Student Population at Northern Michigan University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
6,970	6,434	536

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 6,970 students have enrolled in Northern Michigan University with 6,434 undergraduate and 536 graduate students.

By gender, 2,817 male and 4,153 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (4,749 students in average - public Master's College and University (medium programs)).

575 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,720 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 Michigan University has a total of 6,970 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 6,434 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 536 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,817 male and 4,153 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,970	6,434	536
Men	2,817	2,634	183
Women	4,153	3,800	353

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,916 White, 115 Black, and 63 Asian students out of a total of 6,970 are attending at Northern Michigan 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	101	36	65
Asian	63	17	46
Black	115	66	49
Hispanic	279	132	147
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	5,916	2,362	3,554
Two or more races	251	101	150
Race Unknown	177	63	114

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	92	35	57
Asian	57	16	41
Black	104	60	44
Hispanic	255	121	134
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	5,466	2,210	3,256
Two or more races	235	96	139
Race Unknown	163	59	104

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	9	1	8
Asian	6	1	5
Black	11	6	5
Hispanic	24	11	13
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	450	152	298
Two or more races	16	5	11
Race Unknown	14	4	10

Student Age Distribution

By age, Northern Michigan has 160 students under 18 years old and 193 students over 65 years old. There are 5,812 students under 25 years old, and 1,158 students over 25 years old out of 6,970 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 160 students are younger than 18 and 163 students are older than 65. Northern Michigan has 5,670 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 764 students aged 25 and over.

It has 142 graduate students aged under 25 and 394 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	160	103	57
18-19	2,327	1,419	908
20-21	2,130	1,297	833
22-24	1,195	624	571
25-29	428	212	216
30-34	173	103	70
35-39	137	84	53
40-49	141	97	44
50-64	86	59	27
Over 65	193	155	38

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	160	103	57
18-19	2,327	1,419	908
20-21	2,117	1,287	830
22-24	1,066	548	518
25-29	298	126	172
30-34	102	55	47
35-39	73	44	29
40-49	70	45	25
50-64	58	39	19
Over 65	163	134	29

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 Michigan University, 575 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,720 students are enrolled in some online courses.

473 students lived in Michigan or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 102 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	6,970	575	1,720
Undergraduate	6,434	301	1,666
Graduate	536	274	54

Online Student Population by Locality
	Michigan Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	473	98	4
Undergraduate	234	65	2
Graduate	239	33	2

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,434 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 386 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.00%.337 students have transferred in as full-time status and 49 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	5,275
Transfer-in Full-time	337
Regular Part-time	773
Transfer-in Part-time	49

Student Population at Northern Michigan University

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