At Northwest-Shoals Community College, 80 percent of undergraduate students are traditional students - age 24 or younger - and 59 percent are female, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
The two-year public institution in Muscle Shoals enrolled 3,440 students in fall 2017, all in undergraduate programs, data shows. 2.9 percent of undergraduates transferred from another college or university.
97 percent of undergraduates are residents of Alabama, and 1 percent are residents of other states.
The undergraduate student body is comprised mostly of students who identify as white (82 percent) and Black or African American (8 percent).
Northwest-Shoals Community College undergraduate enrollment
Total
Portion of Total
Undergraduate enrollment
3,440
Transfers
101
2.9%
Male
~1,410
41%
Female
~2,030
59%
Age 24 and under
2,752
80%
Age 25 and over
688
20%
In-state residence
~3,337
97%
Out of state residence
~34
1%
American Indian or Alaska Native
~34
1%
Black or African American
~275
8%
Hispanic/Latino
~206
6%
White
~2,821
82%
Enrolled in distance education
~241
7%
Enrolled in some distance education
~654
19%
Not enrolled in distance education
~2,511
73%
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