Enrollment Trends at NACC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,764 where 3,208 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 3,208 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,489 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,700 to 3,208 students, a net gain of 508 (18.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northeast Alabama Community College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,700	1,046	1,654
2016-17	2,613 -87	1,014 -32	1,599 -55
2017-18	2,736 123	1,078 64	1,658 59
2018-19	2,883 147	1,089 11	1,794 136
2019-20	2,981 98	1,138 49	1,843 49
2020-21	2,530 -451	911 -227	1,619 -224
2021-22	2,489 -41	824 -87	1,665 46
2022-23	2,590 101	902 78	1,688 23
2023-24	2,905 315	1,116 214	1,789 101
2024-25	3,208 303	1,215 99	1,993 204
Average	2,764	1,033	1,730

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.82%. The percentage was 84.59% 10 years ago and NACC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.90% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 19.26% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.59% to 70.82%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.70% to 0.62%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.78% to 1.90%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.52% to 19.26%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4571 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2757 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northeast Alabama Community 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	83	19	48	230	1	2,284	26
2016-17	75	12	46	241	0	2,205	29
2017-18	87	13	43	287	3	2,271	28
2018-19	97	13	49	314	4	2,356	47
2019-20	100	19	57	342	4	2,401	57
2020-21	54	17	45	309	2	1,734	118
2021-22	54	20	58	379	1	1,726	151
2022-23	46	14	43	435	0	1,813	196
2023-24	45	11	47	497	4	2,089	205
2024-25	32	20	61	618	2	2,272	195
Average	67	16	50	365	2	2,115	105