1,373	1,730	14	9,058	533
2022-23	32	623	1,226	1,564	10	8,086	479
Average	50	647	1,788	1,942	24	11,759	552

Harrisburg Area Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,545 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 65.89% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Harrisburg Area Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	20,230	2,137	3,946	14,147
2015-16	19,121	2,263	3,859	12,999
2016-17	18,837	2,617	3,759	12,461
2017-18	18,681	2,832	3,736	12,113
2018-19	18,081	3,040	3,795	11,246
2019-20	17,422	3,466	3,908	10,048
2020-21	15,376	3,835	3,924	7,617
2021-22	14,023	3,667	3,638	6,718
2022-23	12,576	3,545	3,430	5,601
Average	17,150	3,045	3,777	10,328

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Enrollment Trends at HACC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes