Enrollment Trends at Montana State University-Northern

The student population at Montana State University-Northern is 1,140 (1,105 undergraduate and 35 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 194 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Montana State University-Northern is 96.93% which is decreased by 145 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 49 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.78 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

246 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 26.80% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,162 where 1,140 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

96.93% of total students is undergraduate students and 3.07% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 145 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 49 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.78 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Montana State University-Northern than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Montana State University-Northern since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,334	1,250	629	621	84	17	67
2014-15	1,230 -104	1,148 -102	596 -33	552 -69	82 -2	23 6	59 -8
2015-16	1,234 4	1,154 6	607 11	547 -5	80 -2	31 8	49 -10
2016-17	1,207 -27	1,139 -15	633 26	506 -41	68 -12	23 -8	45 -4
2017-18	1,236 29	1,163 24	648 15	515 9	73 5	28 5	45 0
2018-19	1,090 -146	1,031 -132	566 -82	465 -50	59 -14	15 -13	44 -1
2019-20	1,073 -17	1,022 -9	546 -20	476 11	51 -8	9 -6	42 -2
2020-21	1,024 -49	988 -34	534 -12	454 -22	36 -15	9 0	27 -15
2021-22	1,050 26	1,008 20	583 49	425 -29	42 6	10 1	32 5
2022-23	1,140 90	1,105 97	637 54	468 43	35 -7	5 -5	30 -2
Average	1,162	1,101	598	503	61	17	44

Montana State University-Northern Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,101 where 1,105 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Montana State University-Northern since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,250	917	551	366	333	78	255
2014-15	1,148	885	520	365	263	76	187
2015-16	1,154	879	535	344	275	72	203
2016-17	1,139	892	563	329	247	70	177
2017-18	1,163	855	546	309	308	102	206
2018-19	1,031	811	495	316	220	71	149
2019-20	1,022	794	458	336	228	88	140
2020-21	988	729	423	306	259	111	148
2021-22	1,008	703	412	291	305	171	134
2022-23	1,105	683	426	257	422	211	211
Average	1,101	1,101	493	322	1,101	105	181

Montana State University-Northern Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 61 where 35 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Montana State University-Northern since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	84	1	0	1	83	17	66
2014-15	82	4	0	4	78	23	55
2015-16	80	1	0	1	79	31	48
2016-17	68	1	0	1	67	23	44
2017-18	73	21	5	16	52	23	29
2018-19	59	19	3	16	40	12	28
2019-20	51	19	4	15	32	5	27
2020-21	36	15	2	13	21	7	14
2021-22	42	11	1	10	31	9	22
2022-23	35	13	1	12	22	4	18
Average	61	61	2	9	61	15	35

Montana State University-Northern Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.14%. The percentage was 76.69% 10 years ago and Montana State University-Northern still has a high percentage of white students. 0.88% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.75% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Montana State University-Northern over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	146	18	18	21	2	1,023	7
2014-15	154	15	17	15	4	942	5
2015-16	162	9	27	20	7	922	10
2016-17	162	6	32	27	8	916	8
2017-18	120	5	20	51	9	916	76
2018-19	126	5	21	51	6	789	70
2019-20	108	5	22	53	8	774	78
2020-21	88	4	30	50	6	732	86
2021-22	179	8	27	33	4	746	30
2022-23	186	10	20	38	2	811	34
Average	143	9	23	36	6	857	40

Montana State University-Northern Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

246 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 26.80% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Montana State University-Northern from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,230	194	381	655
2015-16	1,234	257	342	635
2016-17	1,207	197	415	595
2017-18	1,236	264	296	676
2018-19	1,090	216	350	524
2019-20	1,073	239	392	442
2020-21	1,024	237	494	293
2021-22	1,050	193	418	439
2022-23	1,140	246	440	454
Average	1,143	227	392	524

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