Enrollment Trends at NJC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,489 where 1,684 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.82 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NJC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northeastern Junior College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,498	682	816
2016-17	1,645 147	720 38	925 109
2017-18	1,547 -98	700 -20	847 -78
2018-19	1,492 -55	649 -51	843 -4
2019-20	1,390 -102	630 -19	760 -83
2020-21	1,293 -97	531 -99	762 2
2021-22	1,392 99	581 50	811 49
2022-23	1,446 54	514 -67	932 121
2023-24	1,502 56	546 32	956 24
2024-25	1,684 182	598 52	1,086 130
Average	1,489	615	874

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.15%. The percentage was 72.10% 10 years ago and NJC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.42% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.25% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 17.28% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 72.10% to 72.15%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.53% to 0.42%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.54% to 1.25%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.02% to 17.28%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4489 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4626 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northeastern Junior 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	10	8	68	180	1	1,080	48
2016-17	14	16	57	213	3	1,176	45
2017-18	14	18	49	203	1	1,079	40
2018-19	6	13	48	205	1	1,055	33
2019-20	6	10	46	248	2	943	43
2020-21	5	11	30	226	1	926	40
2021-22	6	13	29	233	0	1,004	31
2022-23	3	7	31	228	1	1,041	37
2023-24	6	3	30	228	1	1,097	37
2024-25	5	7	21	291	2	1,215	36
Average	8	11	41	226	1	1,062	39