Enrollment Trends at West Virginia Northern CC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,469 where 1,525 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 2,013 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,099 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,013 to 1,525 students, a net loss of 488 (24.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at West Virginia Northern Community College since 2015.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,013	689	1,324
2016-17	1,774 -239	635 -54	1,139 -185
2017-18	1,650 -124	562 -73	1,088 -51
2018-19	1,541 -109	521 -41	1,020 -68
2019-20	1,352 -189	456 -65	896 -124
2020-21	1,253 -99	405 -51	848 -48
2021-22	1,099 -154	395 -10	704 -144
2022-23	1,222 123	427 32	795 91
2023-24	1,263 41	453 26	810 15
2024-25	1,525 262	570 117	955 145
Average	1,469	511	958

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 87.80%. The percentage was 90.56% 10 years ago and West Virginia Northern CC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.98% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.20% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.03% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 90.56% to 87.80%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.25% to 0.98%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.83% to 4.20%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.94% to 2.03%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2258 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1783 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Virginia Northern Community College 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	5	5	57	19	0	1,823	50
2016-17	7	8	55	24	0	1,604	56
2017-18	8	13	44	20	0	1,496	50
2018-19	5	10	37	24	0	1,390	48
2019-20	5	6	28	18	0	1,231	45
2020-21	1	2	23	27	0	1,143	35
2021-22	0	5	30	21	0	1,001	24
2022-23	0	13	25	24	0	1,105	40
2023-24	6	15	30	23	1	1,146	32
2024-25	3	15	64	31	1	1,339	47
Average	4	9	39	23	0	1,328	43