Enrollment Trends at NRCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,274 where 4,254 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 0.93 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in NRCC.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at New River Community College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,477	2,229	2,248
2016-17	4,456 -21	2,295 66	2,161 -87
2017-18	4,626 170	2,384 89	2,242 81
2018-19	4,419 -207	2,259 -125	2,160 -82
2019-20	4,332 -87	2,203 -56	2,129 -31
2020-21	4,137 -195	2,031 -172	2,106 -23
2021-22	3,903 -234	1,906 -125	1,997 -109
2022-23	3,980 77	2,032 126	1,948 -49
2023-24	4,156 176	2,142 110	2,014 66
2024-25	4,254 98	2,204 62	2,050 36
Average	4,274	2,169	2,106

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.32%. The percentage was 83.98% 10 years ago and NRCC still has a high percentage of white students. 3.69% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.11% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.98% to 77.32%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.59% to 3.69%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.29% to 4.11%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.22% to 5.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3939 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2906 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New River Community 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	13	116	192	144	10	3,760	104
2016-17	16	99	191	151	4	3,753	128
2017-18	13	101	189	145	5	3,887	159
2018-19	16	110	166	136	2	3,668	165
2019-20	15	132	165	169	1	3,507	148
2020-21	16	113	163	142	0	3,396	139
2021-22	13	119	155	174	0	3,153	153
2022-23	10	124	174	199	0	3,155	152
2023-24	11	131	174	217	2	3,269	164
2024-25	15	157	175	243	3	3,289	188
Average	14	120	174	172	3	3,484	150