Enrollment Trends at NCMC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,766 where 1,951 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 1,951 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,591 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,708 to 1,951 students, a net gain of 243 (14.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,708	515	1,193
2016-17	1,720 12	573 58	1,147 -46
2017-18	1,832 112	584 11	1,248 101
2018-19	1,854 22	573 -11	1,281 33
2019-20	1,746 -108	512 -61	1,234 -47
2020-21	1,591 -155	434 -78	1,157 -77
2021-22	1,641 50	437 3	1,204 47
2022-23	1,772 131	486 49	1,286 82
2023-24	1,847 75	503 17	1,344 58
2024-25	1,951 104	516 13	1,435 91
Average	1,766	513	1,253

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 88.62%. The percentage was 93.09% 10 years ago and NCMC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.46% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 0.46% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 93.09% to 88.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.18% to 0.72%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.11% to 2.46%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.29% to 0.46%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2120 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1328 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 Missouri 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	3	36	22	0	1,590	0
2016-17	5	2	30	65	0	1,548	31
2017-18	6	7	16	69	0	1,645	36
2018-19	1	7	23	92	0	1,619	41
2019-20	2	2	35	101	0	1,513	45
2020-21	4	7	27	61	1	1,404	62
2021-22	5	9	36	42	1	1,451	73
2022-23	4	15	35	14	2	1,531	70
2023-24	6	15	46	8	1	1,647	65
2024-25	2	14	48	9	2	1,729	86
Average	4	8	33	48	1	1,568	51