Enrollment Trends at North-West College-Long Beach

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 417 where 652 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 8.59 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in North-West College-Long Beach than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at North-West College-Long Beach since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	322	35	287
2016-17	306 -16	36 1	270 -17
2017-18	389 83	42 6	347 77
2018-19	325 -64	39 -3	286 -61
2019-20	299 -26	31 -8	268 -18
2020-21	448 149	56 25	392 124
2021-22	322 -126	38 -18	284 -108
2022-23	533 211	59 21	474 190
2023-24	576 43	69 10	507 33
2024-25	652 76	68 -1	584 77
Average	417	47	370

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 10.12% and the percentage of black students is 16.72% at North-West College-Long Beach. 6.13% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 58.74% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 8.70% to 10.12%. Asian enrollment declined from 9.32% to 6.13%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.25% to 16.72%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 45.34% to 58.74%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6117 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7677 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at North-West College-Long Beach 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	0	30	33	146	0	28	0
2016-17	6	29	40	167	2	26	13
2017-18	1	53	28	235	2	28	39
2018-19	0	22	32	196	2	11	56
2019-20	0	15	36	176	3	9	43
2020-21	14	44	59	241	13	27	38
2021-22	13	33	74	100	8	39	55
2022-23	19	61	84	80	10	116	140
2023-24	8	38	88	221	9	126	73
2024-25	4	40	109	383	6	66	22
Average	7	37	58	195	6	48	48

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

North-West College-Long Beach does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.