Enrollment Trends at NCMC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,036 where 1,613 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,618 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,540 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,615 to 1,613 students, a net loss of 1,002 (38.3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,615	964	1,651
2016-17	2,618 3	1,001 37	1,617 -34
2017-18	2,527 -91	994 -7	1,533 -84
2018-19	2,329 -198	885 -109	1,444 -89
2019-20	2,169 -160	828 -57	1,341 -103
2020-21	1,748 -421	618 -210	1,130 -211
2021-22	1,645 -103	555 -63	1,090 -40
2022-23	1,560 -85	542 -13	1,018 -72
2023-24	1,540 -20	576 34	964 -54
2024-25	1,613 73	599 23	1,014 50
Average	2,036	756	1,280

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 84.31%. The percentage was 84.59% 10 years ago and NCMC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.05% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.85% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 0.62% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.59% to 84.31%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.50% to 1.05%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.88% to 2.85%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 2.68% to 0.62%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2846 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.2815 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 Michigan 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	104	13	23	70	5	2,212	61
2016-17	86	12	43	79	2	2,220	82
2017-18	66	14	46	75	2	2,149	92
2018-19	73	15	26	59	3	1,999	88
2019-20	76	18	17	56	5	1,856	91
2020-21	64	21	20	51	3	1,486	88
2021-22	55	19	13	43	1	1,455	45
2022-23	50	20	23	21	2	1,359	56
2023-24	58	15	33	18	3	1,323	51
2024-25	73	17	46	10	2	1,360	63
Average	71	16	29	48	3	1,742	72