Student Population at Northwest Missouri State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
8,505	5,308	3,197

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 8,505 students have enrolled in Northwest Missouri State University with 5,308 undergraduate and 3,197 graduate students.

By gender, 3,255 male and 5,250 female students are attending the school.

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

2,742 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,471 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

Northwest Missouri State University has a total of 8,505 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 5,308 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,197 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,255 male and 5,250 female students (the male-female ratio is 38:62) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,505	5,308	3,197
Men	3,255	2,072	1,183
Women	5,250	3,236	2,014

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,382 White, 323 Black, and 70 Asian students out of a total of 8,505 are attending at Northwest Missouri State 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	23	10	13
Asian	70	27	43
Black	323	162	161
Hispanic	337	134	203
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	9	4	5
White	6,382	2,225	4,157
Two or more races	223	82	141
Race Unknown	283	87	196

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	15	6	9
Asian	46	19	27
Black	224	121	103
Hispanic	258	98	160
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	7	3	4
White	4,366	1,668	2,698
Two or more races	176	64	112
Race Unknown	101	36	65

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	8	4	4
Asian	24	8	16
Black	99	41	58
Hispanic	79	36	43
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	2,016	557	1,459
Two or more races	47	18	29
Race Unknown	182	51	131

Student Age Distribution

By age, Northwest Missouri State has 515 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 5,689 students under 25 years old, and 2,812 students over 25 years old out of 8,505 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 515 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Northwest Missouri State has 4,908 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 398 students aged 25 and over.

It has 781 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,414 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	515	317	198
18-19	1,826	1,147	679
20-21	1,969	1,204	765
22-24	1,379	719	660
25-29	984	572	412
30-34	576	380	196
35-39	441	315	126
40-49	618	453	165
50-64	186	137	49
Over 65	7	4	3

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	515	317	198
18-19	1,825	1,146	679
20-21	1,916	1,182	734
22-24	652	323	329
25-29	142	85	57
30-34	93	62	31
35-39	58	44	14
40-49	84	60	24
50-64	18	14	4
Over 65	3	3	0

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 Northwest Missouri State University, 2,742 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,471 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,889 students lived in Missouri or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 853 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	8,505	2,742	1,471
Undergraduate	5,308	641	1,437
Graduate	3,197	2,101	34

Online Student Population by Locality
	Missouri Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,889	839	14
Undergraduate	508	126	7
Graduate	1,381	713	7

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,308 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 309 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.82%.257 students have transferred in as full-time status and 52 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	4,021
Transfer-in Full-time	257
Regular Part-time	978
Transfer-in Part-time	52

Student Population at Northwest Missouri State University

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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