Enrollment Trends at Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 49 where 37 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 69 students in 2016 and was lowest at 29 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 69 to 37 students, a net loss of 32 (46.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	69	13	56
2016-17	47 -22	11 -2	36 -20
2017-18	47	4 -7	43 7
2018-19	55 8	8 4	47 4
2019-20	59 4	11 3	48 1
2020-21	45 -14	10 -1	35 -13
2021-22	48 3	7 -3	41 6
2022-23	50 2	8 1	42 1
2023-24	29 -21	5 -3	24 -18
2024-25	37 8	9 4	28 4
Average	49	9	40

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 8.11% and the percentage of black students is 67.57% at Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program. Hispanic students comprise 18.92% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 8.70% to 8.11%. Black student enrollment decreased from 68.12% to 67.57%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.49% to 18.92%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5004 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5041 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	0	4	47	10	0	6	0
2016-17	0	3	27	4	2	6	2
2017-18	0	3	26	7	0	7	1
2018-19	1	2	29	8	0	5	6
2019-20	0	3	35	6	0	8	1
2020-21	0	3	23	10	0	7	0
2021-22	0	1	28	9	0	8	0
2022-23	0	3	27	6	0	9	0
2023-24	0	1	17	3	0	4	1
2024-25	0	0	25	7	0	3	1
Average	0	2	28	7	0	6	1

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.