Enrollment Trends at NAU

The student population at Northern Arizona University is 28,086 (23,204 undergraduate and 4,882 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,492 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NAU is 82.62% which is increased by 1,044 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 448 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.73 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,570 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 9.19% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 29,289 where 28,086 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.62% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.38% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,044 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 448 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.73 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NAU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26,594	22,160	9,343	12,817	4,434	1,456	2,978
2014-15	27,705 1,111	23,328 1,168	9,893 550	13,435 618	4,377 -57	1,496 40	2,881 -97
2015-16	29,021 1,316	25,115 1,787	10,328 435	14,787 1,352	3,906 -471	1,289 -207	2,617 -264
2016-17	30,361 1,340	26,500 1,385	10,805 477	15,695 908	3,861 -45	1,209 -80	2,652 35
2017-18	31,051 690	27,084 584	10,845 40	16,239 544	3,967 106	1,217 8	2,750 98
2018-19	31,066 15	27,072 -12	10,587 -258	16,485 246	3,994 27	1,225 8	2,769 19
2019-20	30,733 -333	26,511 -561	10,208 -379	16,303 -182	4,222 228	1,327 102	2,895 126
2020-21	29,566 -1,167	25,228 -1,283	9,401 -807	15,827 -476	4,338 116	1,315 -12	3,023 128
2021-22	28,711 -855	24,162 -1,066	8,950 -451	15,212 -615	4,549 211	1,462 147	3,087 64
2022-23	28,086 -625	23,204 -958	8,550 -400	14,654 -558	4,882 333	1,724 262	3,158 71
Average	29,289	25,036	9,891	15,145	4,253	1,372	2,881

Northern Arizona University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 25,036 where 23,204 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 Northern Arizona University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22,160	18,577	7,984	10,593	3,583	1,359	2,224
2014-15	23,328	19,173	8,215	10,958	4,155	1,678	2,477
2015-16	25,115	20,357	8,485	11,872	4,758	1,843	2,915
2016-17	26,500	21,494	8,892	12,602	5,006	1,913	3,093
2017-18	27,084	21,990	8,935	13,055	5,094	1,910	3,184
2018-19	27,072	21,891	8,499	13,392	5,181	2,088	3,093
2019-20	26,511	21,731	8,283	13,448	4,780	1,925	2,855
2020-21	25,228	20,642	7,615	13,027	4,586	1,786	2,800
2021-22	24,162	19,918	7,314	12,604	4,244	1,636	2,608
2022-23	23,204	20,011	7,504	12,507	3,193	1,046	2,147
Average	25,036	25,036	8,173	12,406	25,036	1,718	2,740

Northern Arizona University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,253 where 4,882 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 Northern Arizona University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,434	1,956	722	1,234	2,478	734	1,744
2014-15	4,377	2,000	783	1,217	2,377	713	1,664
2015-16	3,906	1,863	657	1,206	2,043	632	1,411
2016-17	3,861	1,852	633	1,219	2,009	576	1,433
2017-18	3,967	1,909	651	1,258	2,058	566	1,492
2018-19	3,994	1,962	697	1,265	2,032	528	1,504
2019-20	4,222	2,172	755	1,417	2,050	572	1,478
2020-21	4,338	2,228	725	1,503	2,110	590	1,520
2021-22	4,549	2,425	822	1,603	2,124	640	1,484
2022-23	4,882	2,724	1,009	1,715	2,158	715	1,443
Average	4,253	4,253	745	1,364	4,253	627	1,517

Northern Arizona University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.65%. The percentage was 63.97% 10 years ago and NAU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.94% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.97% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northern Arizona 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	871	430	839	4,899	81	17,012	1,166
2014-15	838	468	888	5,368	62	17,280	1,337
2015-16	866	526	946	6,023	73	17,636	1,470
2016-17	825	582	1,007	6,635	79	17,975	1,625
2017-18	839	611	1,067	7,102	78	17,952	1,685
2018-19	849	629	1,070	7,235	74	17,448	1,665
2019-20	878	669	1,019	7,395	86	16,939	1,660
2020-21	892	631	985	7,377	67	16,260	1,582
2021-22	849	619	899	7,047	69	15,949	1,521
2022-23	841	825	833	6,960	68	15,348	1,505
Average	855	599	955	6,604	74	16,980	1,522

Northern Arizona University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,570 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 9.19% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northern Arizona University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	27,705	5,101	5,401	17,203
2015-16	29,021	5,933	5,836	17,252
2016-17	30,361	6,402	6,504	17,455
2017-18	31,051	6,594	6,500	17,957
2018-19	31,066	6,304	7,024	17,738
2019-20	30,733	6,183	7,915	16,635
2020-21	29,566	6,363	10,977	12,226
2021-22	28,711	6,208	9,603	12,900
2022-23	28,086	5,570	9,723	12,793
Average	29,589	6,073	7,720	15,795

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