Enrollment Trends at TCAT-Newbern

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 811 where 2,284 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 0.48 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in TCAT-Newbern than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	375	246	129
2016-17	419 44	297 51	122 -7
2017-18	413 -6	286 -11	127 5
2018-19	461 48	316 30	145 18
2019-20	456 -5	333 17	123 -22
2020-21	477 21	354 21	123
2021-22	477	318 -36	159 36
2022-23	444 -33	316 -2	128 -31
2023-24	2,302 1,858	1,516 1,200	786 658
2024-25	2,284 -18	1,548 32	736 -50
Average	811	553	258

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.98%. The percentage was 81.60% 10 years ago and TCAT-Newbern still has a high percentage of white students. 0.39% of enrolled students is Asian and 19.00% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.27% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.60% to 59.98%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.80% to 0.39%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.87% to 19.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.73% to 7.27%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5957 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3135 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest 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	0	3	52	14	0	306	0
2016-17	0	1	49	14	0	353	2
2017-18	1	0	41	7	0	349	15
2018-19	0	0	79	21	0	356	5
2019-20	2	1	76	19	1	337	17
2020-21	0	0	62	25	2	355	14
2021-22	1	0	80	25	1	333	12
2022-23	2	0	56	39	0	314	12
2023-24	11	5	462	158	0	1,325	106
2024-25	6	9	434	166	0	1,370	127
Average	2	2	139	49	0	540	31

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.