Enrollment Trends at National Career Education

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 412 where 515 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 515 students in 2025 and was lowest at 226 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 226 to 515 students, a net gain of 289 (127.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at National Career Education since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	226	108	118
2016-17	318 92	128 20	190 72
2017-18	461 143	224 96	237 47
2018-19	398 -63	236 12	162 -75
2019-20	440 42	269 33	171 9
2020-21	471 31	304 35	167 -4
2021-22	512 41	357 53	155 -12
2022-23	342 -170	248 -109	94 -61
2023-24	438 96	346 98	92 -2
2024-25	515 77	405 59	110 18
Average	412	263	150

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.62% and the percentage of black students is 10.68% at National Career Education. 9.13% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 39.03% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 41.59% to 32.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.75% to 9.13%. Black student enrollment decreased from 21.68% to 10.68%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 20.80% to 39.03%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7206 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7312 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at National Career Education 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	3	13	49	47	2	94	10
2016-17	4	41	62	78	2	99	5
2017-18	7	39	82	124	2	171	12
2018-19	7	32	49	98	11	165	19
2019-20	10	37	57	135	4	163	20
2020-21	7	32	57	142	6	180	20
2021-22	9	43	48	190	9	168	21
2022-23	2	37	41	123	3	95	8
2023-24	4	45	45	181	4	121	6
2024-25	2	47	55	201	6	168	14
Average	6	37	55	132	5	142	14

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

National Career Education does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.