Enrollment Trends at NMC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,576 where 3,253 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 4,264 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,098 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,264 to 3,253 students, a net loss of 1,011 (23.7%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,264	2,061	2,203
2016-17	4,164 -100	2,019 -42	2,145 -58
2017-18	3,954 -210	1,922 -97	2,032 -113
2018-19	3,727 -227	1,815 -107	1,912 -120
2019-20	3,579 -148	1,727 -88	1,852 -60
2020-21	3,278 -301	1,545 -182	1,733 -119
2021-22	3,296 18	1,484 -61	1,812 79
2022-23	3,098 -198	1,412 -72	1,686 -126
2023-24	3,146 48	1,467 55	1,679 -7
2024-25	3,253 107	1,581 114	1,672 -7
Average	3,576	1,703	1,873

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.95%. The percentage was 84.66% 10 years ago and NMC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.48% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.44% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.07% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.66% to 74.95%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.03% to 1.48%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.06% to 1.44%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.54% to 5.07%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4336 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2806 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwestern Michigan 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	75	44	45	151	4	3,610	122
2016-17	64	30	57	171	5	3,483	126
2017-18	69	35	43	132	3	3,303	119
2018-19	65	39	45	137	7	3,048	114
2019-20	62	43	43	141	6	2,885	108
2020-21	57	31	37	139	5	2,628	101
2021-22	45	33	40	142	6	2,652	113
2022-23	38	38	38	148	3	2,434	120
2023-24	38	43	37	147	2	2,420	112
2024-25	45	48	47	165	0	2,438	127
Average	56	38	43	147	4	2,890	116