Enrollment Trends at NTC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 924 where 978 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,128 students in 2016 and was lowest at 721 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,128 to 978 students, a net loss of 150 (13.3%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,128	338	790
2016-17	979 -149	260 -78	719 -71
2017-18	941 -38	268 8	673 -46
2018-19	1,022 81	316 48	706 33
2019-20	947 -75	301 -15	646 -60
2020-21	825 -122	215 -86	610 -36
2021-22	794 -31	254 39	540 -70
2022-23	721 -73	223 -31	498 -42
2023-24	901 180	248 25	653 155
2024-25	978 77	271 23	707 54
Average	924	269	654

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.74%. The percentage was 72.96% 10 years ago and NTC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.62% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.70% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.96% to 60.74%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.53% to 1.33%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.08% to 14.62%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.93% to 4.70%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5954 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4581 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwest Technical College 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	70	6	46	33	2	823	63
2016-17	66	6	44	28	0	738	43
2017-18	57	9	43	31	2	721	41
2018-19	62	9	46	37	0	775	51
2019-20	67	10	47	31	0	692	49
2020-21	56	8	33	19	2	646	37
2021-22	54	6	29	23	1	609	37
2022-23	43	7	29	30	0	552	42
2023-24	72	9	79	30	0	616	50
2024-25	90	13	143	46	0	594	58
Average	64	8	54	31	1	677	47