A lot has changed at University of Pittsburgh at Bradford in the past decade, including the demographics of the students who matriculate there.

At The Era’s request, Pitt-Bradford provided enrollment figures for the time frame of 2011 to 2020.

In 2011, 54.4% of the students came from McKean County or one of the counties contiguous to McKean in Pennsylvania, like Elk or Potter counties, and New York, like the counties of Cattaraugus and Allegany. At the same time, 45.6% of the students came from non-contiguous counties — other counties in Pennsylvania and New York, as well as other states and countries.

In 2020, the students coming from non-contiguous counties outpaced what would be considered local or area students.

According to the data from Pitt-Bradford, 36.8% of the students came from McKean County or one of the contiguous counties in Pennsylvania and New York, while 63.2% of the students came from other counties in Pennsylvania and New York, as well as other states and countries.

Some of those changes may be due to factors such as an aging population with fewer college-age students, family economics or changes in focus for post-secondary education.

The self-reported race and ethnicity figures changed in that time frame as well.

In 2011, 81.7% of Pitt-Bradford students self-reported as white, 7.3% as Black/African American, 3.2% Asian, 2.7% Hispanic/Latino, 3.3% not specified, 1% multi-racial, 0.2% American Indian/Alaska Native, 0.1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 0.4% other, and .1% unknown.

In 2020, 66.5% self-reported as white, 15.6% as Black/African American, 6.9% as Hispanic/Latino, 4.6% as multi-racial, 4.2% Asian, 1.5% not specified, 0.5% unknown, 0.3% American Indian/Alaska Native, and 0.1% other.