Enrollment Trends at National Career Education

The student population at National Career Education is 515 (all undergraduate). The number of students has increased by 289 (127.88%) over the past decade.

Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 368 male students for every 100 female students, up from 92 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (National Career Education does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 412 where 515 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 515 students in 2025 and was lowest at 226 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 226 to 515 students, a net gain of 289 (127.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at National Career Education since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	226	108	118
2016-17	318 92	128 20	190 72
2017-18	461 143	224 96	237 47
2018-19	398 -63	236 12	162 -75
2019-20	440 42	269 33	171 9
2020-21	471 31	304 35	167 -4
2021-22	512 41	357 53	155 -12
2022-23	342 -170	248 -109	94 -61
2023-24	438 96	346 98	92 -2
2024-25	515 77	405 59	110 18
Average	412	263	150

National Career Education Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.62% and the percentage of black students is 10.68% at National Career Education. 9.13% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 39.03% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 41.59% to 32.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.75% to 9.13%. Black student enrollment decreased from 21.68% to 10.68%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 20.80% to 39.03%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7206 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7312 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at National Career Education over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	3	13	49	47	2	94	10
2016-17	4	41	62	78	2	99	5
2017-18	7	39	82	124	2	171	12
2018-19	7	32	49	98	11	165	19
2019-20	10	37	57	135	4	163	20
2020-21	7	32	57	142	6	180	20
2021-22	9	43	48	190	9	168	21
2022-23	2	37	41	123	3	95	8
2023-24	4	45	45	181	4	121	6
2024-25	2	47	55	201	6	168	14
Average	6	37	55	132	5	142	14

National Career Education Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at National Career Education

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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