Enrollment Trends at Georgia Northwestern Technical

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,309 where 7,282 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 7,282 students in 2025 and was lowest at 5,643 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 5,874 to 7,282 students, a net gain of 1,408 (24%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Georgia Northwestern Technical College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,874	2,172	3,702
2016-17	6,016 142	2,310 138	3,706 4
2017-18	5,643 -373	2,141 -169	3,502 -204
2018-19	5,837 194	2,178 37	3,659 157
2019-20	6,616 779	2,492 314	4,124 465
2020-21	6,608 -8	2,375 -117	4,233 109
2021-22	6,326 -282	2,333 -42	3,993 -240
2022-23	6,141 -185	2,303 -30	3,838 -155
2023-24	6,742 601	2,470 167	4,272 434
2024-25	7,282 540	2,729 259	4,553 281
Average	6,309	2,350	3,958

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.63%. The percentage was 77.56% 10 years ago and Georgia Northwestern Technical still has a high percentage of white students. 0.98% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.76% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 24.87% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.56% to 61.63%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.92% to 0.98%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.97% to 7.76%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.91% to 24.87%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5507 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3798 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	20	54	468	641	2	4,556	94
2016-17	24	52	463	746	4	4,570	105
2017-18	17	55	393	774	4	4,224	121
2018-19	20	57	445	885	3	4,241	139
2019-20	22	79	461	1,138	10	4,705	169
2020-21	30	82	553	1,128	6	4,619	164
2021-22	21	65	524	1,197	5	4,350	143
2022-23	18	65	473	1,301	5	4,083	174
2023-24	18	62	532	1,505	2	4,377	213
2024-25	18	71	565	1,811	4	4,488	277
Average	21	64	488	1,113	5	4,421	160