Enrollment Trends at North Central

The student population at North Central University is 852 (759 undergraduate and 93 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 360 (29.70%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at North Central is 89.08% which is decreased by 423 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 63 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 79 male students for every 100 female students, up from 76 in 2015.
199 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 342.22% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,063 where 852 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 1,212 students in 2016 and was lowest at 852 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,212 to 852 students, a net loss of 360 (29.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at North Central University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,212	1,182	505	677	30	20	10
2016-17	1,111 -101	1,080 -102	456 -49	624 -53	31 1	18 -2	13 3
2017-18	1,109 -2	1,076 -4	461 5	615 -9	33 2	18	15 2
2018-19	1,115 6	1,072 -4	473 12	599 -16	43 10	28 10	15
2019-20	1,155 40	1,085 13	459 -14	626 27	70 27	36 8	34 19
2020-21	1,062 -93	1,007 -78	438 -21	569 -57	55 -15	18 -18	37 3
2021-22	1,034 -28	950 -57	429 -9	521 -48	84 29	34 16	50 13
2022-23	992 -42	893 -57	417 -12	476 -45	99 15	47 13	52 2
2023-24	984 -8	865 -28	404 -13	461 -15	119 20	55 8	64 12
2024-25	852 -132	759 -106	334 -70	425 -36	93 -26	42 -13	51 -13
Average	1,063	997	438	559	66	32	34

North Central University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 997 where 759 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 North Central University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,182	1,001	438	563	181	67	114
2016-17	1,080	901	380	521	179	76	103
2017-18	1,076	912	399	513	164	62	102
2018-19	1,072	929	420	509	143	53	90
2019-20	1,085	967	409	558	118	50	68
2020-21	1,007	905	399	506	102	39	63
2021-22	950	806	364	442	144	65	79
2022-23	893	780	359	421	113	58	55
2023-24	865	756	364	392	109	40	69
2024-25	759	658	304	354	101	30	71
Average	997	997	384	478	997	54	81

North Central University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 66 where 93 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 North Central University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	30	2	1	1	28	19	9
2016-17	31	2	1	1	29	17	12
2017-18	33	4	2	2	29	16	13
2018-19	43	1	1	0	42	27	15
2019-20	70	2	2	0	68	34	34
2020-21	55	3	0	3	52	18	34
2021-22	84	60	27	33	24	7	17
2022-23	99	71	37	34	28	10	18
2023-24	119	78	35	43	41	20	21
2024-25	93	72	32	40	21	10	11
Average	66	66	14	16	66	18	18

North Central University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.92%. The percentage was 78.38% 10 years ago and North Central still has a high percentage of white students. 3.05% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.55% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.97% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.38% to 60.92%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.72% to 3.05%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.55% to 14.55%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.28% to 13.97%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5855 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3796 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at North Central University 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	0	33	43	64	1	950	42
2016-17	3	25	43	63	1	836	38
2017-18	3	34	50	61	3	789	41
2018-19	3	37	51	90	4	798	42
2019-20	6	40	73	101	4	807	55
2020-21	6	45	83	101	4	719	47
2021-22	6	47	90	118	15	663	54
2022-23	8	44	98	131	1	634	45
2023-24	1	40	124	128	4	612	41
2024-25	0	26	124	119	0	519	36
Average	4	37	78	98	4	733	44

North Central University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

199 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 342.22% since 2018. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at North Central University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,212	0	531	681
2016-17	1,111	0	142	969
2017-18	1,109	0	227	882
2018-19	1,115	45	415	655
2019-20	1,155	110	387	658
2020-21	1,062	153	424	485
2021-22	1,034	152	497	385
2022-23	992	180	408	404
2023-24	984	230	377	377
2024-25	852	199	357	296
Average	1,063	107	377	579

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Enrollment Trends at North Central

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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