Student Population at Northern Arizona University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
28,086	23,204	4,882

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 28,086 students have enrolled in Northern Arizona University with 23,204 undergraduate and 4,882 graduate students.

By gender, 10,274 male and 17,812 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

5,570 students are enrolled exclusively, and 9,723 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Northern Arizona University has a total of 28,086 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 23,204 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,882 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 10,274 male and 17,812 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	28,086	23,204	4,882
Men	10,274	8,550	1,724
Women	17,812	14,654	3,158

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 15,348 White, 833 Black, and 825 Asian students out of a total of 28,086 are attending at Northern Arizona University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	841	244	597
Asian	825	250	575
Black	833	336	497
Hispanic	6,960	2,227	4,733
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	68	30	38
White	15,348	5,658	9,690
Two or more races	1,505	545	960
Race Unknown	763	457	306

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	674	214	460
Asian	713	217	496
Black	668	272	396
Hispanic	6,094	2,006	4,088
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	61	27	34
White	12,915	4,960	7,955
Two or more races	1,341	511	830
Race Unknown	294	126	168

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	167	30	137
Asian	112	33	79
Black	165	64	101
Hispanic	866	221	645
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	7	3	4
White	2,433	698	1,735
Two or more races	164	34	130
Race Unknown	469	331	138

Student Age Distribution

By age, NAU has 347 students under 18 years old and 37 students over 65 years old. There are 21,321 students under 25 years old, and 6,765 students over 25 years old out of 28,086 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 347 students are younger than 18 and 17 students are older than 65. NAU has 20,046 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,158 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,275 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,607 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	347	256	91
18-19	9,369	6,022	3,347
20-21	7,587	4,838	2,749
22-24	4,018	2,328	1,690
25-29	2,473	1,554	919
30-34	1,462	921	541
35-39	1,028	678	350
40-49	1,256	840	416
50-64	509	349	160
Over 65	37	26	11

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	347	256	91
18-19	9,367	6,020	3,347
20-21	7,472	4,762	2,710
22-24	2,860	1,561	1,299
25-29	1,240	751	489
30-34	683	430	253
35-39	480	340	140
40-49	528	375	153
50-64	210	145	65
Over 65	17	14	3

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Northern Arizona University, 5,570 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,723 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,854 students lived in Arizona or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,716 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	28,086	5,570	9,723
Undergraduate	23,204	3,413	9,073
Graduate	4,882	2,157	650

Online Student Population by Locality
	Arizona Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	2,854	2,603	113
Undergraduate	1,831	1,535	47
Graduate	1,023	1,068	66

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 23,204 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,777 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.66%.1,287 students have transferred in as full-time status and 490 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	18,724
Transfer-in Full-time	1,287
Regular Part-time	2,703
Transfer-in Part-time	490

Student Population at Northern Arizona University

Student Population by Gender

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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Online Student Enrollment

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

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