Enrollment Trends at Northern Maine CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 806 where 843 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Northern Maine CC.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	931	441	490
2016-17	880 -51	419 -22	461 -29
2017-18	841 -39	379 -40	462 1
2018-19	811 -30	365 -14	446 -16
2019-20	829 18	371 6	458 12
2020-21	775 -54	338 -33	437 -21
2021-22	596 -179	285 -53	311 -126
2022-23	783 187	382 97	401 90
2023-24	772 -11	371 -11	401
2024-25	843 71	401 30	442 41
Average	806	375	431

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 86.24%. The percentage was 84.43% 10 years ago and Northern Maine CC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.24% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.30% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.32% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 84.43% to 86.24%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.54% to 0.24%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.50% to 1.30%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.40% to 3.32%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2542 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.2862 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northern Maine 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	20	5	14	13	2	786	10
2016-17	15	4	12	8	3	756	15
2017-18	16	3	5	13	4	619	15
2018-19	18	2	19	14	2	579	8
2019-20	16	2	13	18	3	543	11
2020-21	11	2	12	17	2	491	11
2021-22	11	3	10	22	0	505	15
2022-23	18	6	15	18	0	671	12
2023-24	11	3	16	26	1	680	12
2024-25	17	2	11	28	0	727	16
Average	15	3	13	18	2	636	13