Institutional Student Data
Established in 1966, Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC) is a comprehensive, two-year, publicly supported community college.
The college is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and is sponsored by all nine school districts in Lehigh County and four of the five school districts in Carbon County. The mission of LCCC is “builds stronger community by providing an accessible, equitable, inclusive and affordable education to empower our students to achieve academic and career goals”
Credit Program Offerings
- 13 Associate in Arts programs
- 14 Associate in Science programs
- 37 Associate in Applied Science programs
- 19 Certificate programs
- 6 Specialized Credit Diploma programs
- Dual enrollment courses for high school students
Student Enrollment (Fall 2022 Credit Programs)
- Total Enrollment 6,239 (100%)
- Full-Time – 1,922 (30.8%)
- Part-Time – 4,317 (69.2%)
- Male – 2,264 (36.3%)
- Female – 3,973 (63.7%)
- Unknown – 2 (0%)
- Minority – 2,685 (43.0%)
- Average Age 23.23 years old
Fall 2021 – 3,136 Pell Recipients
Degrees Conferred (2021-2022)
- Associate in Arts – 304 (31.9%)
- Associate in Science – 170 (17.9%)
- Associate in Applied Science – 378 (39.7%)
- Certificate Programs – 83 (8.7%)
- Specialized Credit Diploma Programs – 17 (1.8%)
Faculty & Staff (Fall 2022)
- All Faculty and Staff – 785 (100%)
- Full-Time Faculty – 82 (10.4%)
- Full-Time Administrative Staff – 90 (11.5%)
- Full-Time Classified Staff – 65 (8.3%)
- Full-Time Special Term Faculty and Staff – 53 (6.8%)
- Part-Time Faculty – 115 (14.7%)
- Part-Time Adjunct Faculty – 198 (25.2%)
- Part-Time Administrative Staff – 15 (1.9%)
- Part-Time Classified Staff – 19 (2.4%)
- Part-Time Community Service Staff – 105 (13.4%)
- Part-Time Special Term Faculty and Staff – 7 (0.9%)
- Part-Time Coaches – 4 (0.5%)
- Part-Time Tutors – 32 (4.1%)
Student/Faculty Ratio (Fall 2022)
- 19 students to 1 faculty member
Average Credit Hours
- Full-time students in Fall 2022 carried an average course load of 13.8 credits
- Part-time students in Fall 2022 carried an average course load of 6.0 credits
Credit Hour Totals
- Fall 2021 students enrolled in courses totaling 52,338 credit hours
Full-Time Equivalent
- Fall 2022 full-time and part-time students totaled 4,080 full-time equivalents (FTEs)
