How Student Population Changes at Northwest-Shoals CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,652 where 4,032 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.18 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Northwest-Shoals CC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northwest-Shoals Community College since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,717	1,612	2,105
2013-14	3,854 137	1,667 55	2,187 82
2014-15	3,891 37	1,737 70	2,154 -33
2015-16	3,700 -191	1,591 -146	2,109 -45
2016-17	3,752 52	1,600 9	2,152 43
2017-18	3,440 -312	1,422 -178	2,018 -134
2018-19	3,539 99	1,392 -30	2,147 129
2019-20	3,512 -27	1,367 -25	2,145 -2
2020-21	3,360 -152	1,346 -21	2,014 -131
2021-22	3,371 11	1,452 106	1,919 -95
2022-23	4,032 661	1,853 401	2,179 260
Average	3,652	1,549	2,103

Northwest-Shoals Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.80%. The percentage was 85.88% 10 years ago and Northwest-Shoals CC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.64% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.16% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwest-Shoals Community 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	22	16	359	104	2	3,192	17
2013-14	22	14	426	142	3	3,217	24
2014-15	31	13	437	138	2	3,133	4
2015-16	32	14	439	147	3	2,942	10
2016-17	30	13	399	167	3	3,031	11
2017-18	32	16	282	195	1	2,808	6
2018-19	33	20	345	213	4	2,795	7
2019-20	29	24	356	255	2	2,593	149
2020-21	24	32	314	243	2	2,562	121
2021-22	24	24	304	355	2	2,525	108
2022-23	34	26	329	409	4	3,016	183
Average	28	19	363	215	3	2,892	58

Northwest-Shoals Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

614 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 403.28% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwest-Shoals Community College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,891	122	627	3,142
2015-16	3,700	176	737	2,787
2016-17	3,752	230	703	2,819
2017-18	3,440	255	663	2,522
2018-19	3,539	422	871	2,246
2019-20	3,512	346	916	2,250
2020-21	3,360	560	891	1,909
2021-22	3,371	609	833	1,929
2022-23	4,032	614	912	2,506
Average	3,622	370	795	2,457

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Enrollment Trends at Northwest-Shoals CC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes