Enrollment Trends at NCC

The student population at North Central College is 2,695 (2,368 undergraduate and 327 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 347 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NCC is 87.87% which is decreased by 387 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 40 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.15 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

143 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

School Home 2023 Student Population

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,916 where 2,695 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.87% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.13% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 387 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 40 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.15 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in NCC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at North Central College since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,042	2,755	1,181	1,574	287	140	147
2013-14	3,048 6	2,797 42	1,251 70	1,546 -28	251 -36	133 -7	118 -29
2014-15	3,043 -5	2,782 -15	1,245 -6	1,537 -9	261 10	122 -11	139 21
2015-16	2,962 -81	2,733 -49	1,272 27	1,461 -76	229 -32	103 -19	126 -13
2016-17	2,949 -13	2,716 -17	1,268 -4	1,448 -13	233 4	98 -5	135 9
2017-18	2,965 16	2,769 53	1,263 -5	1,506 58	196 -37	73 -25	123 -12
2018-19	2,928 -37	2,681 -88	1,240 -23	1,441 -65	247 51	88 15	159 36
2019-20	2,888 -40	2,615 -66	1,215 -25	1,400 -41	273 26	83 -5	190 31
2020-21	2,832 -56	2,475 -140	1,144 -71	1,331 -69	357 84	96 13	261 71
2021-22	2,728 -104	2,404 -71	1,163 19	1,241 -90	324 -33	95 -1	229 -32
2022-23	2,695 -33	2,368 -36	1,165 2	1,203 -38	327 3	90 -5	237 8
Average	2,916	2,645	1,219	1,426	271	102	169

North Central College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,645 where 2,368 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at North Central College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,755	2,560	1,091	1,469	195	90	105
2013-14	2,797	2,592	1,145	1,447	205	106	99
2014-15	2,782	2,601	1,149	1,452	181	96	85
2015-16	2,733	2,590	1,192	1,398	143	80	63
2016-17	2,716	2,545	1,183	1,362	171	85	86
2017-18	2,769	2,634	1,201	1,433	135	62	73
2018-19	2,681	2,596	1,198	1,398	85	42	43
2019-20	2,615	2,538	1,177	1,361	77	38	39
2020-21	2,475	2,414	1,107	1,307	61	37	24
2021-22	2,404	2,352	1,137	1,215	52	26	26
2022-23	2,368	2,258	1,110	1,148	110	55	55
Average	2,645	2,645	1,154	1,363	2,645	65	63

North Central College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 271 where 327 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at North Central College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	287	96	51	45	191	89	102
2013-14	251	90	49	41	161	84	77
2014-15	261	80	37	43	181	85	96
2015-16	229	85	40	45	144	63	81
2016-17	233	85	41	44	148	57	91
2017-18	196	69	28	41	127	45	82
2018-19	247	131	44	87	116	44	72
2019-20	273	201	57	144	72	26	46
2020-21	357	295	82	213	62	14	48
2021-22	324	286	84	202	38	11	27
2022-23	327	277	71	206	50	19	31
Average	271	271	53	101	271	49	68

North Central College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.78%. The percentage was 77.48% 10 years ago and NCC still has a high percentage of white students. 4.60% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.34% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at North Central College over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	5	71	121	222	3	2,357	69
2013-14	7	67	112	237	2	2,343	85
2014-15	3	66	118	276	2	2,226	79
2015-16	6	72	113	323	3	2,075	89
2016-17	4	83	114	378	3	2,007	96
2017-18	4	89	117	426	5	1,934	100
2018-19	4	99	134	433	5	1,900	98
2019-20	1	100	133	425	2	1,900	91
2020-21	4	95	131	420	5	1,877	86
2021-22	3	91	145	411	0	1,770	69
2022-23	3	124	144	423	0	1,692	71
Average	4	87	126	361	3	2,007	85

North Central College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

143 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at North Central College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,043	0	0	3,043
2015-16	2,962	0	0	2,962
2016-17	2,949	0	0	2,949
2017-18	2,965	8	0	2,957
2018-19	2,928	13	86	2,829
2019-20	2,888	91	175	2,622
2020-21	2,832	305	1,993	534
2021-22	2,728	162	2,165	401
2022-23	2,695	143	318	2,234
Average	2,888	80	526	2,281

Most Searched Illinois Colleges (last 30 days)

Undergraduate

Concordia University-Chicago Private, four-years | River Forest
Southwestern Illinois College Public, 2-4 years | Belleville
Coyne College Private, 2-4 years | Chicago
Blackburn College Private, four-years | Carlinville
Danville Area Community College Public, 2-4 years | Danville
Blessing Hospital School of Radiologic Technology Private, 2-4 years | Quincy
DePaul University Private, four-years | Chicago
Paul Mitchell The School Tinley Park Private, Less than 2-years | Tinley Park
Cosmetology & Spa Academy Private, Less than 2-years | Crystal Lake
Cannella School of Hair Design-Villa Park Private, Less than 2-years | Villa Park

compare schools

Graduate

Trinity Christian College Private, four-years | Palos Heights
Richland Community College Public, 2-4 years | Decatur
Triton College Public, 2-4 years | River Grove
Rock Valley College Public, 2-4 years | Rockford
Rockford University Private, four-years | Rockford
Dominican University Private, four-years | River Forest
Morrison Institute of Technology Private, 2-4 years | Morrison
Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing Private, four-years | Peoria
Mr John's School of Cosmetology Esthetics & Nails-Decatur Private, 2-4 years | Decatur
St. John's College-Department of Nursing Private, four-years | Springfield

compare schools

Online Schools

Trinity Christian College Private, four-years | Palos Heights
Richland Community College Public, 2-4 years | Decatur
Triton College Public, 2-4 years | River Grove
Rock Valley College Public, 2-4 years | Rockford
Rockford University Private, four-years | Rockford
Dominican University Private, four-years | River Forest
Morrison Institute of Technology Private, 2-4 years | Morrison
Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing Private, four-years | Peoria
Mr John's School of Cosmetology Esthetics & Nails-Decatur Private, 2-4 years | Decatur
St. John's College-Department of Nursing Private, four-years | Springfield

compare schools

Technical Colleges

Concordia University-Chicago Private, four-years | River Forest
Southwestern Illinois College Public, 2-4 years | Belleville
Coyne College Private, 2-4 years | Chicago
Blackburn College Private, four-years | Carlinville
Danville Area Community College Public, 2-4 years | Danville
Blessing Hospital School of Radiologic Technology Private, 2-4 years | Quincy
DePaul University Private, four-years | Chicago
Paul Mitchell The School Tinley Park Private, Less than 2-years | Tinley Park
Cosmetology & Spa Academy Private, Less than 2-years | Crystal Lake
Cannella School of Hair Design-Villa Park Private, Less than 2-years | Villa Park

compare schools