Enrollment Trends at North American Trade Schools

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 535 where 534 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 643 students in 2022 and was lowest at 443 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 505 to 534 students, a net gain of 29 (5.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at North American Trade Schools since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	505	498	7
2016-17	443 -62	436 -62	7
2017-18	448 5	433 -3	15 8
2018-19	453 5	436 3	17 2
2019-20	551 98	528 92	23 6
2020-21	627 76	612 84	15 -8
2021-22	643 16	580 -32	63 48
2022-23	612 -31	552 -28	60 -3
2023-24	529 -83	502 -50	27 -33
2024-25	534 5	506 4	28 1
Average	535	508	26

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.66% and the percentage of black students is 65.17% at North American Trade Schools. 1.12% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 3.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 32.67% to 22.66%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.20% to 1.12%. Black student enrollment decreased from 66.73% to 65.17%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.40% to 3.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5225 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4479 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at North American Trade Schools over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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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	1	337	2	0	165	0
2016-17	0	0	330	0	0	113	0
2017-18	0	0	343	0	0	105	0
2018-19	0	0	231	0	0	181	16
2019-20	0	1	437	0	0	95	0
2020-21	0	7	407	3	0	208	1
2021-22	0	6	477	22	0	138	0
2022-23	1	6	494	31	1	61	6
2023-24	0	6	393	12	0	97	8
2024-25	0	6	348	17	0	121	10
Average	0	3	380	9	0	128	4

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

North American Trade Schools does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.