Enrollment Trends at Arkansas Northeastern

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,446 where 1,461 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 1,562 students in 2020 and was lowest at 1,358 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,361 to 1,461 students, a net gain of 100 (7.3%).

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,361	478	883
2016-17	1,416 55	500 22	916 33
2017-18	1,474 58	518 18	956 40
2018-19	1,422 -52	543 25	879 -77
2019-20	1,562 140	600 57	962 83
2020-21	1,358 -204	510 -90	848 -114
2021-22	1,457 99	564 54	893 45
2022-23	1,502 45	536 -28	966 73
2023-24	1,451 -51	510 -26	941 -25
2024-25	1,461 10	517 7	944 3
Average	1,446	528	919

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.16%. The percentage was 63.48% 10 years ago and Arkansas Northeastern still has a high percentage of white students. 0.41% of enrolled students is Asian and 29.64% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.48% to 60.16%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.81% to 0.41%. Black student enrollment decreased from 31.23% to 29.64%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.09% to 6.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5454 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4983 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Arkansas Northeastern College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	2	11	425	42	0	864	16
2016-17	3	7	380	42	1	970	13
2017-18	4	11	417	43	0	983	16
2018-19	2	8	353	58	0	984	13
2019-20	1	11	415	80	0	1,035	19
2020-21	3	10	333	68	1	925	15
2021-22	5	15	408	71	1	953	3
2022-23	10	13	457	80	2	914	7
2023-24	4	7	425	77	1	890	13
2024-25	3	6	433	98	2	879	22
Average	4	10	405	66	1	940	14