How Student Population Changes at Northwest

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,576 where 1,423 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Northwest than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northwest College since 2013.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,880	772	1,108
2014-15	1,652 -228	657 -115	995 -113
2015-16	1,694 42	717 60	977 -18
2016-17	1,656 -38	680 -37	976 -1
2017-18	1,654 -2	698 18	956 -20
2018-19	1,488 -166	610 -88	878 -78
2019-20	1,446 -42	580 -30	866 -12
2020-21	1,438 -8	569 -11	869 3
2021-22	1,427 -11	573 4	854 -15
2022-23	1,423 -4	618 45	805 -49
Average	1,576	647	928

Northwest College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.25%. The percentage was 84.95% 10 years ago and Northwest still has a high percentage of white students. 0.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.70% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwest College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	15	4	10	143	1	1,597	40
2014-15	18	7	10	118	1	1,392	35
2015-16	12	8	11	137	4	1,432	32
2016-17	11	7	8	125	5	1,389	36
2017-18	9	5	14	100	3	1,408	50
2018-19	8	9	13	120	6	1,233	37
2019-20	5	11	9	118	6	1,192	26
2020-21	10	6	24	112	4	1,190	29
2021-22	19	9	12	112	5	1,179	29
2022-23	20	8	10	112	1	1,142	26
Average	13	7	12	120	4	1,315	34

Northwest College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

259 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 60.87% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwest College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,652	161	406	1,085
2015-16	1,694	130	395	1,169
2016-17	1,656	142	469	1,045
2017-18	1,654	172	466	1,016
2018-19	1,488	207	406	875
2019-20	1,446	223	462	761
2020-21	1,438	231	553	654
2021-22	1,427	288	583	556
2022-23	1,423	259	528	636
Average	1,542	201	474	866

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Enrollment Trends at Northwest

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes