Student Population at NWCC

The following chart compares NWCC'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 Mississippi.

NWCC has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 3,831 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Mississippi average (4,802 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Northwest Mississippi Community College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 2,951 male and 4,916 female students attending NWCC. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.60 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 NWCC.

At Northwest Mississippi Community College, 5,357 students (68.09% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,272 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, 2,199 students live in Mississippi where Northwest Mississippi Community College is located in and 73 students have enrolled from other states.