Student Population at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
9,389	8,405	984

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 9,389 students have enrolled in Northwestern State University of Louisiana with 8,405 undergraduate and 984 graduate students.

By gender, 2,743 male and 6,646 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

5,349 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,962 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

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Student Population by Gender

Northwestern State University of Louisiana has a total of 9,389 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 8,405 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 984 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,743 male and 6,646 female students (the male-female ratio is 29:71) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,389	8,405	984
Men	2,743	2,533	210
Women	6,646	5,872	774

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,492 White, 2,351 Black, and 130 Asian students out of a total of 9,389 are attending at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. 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	123	39	84
Asian	130	42	88
Black	2,351	602	1,749
Hispanic	517	173	344
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	9	4	5
White	5,492	1,617	3,875
Two or more races	411	127	284
Race Unknown	188	70	118

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	114	37	77
Asian	103	38	65
Black	2,100	561	1,539
Hispanic	493	166	327
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	7	3	4
White	4,856	1,473	3,383
Two or more races	398	126	272
Race Unknown	184	70	114

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	9	2	7
Asian	27	4	23
Black	251	41	210
Hispanic	24	7	17
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	636	144	492
Two or more races	13	1	12
Race Unknown	4	0	4

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 Northwestern State University of Louisiana, 5,349 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,962 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,921 students lived in Louisiana or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 428 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	9,389	5,349	2,962
Undergraduate	8,405	4,490	2,870
Graduate	984	859	92

Online Student Population by Locality
	Louisiana Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	4,921	424	4
Undergraduate	4,181	308	1
Graduate	740	116	3

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,405 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 423 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.03%.229 students have transferred in as full-time status and 194 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	4,602
Transfer-in Full-time	229
Regular Part-time	3,380
Transfer-in Part-time	194