Enrollment Trends at Northern Wyoming Community College District

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,903 where 3,534 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 4,347 students in 2020 and was lowest at 3,298 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,307 to 3,534 students, a net loss of 773 (17.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,307	2,313	1,994
2016-17	3,988 -319	2,121 -192	1,867 -127
2017-18	4,133 145	2,161 40	1,972 105
2018-19	4,168 35	2,198 37	1,970 -2
2019-20	4,347 179	2,362 164	1,985 15
2020-21	3,741 -606	1,960 -402	1,781 -204
2021-22	3,921 180	2,040 80	1,881 100
2022-23	3,596 -325	1,662 -378	1,934 53
2023-24	3,298 -298	1,394 -268	1,904 -30
2024-25	3,534 236	1,538 144	1,996 92
Average	3,903	1,975	1,928

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 81.86%. The percentage was 86.14% 10 years ago and Northern Wyoming Community College District still has a high percentage of white students. 0.42% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.71% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.65% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.14% to 81.86%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.63% to 0.42%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.00% to 0.71%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.71% to 9.65%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3190 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2523 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northern Wyoming Community College District over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• 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	80	27	43	289	8	3,710	116
2016-17	53	16	40	271	6	3,464	113
2017-18	66	29	39	318	10	3,531	114
2018-19	60	19	40	317	11	3,566	123
2019-20	77	20	31	347	8	3,690	130
2020-21	54	18	17	331	3	3,190	100
2021-22	59	15	22	333	3	3,345	101
2022-23	58	28	19	353	1	2,987	96
2023-24	28	25	26	325	3	2,704	115
2024-25	45	15	25	341	6	2,893	127
Average	58	21	30	323	6	3,308	114