Student Population at Norfolk State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
5,783	5,337	446

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 5,783 students have enrolled in Norfolk State University with 5,337 undergraduate and 446 graduate students.

By gender, 1,920 male and 3,863 female students are attending the school.

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

682 students are enrolled exclusively, and 4,921 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

Norfolk State University has a total of 5,783 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 5,337 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 446 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,920 male and 3,863 female students (the male-female ratio is 33:67) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,783	5,337	446
Men	1,920	1,740	180
Women	3,863	3,597	266

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 145 White, 4,841 Black, and 20 Asian students out of a total of 5,783 are attending at Norfolk 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	13	5	8
Asian	20	10	10
Black	4,841	1,569	3,272
Hispanic	268	79	189
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	1	3
White	145	61	84
Two or more races	328	109	219
Race Unknown	99	42	57

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	13	5	8
Asian	14	7	7
Black	4,541	1,466	3,075
Hispanic	255	75	180
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	1	3
White	115	52	63
Two or more races	302	99	203
Race Unknown	71	22	49

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	-	-	-
Asian	6	3	3
Black	300	103	197
Hispanic	13	4	9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	30	9	21
Two or more races	26	10	16
Race Unknown	28	20	8

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 Norfolk State University, 682 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,921 students are enrolled in some online courses.

521 students lived in Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 161 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	5,783	682	4,921
Undergraduate	5,337	544	4,645
Graduate	446	138	276

Online Student Population by Locality
	Virginia Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	521	160	1
Undergraduate	428	116	0
Graduate	93	44	1

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,337 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 345 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.46%.264 students have transferred in as full-time status and 81 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	4,354
Transfer-in Full-time	264
Regular Part-time	638
Transfer-in Part-time	81