Student Population at NECC

The following chart compares NECC's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Massachusetts.

NECC has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 5,083 students). The enrollment is close to the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Massachusetts average (5,208 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Northern Essex Community College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 1,732 male and 2,989 female students attending NECC. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.58 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at NECC.

By age, there are 3,100 students whose age under twenty five and 1,065 students whose age is over thirty years old at Northern Essex Community College.

Especially, 707 students are younger than eighteen and 19 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Northern Essex Community College, 2,543 students (53.87% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 999 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 902 students live in Massachusetts where Northern Essex Community College is located in and 84 students have enrolled from other states.