Enrollment Trends at Northwest Florida State

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,243 where 4,752 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 5,905 students in 2016 and was lowest at 4,697 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,905 to 4,752 students, a net loss of 1,153 (19.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northwest Florida State College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,905	2,491	3,414
2016-17	5,761 -144	2,419 -72	3,342 -72
2017-18	5,727 -34	2,330 -89	3,397 55
2018-19	5,497 -230	2,218 -112	3,279 -118
2019-20	5,025 -472	1,951 -267	3,074 -205
2020-21	5,004 -21	1,820 -131	3,184 110
2021-22	4,697 -307	1,798 -22	2,899 -285
2022-23	4,898 201	1,938 140	2,960 61
2023-24	5,160 262	2,042 104	3,118 158
2024-25	4,752 -408	1,955 -87	2,797 -321
Average	5,243	2,096	3,146

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.09%. The percentage was 70.58% 10 years ago and Northwest Florida State still has a high percentage of white students. 2.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.24% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.11% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.58% to 63.09%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.39% to 2.97%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.33% to 7.24%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.23% to 13.11%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5733 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4867 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwest Florida State 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	16	141	433	486	18	4,168	288
2016-17	23	159	442	503	32	3,912	297
2017-18	25	150	414	530	55	3,599	325
2018-19	25	139	417	484	53	3,331	299
2019-20	20	129	372	435	24	2,939	318
2020-21	23	145	397	526	22	3,107	333
2021-22	20	148	375	550	16	3,041	300
2022-23	26	146	398	615	13	3,135	328
2023-24	35	142	381	662	17	3,279	381
2024-25	23	141	344	623	14	2,998	347
Average	24	144	397	541	26	3,351	322