Enrollment Trends at Northwest Vista

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 17,574 where 20,060 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 20,060 students in 2025 and was lowest at 16,293 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 16,656 to 20,060 students, a net gain of 3,404 (20.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,656	7,590	9,066
2016-17	16,793 137	7,586 -4	9,207 141
2017-18	16,752 -41	7,440 -146	9,312 105
2018-19	16,293 -459	7,050 -390	9,243 -69
2019-20	18,010 1,717	7,794 744	10,216 973
2020-21	18,542 532	7,567 -227	10,975 759
2021-22	16,604 -1,938	6,676 -891	9,928 -1,047
2022-23	17,222 618	7,191 515	10,031 103
2023-24	18,808 1,586	8,140 949	10,668 637
2024-25	20,060 1,252	8,660 520	11,400 732
Average	17,574	7,569	10,005

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 17.46% and the percentage of black students is 6.29% at Northwest Vista College. 4.08% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 66.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 24.65% to 17.46%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.05% to 4.08%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.37% to 6.29%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 62.00% to 66.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5245 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5497 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwest Vista 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	35	508	894	10,326	34	4,105	632
2016-17	21	550	877	10,403	33	4,169	589
2017-18	35	544	906	10,443	29	4,042	616
2018-19	21	545	940	10,284	28	3,643	630
2019-20	29	606	1,079	11,315	26	3,938	738
2020-21	38	640	1,129	11,862	38	3,772	734
2021-22	25	601	1,066	10,829	29	3,217	635
2022-23	23	675	1,051	11,355	25	3,203	662
2023-24	33	723	1,175	12,445	29	3,387	699
2024-25	39	818	1,261	13,275	32	3,502	773
Average	30	621	1,038	11,254	30	3,698	671