Enrollment Trends at NUC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 18,289 where 30,794 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 30,794 students in 2025 and was lowest at 5,272 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 5,272 to 30,794 students, a net gain of 25,522 (484.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at NUC University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,272	4,933	1,599	3,334	339	77	262
2016-17	6,384 1,112	5,882 949	1,784 185	4,098 764	502 163	119 42	383 121
2017-18	11,654 5,270	10,536 4,654	3,239 1,455	7,297 3,199	1,118 616	242 123	876 493
2018-19	11,260 -394	10,212 -324	3,080 -159	7,132 -165	1,048 -70	258 16	790 -86
2019-20	12,469 1,209	11,244 1,032	3,398 318	7,846 714	1,225 177	317 59	908 118
2020-21	25,999 13,530	24,705 13,461	8,302 4,904	16,403 8,557	1,294 69	297 -20	997 89
2021-22	24,919 -1,080	23,730 -975	8,295 -7	15,435 -968	1,189 -105	300 3	889 -108
2022-23	26,720 1,801	25,400 1,670	8,708 413	16,692 1,257	1,320 131	320 20	1,000 111
2023-24	27,423 703	25,900 500	8,969 261	16,931 239	1,523 203	351 31	1,172 172
2024-25	30,794 3,371	28,974 3,074	10,290 1,321	18,684 1,753	1,820 297	440 89	1,380 208
Average	18,289	17,152	5,766	11,385	1,138	272	866

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 17,152 where 28,974 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 NUC University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,933	3,133	999	2,134	1,800	600	1,200
2016-17	5,882	3,559	1,126	2,433	2,323	658	1,665
2017-18	10,536	6,470	2,012	4,458	4,066	1,227	2,839
2018-19	10,212	5,829	1,747	4,082	4,383	1,333	3,050
2019-20	11,244	4,569	1,456	3,113	6,675	1,942	4,733
2020-21	24,705	4,130	1,187	2,943	20,575	7,115	13,460
2021-22	23,730	12,300	4,469	7,831	11,430	3,826	7,604
2022-23	25,400	17,606	5,944	11,662	7,794	2,764	5,030
2023-24	25,900	15,860	5,673	10,187	10,040	3,296	6,744
2024-25	28,974	22,976	8,436	14,540	5,998	1,854	4,144
Average	17,152	17,152	3,305	6,338	17,152	2,462	5,047

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,138 where 1,820 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 NUC University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	339	28	7	21	311	70	241
2016-17	502	75	25	50	427	94	333
2017-18	1,118	923	198	725	195	44	151
2018-19	1,048	295	71	224	753	187	566
2019-20	1,225	144	34	110	1,081	283	798
2020-21	1,294	1	1	0	1,293	296	997
2021-22	1,189	453	113	340	736	187	549
2022-23	1,320	568	138	430	752	182	570
2023-24	1,523	447	112	335	1,076	239	837
2024-25	1,820	1,124	270	854	696	170	526
Average	1,138	1,138	97	309	1,138	175	557

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.74% and the percentage of black students is 5.48% at NUC University. 0.26% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 88.46% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 0.00% to 3.74%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 0.26%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.00% to 5.48%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 100.00% to 88.46%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2129 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.0000 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at NUC University 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	0	0	0	5,272	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	6,384	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	11,654	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	11,260	0	0	0
2019-20	49	5	13	12,307	7	1	0
2020-21	94	39	864	22,280	28	705	112
2021-22	106	43	949	22,802	19	704	131
2022-23	114	48	1,050	24,443	22	739	160
2023-24	147	67	1,231	24,740	34	884	202
2024-25	188	80	1,686	27,241	29	1,153	256
Average	70	28	579	16,838	14	419	86