Northwest Shoals Community College Student Population and Demographics

Northwest Shoals CC Student Population

Northwest Shoals Community College has a total enrollment of 4,665 (all undergraduate students) for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 920 full-time and 3,745 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,018 male and 2,647 female students.

Northwest Shoals Community College is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,094 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northwest Shoals Community College has a total enrollment of 4,665 with a gender distribution of 43.26% male (2,018 students) and 56.74% female (2,647 students).

Student Population By Gender
Northwest Shoals Community College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	4,665	2,018	2,647
Full-time	920	399	521
Part-time	3,745	1,619	2,126

[Chart] Northwest Shoals Community College 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northwest Shoals Community College has 920 full-time and 3,745 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 920 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,745 students are attending with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northwest Shoals Community College
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	4,665	920	3,745
Men	2,018	399	1,619
Women	2,647	521	2,126

[Chart] Northwest Shoals Community College Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northwest Shoals Community College, 1,094 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,308 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 4,665 students.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northwest Shoals Community College
	Total	Undergraduate
Total	4,665	4,665
Online Exclusively	1,094	1,094
In Some Online Classes	1,308	1,308
Not In Online Classes	2,263	2,263

[Chart] Northwest Shoals Community College Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Northwest Shoals Community College. There are 36 American Indian/Native American, 3,341 White, 378 Black/African American, 32 Asian, 562 Hispanic, 4 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 118 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northwest Shoals Community College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	4,665	2,018	2,647
American Indian/Native American	36	22	14
Asian	32	11	21
Black/African American	378	147	231
Hispanic	562	244	318
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	2	2
White	3,341	1,467	1,874
Two More	258	104	154
Race Un-Known	39	14	25

[Chart] Northwest Shoals Community CollegeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Student Age Distribution
Northwest Shoals Community College
	Undergraduate
Total	4,665
Under 18	2,337
Age 18-19	1,123
Age 20-21	390
Age 22-24	284
Age 25-29	236
Age 30-34	118
Age 35-39	81
Age 40-49	64
Age 50-64	18
Over 64	14
Age Un-Known	0

[Chart] Northwest Shoals Community College 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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