Enrollment Trends at TMCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 604 where 872 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 872 students in 2025 and was lowest at 472 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 555 to 872 students, a net gain of 317 (57.1%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	555	555	221	334	0	0	0
2016-17	584 29	584 29	228 7	356 22	0	0	0
2017-18	567 -17	567 -17	225 -3	342 -14	0	0	0
2018-19	573 6	573 6	243 18	330 -12	0	0	0
2019-20	531 -42	531 -42	209 -34	322 -8	0	0	0
2020-21	586 55	586 55	221 12	365 43	0	0	0
2021-22	472 -114	472 -114	194 -27	278 -87	0	0	0
2022-23	599 127	599 127	233 39	366 88	0	0	0
2023-24	698 99	688 89	252 19	436 70	10 10	3 3	7 7
2024-25	872 174	840 152	359 107	481 45	32 22	11 8	21 14
Average	604	600	239	361	4	1	3

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 600 where 840 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Turtle Mountain College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	555	441	172	269	114	49	65
2016-17	584	493	192	301	91	36	55
2017-18	567	474	189	285	93	36	57
2018-19	573	479	202	277	94	41	53
2019-20	531	420	172	248	111	37	74
2020-21	586	471	180	291	115	41	74
2021-22	472	353	157	196	119	37	82
2022-23	599	461	186	275	138	47	91
2023-24	688	491	194	297	197	58	139
2024-25	840	446	185	261	394	174	220
Average	600	600	183	270	600	56	91

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4 where 32 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Turtle Mountain College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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	10	10	3	7	0	0	0
2024-25	32	22	5	17	10	6	4
Average	4	4	1	2	4	1	0

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.18% and the percentage of black students is 0.34% at Turtle Mountain College. Hispanic students comprise 0.11% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 2.34% to 2.18%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.08% to 0.34%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 0.36% to 0.11%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.0538 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.0736 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Turtle Mountain 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	534	0	6	2	0	13	0
2016-17	556	0	1	6	0	20	1
2017-18	544	0	1	3	0	19	0
2018-19	550	0	0	4	1	18	0
2019-20	518	0	0	2	0	11	0
2020-21	570	0	0	0	0	16	0
2021-22	457	0	0	0	0	15	0
2022-23	582	0	1	2	0	14	0
2023-24	678	0	1	2	0	17	0
2024-25	848	0	3	1	0	19	1
Average	584	0	1	2	0	16	0