Enrollment Trends at National Louis

The student population at National Louis University is 7,525 (3,984 undergraduate and 3,541 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,711 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at National Louis is 52.94% which is increased by 2,557 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 154 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 3.49 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

3,948 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 280.71% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,845 where 7,525 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

52.94% of total students is undergraduate students and 47.06% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,557 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 154 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.49 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in National Louis than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at National Louis University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,814	1,427	325	1,102	3,387	621	2,766
2014-15	4,582 -232	1,341 -86	299 -26	1,042 -60	3,241 -146	626 5	2,615 -151
2015-16	4,384 -198	1,306 -35	271 -28	1,035 -7	3,078 -163	599 -27	2,479 -136
2016-17	4,515 131	1,459 153	370 99	1,089 54	3,056 -22	577 -22	2,479 0
2017-18	4,918 403	1,883 424	512 142	1,371 282	3,035 -21	569 -8	2,466 -13
2018-19	5,992 1,074	3,051 1,168	824 312	2,227 856	2,941 -94	560 -9	2,381 -85
2019-20	7,005 1,013	3,363 312	901 77	2,462 235	3,642 701	653 93	2,989 608
2020-21	7,402 397	3,604 241	972 71	2,632 170	3,798 156	658 5	3,140 151
2021-22	7,315 -87	3,607 3	931 -41	2,676 44	3,708 -90	650 -8	3,058 -82
2022-23	7,525 210	3,984 377	1,055 124	2,929 253	3,541 -167	620 -30	2,921 -137
Average	5,845	2,503	646	1,857	3,343	613	2,729

National Louis University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,503 where 3,984 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 National Louis University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,427	784	162	622	643	163	480
2014-15	1,341	689	131	558	652	168	484
2015-16	1,306	615	115	500	691	156	535
2016-17	1,459	901	240	661	558	130	428
2017-18	1,883	1,250	382	868	633	130	503
2018-19	3,051	2,047	635	1,412	1,004	189	815
2019-20	3,363	2,370	710	1,660	993	191	802
2020-21	3,604	2,564	766	1,798	1,040	206	834
2021-22	3,607	2,582	755	1,827	1,025	176	849
2022-23	3,984	2,697	817	1,880	1,287	238	1,049
Average	2,503	2,503	471	1,179	2,503	175	678

National Louis University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,343 where 3,541 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 National Louis University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,387	1,425	338	1,087	1,962	283	1,679
2014-15	3,241	1,349	319	1,030	1,892	307	1,585
2015-16	3,078	1,263	308	955	1,815	291	1,524
2016-17	3,056	1,125	262	863	1,931	315	1,616
2017-18	3,035	1,268	300	968	1,767	269	1,498
2018-19	2,941	1,153	247	906	1,788	313	1,475
2019-20	3,642	1,442	290	1,152	2,200	363	1,837
2020-21	3,798	1,664	334	1,330	2,134	324	1,810
2021-22	3,708	1,619	339	1,280	2,089	311	1,778
2022-23	3,541	1,517	310	1,207	2,024	310	1,714
Average	3,343	3,343	305	1,078	3,343	309	1,652

National Louis University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.62% and the percentage of black students is 19.24% at National Louis University. 2.49% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at National Louis University 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	22	123	1,282	694	26	2,306	39
2014-15	11	139	1,234	717	8	2,246	62
2015-16	11	134	1,146	759	11	2,095	61
2016-17	8	123	1,149	943	3	1,906	74
2017-18	8	135	1,121	1,240	6	1,999	85
2018-19	14	146	1,300	1,633	6	2,218	104
2019-20	16	174	1,398	2,158	5	2,243	158
2020-21	10	185	1,492	2,585	1	2,252	154
2021-22	13	197	1,367	2,628	3	2,312	155
2022-23	11	187	1,448	2,835	3	2,154	148
Average	12	154	1,294	1,619	7	2,173	104

National Louis University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,948 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 53% of total students. The number of online students has increased 280.71% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at National Louis University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,582	1,037	851	2,694
2015-16	4,384	1,161	741	2,482
2016-17	4,515	1,250	663	2,602
2017-18	4,918	1,484	875	2,559
2018-19	5,992	1,946	1,486	2,560
2019-20	7,005	2,110	1,201	3,694
2020-21	7,402	2,531	1,523	3,348
2021-22	7,315	3,197	1,190	2,928
2022-23	7,525	3,948	1,177	2,400
Average	5,960	2,074	1,079	2,807

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