Enrollment Trends at NCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,881 where 3,003 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,003 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,695 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,962 to 3,003 students, a net gain of 41 (1.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at North Central College since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,962	2,733	1,272	1,461	229	103	126
2016-17	2,949 -13	2,716 -17	1,268 -4	1,448 -13	233 4	98 -5	135 9
2017-18	2,965 16	2,769 53	1,263 -5	1,506 58	196 -37	73 -25	123 -12
2018-19	2,928 -37	2,681 -88	1,240 -23	1,441 -65	247 51	88 15	159 36
2019-20	2,888 -40	2,615 -66	1,215 -25	1,400 -41	273 26	83 -5	190 31
2020-21	2,832 -56	2,475 -140	1,144 -71	1,331 -69	357 84	96 13	261 71
2021-22	2,728 -104	2,404 -71	1,163 19	1,241 -90	324 -33	95 -1	229 -32
2022-23	2,695 -33	2,368 -36	1,165 2	1,203 -38	327 3	90 -5	237 8
2023-24	2,856 161	2,397 29	1,174 9	1,223 20	459 132	124 34	335 98
2024-25	3,003 147	2,454 57	1,192 18	1,262 39	549 90	149 25	400 65
Average	2,881	2,561	1,210	1,352	319	100	220

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,561 where 2,454 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 North Central College 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	2,733	2,590	1,192	1,398	143	80	63
2016-17	2,716	2,545	1,183	1,362	171	85	86
2017-18	2,769	2,634	1,201	1,433	135	62	73
2018-19	2,681	2,596	1,198	1,398	85	42	43
2019-20	2,615	2,538	1,177	1,361	77	38	39
2020-21	2,475	2,414	1,107	1,307	61	37	24
2021-22	2,404	2,352	1,137	1,215	52	26	26
2022-23	2,368	2,258	1,110	1,148	110	55	55
2023-24	2,397	2,326	1,130	1,196	71	44	27
2024-25	2,454	2,392	1,163	1,229	62	29	33
Average	2,561	2,561	1,160	1,305	2,561	50	47

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 319 where 549 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 North Central College 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	229	85	40	45	144	63	81
2016-17	233	85	41	44	148	57	91
2017-18	196	69	28	41	127	45	82
2018-19	247	131	44	87	116	44	72
2019-20	273	201	57	144	72	26	46
2020-21	357	295	82	213	62	14	48
2021-22	324	286	84	202	38	11	27
2022-23	327	277	71	206	50	19	31
2023-24	459	398	110	288	61	14	47
2024-25	549	500	138	362	49	11	38
Average	319	319	70	163	319	30	56

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.67%. The percentage was 70.05% 10 years ago and NCC still has a high percentage of white students. 4.40% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.03% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 18.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.05% to 58.67%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.43% to 4.40%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.81% to 7.03%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.90% to 18.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6142 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4944 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at North Central 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	6	72	113	323	3	2,075	89
2016-17	4	83	114	378	3	2,007	96
2017-18	4	89	117	426	5	1,934	100
2018-19	4	99	134	433	5	1,900	98
2019-20	1	100	133	425	2	1,900	91
2020-21	4	95	131	420	5	1,877	86
2021-22	3	91	145	411	0	1,770	69
2022-23	3	124	144	423	0	1,692	71
2023-24	4	135	174	462	1	1,767	100
2024-25	4	132	211	546	2	1,762	119
Average	4	102	142	425	3	1,868	92