Enrollment Trends at NUC

The student population at NUC University is 26,720 (25,400 undergraduate and 1,320 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 21,507 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NUC is 95.06% which is increased by 20,402 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,105 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.96 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,260 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 91.90% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,521 where 26,720 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

95.06% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.94% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 20,402 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,105 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.96 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NUC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,213	4,998	1,591	3,407	215	50	165
2014-15	5,320 107	4,998 0	1,586 -5	3,412 5	322 107	72 22	250 85
2015-16	5,272 -48	4,933 -65	1,599 13	3,334 -78	339 17	77 5	262 12
2016-17	6,384 1,112	5,882 949	1,784 185	4,098 764	502 163	119 42	383 121
2017-18	11,654 5,270	10,536 4,654	3,239 1,455	7,297 3,199	1,118 616	242 123	876 493
2018-19	11,260 -394	10,212 -324	3,080 -159	7,132 -165	1,048 -70	258 16	790 -86
2019-20	12,469 1,209	11,244 1,032	3,398 318	7,846 714	1,225 177	317 59	908 118
2020-21	25,999 13,530	24,705 13,461	8,302 4,904	16,403 8,557	1,294 69	297 -20	997 89
2021-22	24,919 -1,080	23,730 -975	8,295 -7	15,435 -968	1,189 -105	300 3	889 -108
2022-23	26,720 1,801	25,400 1,670	8,708 413	16,692 1,257	1,320 131	320 20	1,000 111
Average	13,521	12,664	4,158	8,506	857	205	652

NUC University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,664 where 25,400 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 NUC University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,998	3,354	1,091	2,263	1,644	500	1,144
2014-15	4,998	2,956	971	1,985	2,042	615	1,427
2015-16	4,933	3,133	999	2,134	1,800	600	1,200
2016-17	5,882	3,559	1,126	2,433	2,323	658	1,665
2017-18	10,536	6,470	2,012	4,458	4,066	1,227	2,839
2018-19	10,212	5,829	1,747	4,082	4,383	1,333	3,050
2019-20	11,244	4,569	1,456	3,113	6,675	1,942	4,733
2020-21	24,705	4,130	1,187	2,943	20,575	7,115	13,460
2021-22	23,730	12,300	4,469	7,831	11,430	3,826	7,604
2022-23	25,400	17,606	5,944	11,662	7,794	2,764	5,030
Average	12,664	12,664	2,100	4,290	12,664	2,058	4,215

NUC University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 857 where 1,320 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 NUC University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	215	171	42	129	44	8	36
2014-15	322	17	10	7	305	62	243
2015-16	339	28	7	21	311	70	241
2016-17	502	75	25	50	427	94	333
2017-18	1,118	923	198	725	195	44	151
2018-19	1,048	295	71	224	753	187	566
2019-20	1,225	144	34	110	1,081	283	798
2020-21	1,294	1	1	0	1,293	296	997
2021-22	1,189	453	113	340	736	187	549
2022-23	1,320	568	138	430	752	182	570
Average	857	857	64	204	857	141	448

NUC University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.77% and the percentage of black students is 3.93% at NUC University. 0.18% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at NUC 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	0	0	0	5,213	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	5,320	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	5,272	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	6,384	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	11,654	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	11,260	0	0	0
2019-20	49	5	13	12,307	7	1	0
2020-21	94	39	864	22,280	28	705	112
2021-22	106	43	949	22,802	19	704	131
2022-23	114	48	1,050	24,443	22	739	160
Average	36	14	288	12,694	8	215	40

NUC University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,260 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 91.90% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at NUC University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,320	2,741	331	2,248
2015-16	5,272	2,825	432	2,015
2016-17	6,384	3,462	590	2,332
2017-18	11,654	3,272	808	7,574
2018-19	11,260	3,364	2,287	5,609
2019-20	12,469	4,585	2,210	5,674
2020-21	25,999	10,155	5,389	10,455
2021-22	24,919	5,467	19,368	84
2022-23	26,720	5,260	21,112	348
Average	14,444	4,570	5,836	4,038

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