Enrollment Trends at Northeast Mississippi CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,408 where 3,442 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 3,606 students in 2020 and was lowest at 3,062 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,569 to 3,442 students, a net loss of 127 (3.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,569	1,520	2,049
2016-17	3,521 -48	1,433 -87	2,088 39
2017-18	3,501 -20	1,417 -16	2,084 -4
2018-19	3,512 11	1,363 -54	2,149 65
2019-20	3,606 94	1,378 15	2,228 79
2020-21	3,243 -363	1,233 -145	2,010 -218
2021-22	3,284 41	1,268 35	2,016 6
2022-23	3,062 -222	1,152 -116	1,910 -106
2023-24	3,338 276	1,260 108	2,078 168
2024-25	3,442 104	1,279 19	2,163 85
Average	3,408	1,330	2,078

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.23%. The percentage was 77.67% 10 years ago and Northeast Mississippi CC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 17.34% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.89% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.67% to 74.23%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.36% to 0.44%. Black student enrollment increased from 17.20% to 17.34%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.07% to 3.89%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4158 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3666 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northeast Mississippi 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	5	13	614	74	1	2,772	45
2016-17	3	13	527	73	0	2,818	52
2017-18	5	12	555	83	0	2,756	57
2018-19	4	13	609	78	0	2,721	57
2019-20	5	15	619	73	2	2,807	60
2020-21	9	8	593	72	1	2,471	58
2021-22	16	12	607	102	1	2,478	57
2022-23	12	15	603	106	1	2,258	67
2023-24	7	9	593	134	2	2,511	81
2024-25	4	15	597	134	0	2,555	137
Average	7	13	592	93	1	2,615	67