Enrollment Trends for Northern Marianas Colleges

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 1,217, and 1,239 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

The women to men ratio is 1.66 to 1, meaning that there are more women students enrolled in Northern Marianas Colleges than men students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northern Marianas Colleges since 2015.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	1,186	472	714
2015-16	1,157 -29	448 -24	709 -5
2016-17	1,038 -119	412 -36	626 -83
2017-18	1,216 178	478 66	738 112
2018-19	1,194 -22	453 -25	741 3
2019-20	1,253 59	471 18	782 41
2020-21	1,255 2	439 -32	816 34
2021-22	1,298 43	511 72	787 -29
2022-23	1,297 -1	490 -21	807 20
2023-24	1,253 -44	467 -23	786 -21
2024-25	1,239 -14	465 -2	774 -12
Average	1,217	464	753

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 1,217. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 53 from 1,186 to 1,239.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Northern Marianas Colleges since 2015.

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Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	1,186	984	387	597	202	85	117
2015-16	1,157	921	362	559	236	86	150
2016-17	1,038	828	335	493	210	77	133
2017-18	1,216	913	354	559	303	124	179
2018-19	1,194	927	349	578	267	104	163
2019-20	1,253	979	359	620	274	112	162
2020-21	1,255	959	328	631	296	111	185
2021-22	1,298	1,016	409	607	282	102	180
2022-23	1,297	953	366	587	344	124	220
2023-24	1,253	915	336	579	338	131	207
2024-25	1,239	878	325	553	361	140	221
Average	1,217	1,217	355	578	1,217	109	174

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 0. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 0 from 0 to 0.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Northern Marianas Colleges since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024-25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Average

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.65% and the percentage of black students is 0.24% at Northern Marianas Colleges. 40.60% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northern Marianas Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2014-15	2	336	3	4	610	18	86
2015-16	1	393	2	2	504	17	128
2016-17	0	402	2	1	425	15	110
2017-18	0	469	2	1	490	14	133
2018-19	0	475	4	5	517	12	69
2019-20	0	485	3	10	535	12	75
2020-21	1	530	2	22	452	10	95
2021-22	0	589	3	18	458	11	104
2022-23	0	576	1	20	473	9	113
2023-24	0	550	1	16	453	11	117
2024-25	1	503	3	14	437	8	88
Average	0	483	2	10	487	12	102

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

59 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,866.67% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northern Marianas Colleges from 2012 to 2025.

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