Enrollment Trends at NPC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,982 where 3,158 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.51 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NPC than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,354	1,402	1,952
2016-17	3,044 -310	1,266 -136	1,778 -174
2017-18	3,021 -23	1,212 -54	1,809 31
2018-19	3,182 161	1,262 50	1,920 111
2019-20	3,008 -174	1,217 -45	1,791 -129
2020-21	2,700 -308	1,086 -131	1,614 -177
2021-22	2,786 86	1,092 6	1,694 80
2022-23	2,740 -46	991 -101	1,749 55
2023-24	2,825 85	1,059 68	1,766 17
2024-25	3,158 333	1,256 197	1,902 136
Average	2,982	1,184	1,798

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.82% and the percentage of black students is 0.51% at Northland Pioneer College. 1.04% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 17.07% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.60% to 38.82%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.60% to 1.04%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.19% to 0.51%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.02% to 17.07%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7436 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6580 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northland Pioneer 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	1,200	20	40	403	8	1,496	73
2016-17	1,009	20	27	340	14	1,436	82
2017-18	1,102	20	28	374	5	1,299	78
2018-19	1,155	22	21	430	6	1,317	78
2019-20	1,019	23	12	410	13	1,317	68
2020-21	746	18	11	387	8	1,075	44
2021-22	791	22	13	405	8	1,415	57
2022-23	764	23	11	426	5	1,115	38
2023-24	824	29	12	512	12	1,120	63
2024-25	869	33	16	539	12	1,226	85
Average	948	23	19	423	9	1,282	67