Enrollment Trends at NEC

The student population at New England College is 3,275 (1,032 undergraduate and 2,243 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 758 (30.12%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at NEC is 31.51% which is decreased by 861 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,619 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 108 male students for every 100 female students, up from 64 in 2015.
642 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -55.14% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,145 where 3,275 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 4,483 students in 2021 and was lowest at 2,517 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,517 to 3,275 students, a net gain of 758 (30.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at New England College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,517	1,893	756	1,137	624	228	396
2016-17	2,781 264	1,771 -122	736 -20	1,035 -102	1,010 386	495 267	515 119
2017-18	2,832 51	1,844 73	756 20	1,088 53	988 -22	607 112	381 -134
2018-19	2,521 -311	1,696 -148	713 -43	983 -105	825 -163	473 -134	352 -29
2019-20	3,527 1,006	1,858 162	758 45	1,100 117	1,669 844	1,132 659	537 185
2020-21	4,483 956	1,774 -84	751 -7	1,023 -77	2,709 1,040	1,848 716	861 324
2021-22	3,806 -677	1,311 -463	589 -162	722 -301	2,495 -214	1,702 -146	793 -68
2022-23	2,852 -954	1,043 -268	482 -107	561 -161	1,809 -686	1,218 -484	591 -202
2023-24	2,856 4	986 -57	413 -69	573 12	1,870 61	1,140 -78	730 139
2024-25	3,275 419	1,032 46	440 27	592 19	2,243 373	1,260 120	983 253
Average	3,145	1,521	639	881	1,624	1,010	614

New England College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,521 where 1,032 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New England College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,893	1,857	736	1,121	36	20	16
2016-17	1,771	1,741	720	1,021	30	16	14
2017-18	1,844	1,811	740	1,071	33	16	17
2018-19	1,696	1,665	701	964	31	12	19
2019-20	1,858	1,809	737	1,072	49	21	28
2020-21	1,774	1,644	687	957	130	64	66
2021-22	1,311	1,172	531	641	139	58	81
2022-23	1,043	1,006	465	541	37	17	20
2023-24	986	954	408	546	32	5	27
2024-25	1,032	1,004	433	571	28	7	21
Average	1,521	1,521	616	851	1,521	24	31

New England College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,624 where 2,243 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New England College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	624	572	209	363	52	19	33
2016-17	1,010	848	464	384	162	31	131
2017-18	988	951	591	360	37	16	21
2018-19	825	797	465	332	28	8	20
2019-20	1,669	1,564	1,087	477	105	45	60
2020-21	2,709	2,455	1,708	747	254	140	114
2021-22	2,495	2,316	1,633	683	179	69	110
2022-23	1,809	1,688	1,163	525	121	55	66
2023-24	1,870	1,745	1,092	653	125	48	77
2024-25	2,243	2,153	1,227	926	90	33	57
Average	1,624	1,624	964	545	1,624	46	69

New England College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.31% and the percentage of black students is 3.97% at New England College. 1.04% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 3.57% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 55.98% to 28.31%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.03% to 1.04%. Black student enrollment decreased from 19.75% to 3.97%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 7.27% to 3.57%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9168 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.6418 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New England College 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	20	51	497	183	1	1,409	23
2016-17	12	52	466	169	2	1,277	36
2017-18	13	48	490	164	10	1,266	53
2018-19	12	39	449	153	4	1,126	83
2019-20	10	36	405	201	3	1,202	81
2020-21	14	34	362	206	3	1,231	69
2021-22	11	30	232	152	3	987	63
2022-23	5	20	157	125	1	717	44
2023-24	9	29	130	127	3	805	30
2024-25	7	34	130	117	3	927	32
Average	11	37	332	160	3	1,095	51

New England College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

642 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -55.14% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at New England College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,517	1,431	76	1,010
2016-17	2,781	1,450	70	1,261
2017-18	2,832	1,262	512	1,058
2018-19	2,521	1,055	44	1,422
2019-20	3,527	868	1,277	1,382
2020-21	4,483	844	3,421	218
2021-22	3,806	700	1,003	2,103
2022-23	2,852	474	445	1,933
2023-24	2,856	563	1,198	1,095
2024-25	3,275	642	1,787	846
Average	3,145	929	983	1,233

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Enrollment Trends at NEC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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