Enrollment Trends at TMCC

The student population at Turtle Mountain College is 872 (840 undergraduate and 32 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 317 (57.12%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at TMCC is 96.33% which is increased by 285 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 32 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 74 male students for every 100 female students, up from 66 in 2015.
134 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 570.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 604 where 872 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 872 students in 2025 and was lowest at 472 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 555 to 872 students, a net gain of 317 (57.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	555	555	221	334	0	0	0
2016-17	584 29	584 29	228 7	356 22	0	0	0
2017-18	567 -17	567 -17	225 -3	342 -14	0	0	0
2018-19	573 6	573 6	243 18	330 -12	0	0	0
2019-20	531 -42	531 -42	209 -34	322 -8	0	0	0
2020-21	586 55	586 55	221 12	365 43	0	0	0
2021-22	472 -114	472 -114	194 -27	278 -87	0	0	0
2022-23	599 127	599 127	233 39	366 88	0	0	0
2023-24	698 99	688 89	252 19	436 70	10 10	3 3	7 7
2024-25	872 174	840 152	359 107	481 45	32 22	11 8	21 14
Average	604	600	239	361	4	1	3

Turtle Mountain College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 600 where 840 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 Turtle Mountain College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	555	441	172	269	114	49	65
2016-17	584	493	192	301	91	36	55
2017-18	567	474	189	285	93	36	57
2018-19	573	479	202	277	94	41	53
2019-20	531	420	172	248	111	37	74
2020-21	586	471	180	291	115	41	74
2021-22	472	353	157	196	119	37	82
2022-23	599	461	186	275	138	47	91
2023-24	688	491	194	297	197	58	139
2024-25	840	446	185	261	394	174	220
Average	600	600	183	270	600	56	91

Turtle Mountain College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4 where 32 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 Turtle Mountain College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	10	10	3	7	0	0	0
2024-25	32	22	5	17	10	6	4
Average	4	4	1	2	4	1	0

Turtle Mountain College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.18% and the percentage of black students is 0.34% at Turtle Mountain College. Hispanic students comprise 0.11% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 2.34% to 2.18%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.08% to 0.34%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 0.36% to 0.11%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.0538 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.0736 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Turtle Mountain 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	534	0	6	2	0	13	0
2016-17	556	0	1	6	0	20	1
2017-18	544	0	1	3	0	19	0
2018-19	550	0	0	4	1	18	0
2019-20	518	0	0	2	0	11	0
2020-21	570	0	0	0	0	16	0
2021-22	457	0	0	0	0	15	0
2022-23	582	0	1	2	0	14	0
2023-24	678	0	1	2	0	17	0
2024-25	848	0	3	1	0	19	1
Average	584	0	1	2	0	16	0

Turtle Mountain College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

134 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 570.00% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Turtle Mountain College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	555	0	11	544
2016-17	584	0	191	393
2017-18	567	20	259	288
2018-19	573	3	292	278
2019-20	531	2	314	215
2020-21	586	586	0	0
2021-22	472	38	223	211
2022-23	599	121	300	178
2023-24	698	104	296	298
2024-25	872	134	364	374
Average	604	101	225	278

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Enrollment Trends at TMCC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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