Enrollment Trends at National

The student population at National University is 18,631 (8,485 undergraduate and 10,146 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 424 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at National is 45.54% which is decreased by 1,589 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,013 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.71 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

11,757 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3.29% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 17,510 where 18,631 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

45.54% of total students is undergraduate students and 54.46% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,589 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,013 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.71 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in National than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18,207	10,074	4,361	5,713	8,133	2,875	5,258
2014-15	17,680 -527	9,747 -327	4,171 -190	5,576 -137	7,933 -200	2,780 -95	5,153 -105
2015-16	17,488 -192	8,850 -897	3,842 -329	5,008 -568	8,638 705	3,003 223	5,635 482
2016-17	17,192 -296	8,319 -531	3,718 -124	4,601 -407	8,873 235	3,037 34	5,836 201
2017-18	17,097 -95	7,877 -442	3,510 -208	4,367 -234	9,220 347	3,080 43	6,140 304
2018-19	16,930 -167	7,735 -142	3,313 -197	4,422 55	9,195 -25	2,973 -107	6,222 82
2019-20	16,670 -260	7,356 -379	3,261 -52	4,095 -327	9,314 119	2,991 18	6,323 101
2020-21	18,070 1,400	8,441 1,085	3,948 687	4,493 398	9,629 315	2,991 0	6,638 315
2021-22	17,135 -935	7,648 -793	3,601 -347	4,047 -446	9,487 -142	2,720 -271	6,767 129
2022-23	18,631 1,496	8,485 837	3,956 355	4,529 482	10,146 659	2,909 189	7,237 470
Average	17,510	8,453	3,768	4,685	9,057	2,936	6,121

National University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,453 where 8,485 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 University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,074	3,724	1,667	2,057	6,350	2,694	3,656
2014-15	9,747	3,803	1,680	2,123	5,944	2,491	3,453
2015-16	8,850	3,241	1,451	1,790	5,609	2,391	3,218
2016-17	8,319	3,027	1,392	1,635	5,292	2,326	2,966
2017-18	7,877	2,899	1,303	1,596	4,978	2,207	2,771
2018-19	7,735	2,884	1,267	1,617	4,851	2,046	2,805
2019-20	7,356	2,856	1,281	1,575	4,500	1,980	2,520
2020-21	8,441	3,292	1,524	1,768	5,149	2,424	2,725
2021-22	7,648	2,932	1,403	1,529	4,716	2,198	2,518
2022-23	8,485	4,353	2,021	2,332	4,132	1,935	2,197
Average	8,453	8,453	1,499	1,802	8,453	2,269	2,883

National University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 9,057 where 10,146 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 University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,133	5,153	1,764	3,389	2,980	1,111	1,869
2014-15	7,933	4,893	1,740	3,153	3,040	1,040	2,000
2015-16	8,638	5,289	1,849	3,440	3,349	1,154	2,195
2016-17	8,873	5,541	1,875	3,666	3,332	1,162	2,170
2017-18	9,220	5,490	1,843	3,647	3,730	1,237	2,493
2018-19	9,195	5,150	1,661	3,489	4,045	1,312	2,733
2019-20	9,314	4,836	1,555	3,281	4,478	1,436	3,042
2020-21	9,629	5,915	1,873	4,042	3,714	1,118	2,596
2021-22	9,487	5,498	1,573	3,925	3,989	1,147	2,842
2022-23	10,146	7,104	1,983	5,121	3,042	926	2,116
Average	9,057	9,057	1,772	3,715	9,057	1,164	2,406

National University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 31.09% and the percentage of black students is 10.69% at National University. 7.34% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at National 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	109	1,646	1,916	4,295	254	7,812	696
2014-15	101	1,640	1,864	4,360	248	7,325	732
2015-16	84	1,542	1,803	4,449	229	7,095	774
2016-17	83	1,469	1,666	4,527	203	6,950	788
2017-18	72	1,326	1,528	4,444	175	6,397	764
2018-19	72	1,316	1,532	4,663	172	6,056	852
2019-20	63	1,273	1,426	4,854	168	5,904	897
2020-21	74	0	1,674	5,618	331	6,339	570
2021-22	68	1,286	1,599	5,660	152	5,619	893
2022-23	68	1,367	1,992	6,414	147	5,793	968
Average	79	1,287	1,700	4,928	208	6,529	793

National University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

11,757 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 63% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at National University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	17,680	11,382	1,956	4,342
2015-16	17,488	11,461	1,776	4,251
2016-17	17,192	11,599	1,569	4,024
2017-18	17,097	11,742	1,498	3,857
2018-19	16,930	7,627	2,685	6,618
2019-20	16,670	6,014	2,755	7,901
2020-21	18,070	4,683	3,276	10,111
2021-22	17,135	11,960	1,745	3,430
2022-23	18,631	11,757	764	6,110
Average	17,433	9,803	2,003	5,627

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