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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,684 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,293 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,498 to 1,684 students, a net gain of 186 (12.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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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).

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• Interactive Chart
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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