Enrollment Trends at NICC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,476 where 4,808 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NICC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,865	2,095	2,770
2016-17	4,786 -79	2,134 39	2,652 -118
2017-18	4,536 -250	1,947 -187	2,589 -63
2018-19	4,449 -87	1,806 -141	2,643 54
2019-20	4,408 -41	1,787 -19	2,621 -22
2020-21	4,162 -246	1,633 -154	2,529 -92
2021-22	4,013 -149	1,622 -11	2,391 -138
2022-23	4,355 342	1,833 211	2,522 131
2023-24	4,378 23	1,793 -40	2,585 63
2024-25	4,808 430	1,976 183	2,832 247
Average	4,476	1,863	2,613

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 84.63%. The percentage was 92.60% 10 years ago and NICC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.77% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.79% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.31% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 92.60% to 84.63%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.39% to 0.77%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.34% to 2.79%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.71% to 4.31%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2809 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1416 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northeast Iowa 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	13	19	114	83	10	4,505	20
2016-17	20	10	112	90	7	4,420	28
2017-18	23	16	132	121	9	4,097	41
2018-19	20	36	113	128	10	3,977	74
2019-20	16	37	121	127	16	3,917	72
2020-21	14	36	115	131	11	3,709	56
2021-22	11	33	111	146	14	3,556	59
2022-23	11	30	137	170	9	3,906	40
2023-24	9	30	137	179	9	3,887	38
2024-25	1	37	134	207	13	4,069	71
Average	14	28	123	138	11	4,004	50