Northern Essex Community College Student Population and Demographics

NECC Student Population

Northern Essex Community College has a total enrollment of 4,721 (all undergraduate students) for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 1,025 full-time and 3,696 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,732 male and 2,989 female students.

Northern Essex Community College is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 999 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northern Essex Community College has a total enrollment of 4,721 with a gender distribution of 36.69% male (1,732 students) and 63.31% female (2,989 students).

Student Population By Gender
Northern Essex Community College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	4,721	1,732	2,989
Full-time	1,025	519	506
Part-time	3,696	1,213	2,483

[Chart] Northern Essex Community College 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northern Essex Community College has 1,025 full-time and 3,696 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 1,025 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,696 students are attending with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northern Essex Community College
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	4,721	1,025	3,696
Men	1,732	519	1,213
Women	2,989	506	2,483

[Chart] Northern Essex Community College Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northern Essex Community College, 999 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,544 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 4,721 students.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northern Essex Community College
	Total	Undergraduate
Total	4,721	4,721
Online Exclusively	999	999
In Some Online Classes	1,544	1,544
Not In Online Classes	2,178	2,178

[Chart] Northern Essex Community College Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Northern Essex Community College. There are 11 American Indian/Native American, 1,680 White, 268 Black/African American, 103 Asian, 2,309 Hispanic, 7 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 88 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northern Essex Community College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	4,721	1,732	2,989
American Indian/Native American	11	5	6
Asian	103	43	60
Black/African American	268	114	154
Hispanic	2,309	726	1,583
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	3	4
White	1,680	705	975
Two More	108	33	75
Race Un-Known	137	55	82

[Chart] Northern Essex Community CollegeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Northern Essex Community College.

Student Age Distribution
Northern Essex Community College
	Undergraduate
Total	4,721
Under 18	707
Age 18-19	1,047
Age 20-21	762
Age 22-24	584
Age 25-29	554
Age 30-34	373
Age 35-39	281
Age 40-49	270
Age 50-64	122
Over 64	19
Age Un-Known	2

[Chart] Northern Essex Community College 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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