Enrollment Trends at Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 75 where 58 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 7.29 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program since 2015.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	96	9	87
2016-17	99 3	13 4	86 -1
2017-18	97 -2	8 -5	89 3
2018-19	87 -10	3 -5	84 -5
2019-20	78 -9	7 4	71 -13
2020-21	79 1	4 -3	75 4
2021-22	64 -15	3 -1	61 -14
2022-23	33 -31	5 2	28 -33
2023-24	62 29	7 2	55 27
2024-25	58 -4	7	51 -4
Average	75	7	69

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.69%. The percentage was 85.42% 10 years ago and Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program still has a high percentage of white students. 3.45% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.34% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.62% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 85.42% to 70.69%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 3.45%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.21% to 10.34%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 9.38% to 8.62%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4798 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2589 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program 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	0	0	5	9	0	82	0
2016-17	0	1	5	4	0	89	0
2017-18	0	1	5	3	0	88	0
2018-19	0	0	7	7	0	73	0
2019-20	0	2	6	10	0	59	1
2020-21	0	2	9	4	0	64	0
2021-22	0	1	5	0	0	57	1
2022-23	0	0	4	0	0	29	0
2023-24	0	2	7	3	2	44	1
2024-25	0	2	6	5	2	41	0
Average	0	1	6	5	0	63	0

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.