Enrollment Trends at Northern Michigan

The student population at Northern Michigan University is 6,970 (6,434 undergraduate and 536 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,948 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Northern Michigan is 92.31% which is decreased by 1,787 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 161 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

575 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 32.18% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,836 where 6,970 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

92.31% of total students is undergraduate students and 7.69% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,787 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 161 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Northern Michigan than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,918	8,221	3,780	4,441	697	258	439
2014-15	8,781 -137	8,001 -220	3,647 -133	4,354 -87	780 83	279 21	501 62
2015-16	8,303 -478	7,507 -494	3,413 -234	4,094 -260	796 16	272 -7	524 23
2016-17	7,865 -438	7,168 -339	3,308 -105	3,860 -234	697 -99	238 -34	459 -65
2017-18	7,612 -253	7,018 -150	3,194 -114	3,824 -36	594 -103	199 -39	395 -64
2018-19	7,595 -17	7,089 71	3,137 -57	3,952 128	506 -88	149 -50	357 -38
2019-20	7,732 137	7,136 47	3,152 15	3,984 32	596 90	152 3	444 87
2020-21	7,368 -364	6,734 -402	2,858 -294	3,876 -108	634 38	162 10	472 28
2021-22	7,214 -154	6,611 -123	2,736 -122	3,875 -1	603 -31	192 30	411 -61
2022-23	6,970 -244	6,434 -177	2,634 -102	3,800 -75	536 -67	183 -9	353 -58
Average	7,836	7,192	3,186	4,006	644	208	436

Northern Michigan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,192 where 6,434 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 Michigan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,221	7,347	3,402	3,945	874	378	496
2014-15	8,001	7,002	3,163	3,839	999	484	515
2015-16	7,507	6,637	2,992	3,645	870	421	449
2016-17	7,168	6,283	2,883	3,400	885	425	460
2017-18	7,018	6,207	2,848	3,359	811	346	465
2018-19	7,089	6,184	2,786	3,398	905	351	554
2019-20	7,136	6,191	2,764	3,427	945	388	557
2020-21	6,734	5,880	2,499	3,381	854	359	495
2021-22	6,611	5,785	2,405	3,380	826	331	495
2022-23	6,434	5,612	2,316	3,296	822	318	504
Average	7,192	7,192	2,806	3,507	7,192	380	499

Northern Michigan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 644 where 536 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 Michigan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	697	190	88	102	507	170	337
2014-15	780	193	92	101	587	187	400
2015-16	796	220	95	125	576	177	399
2016-17	697	187	77	110	510	161	349
2017-18	594	185	66	119	409	133	276
2018-19	506	154	54	100	352	95	257
2019-20	596	183	52	131	413	100	313
2020-21	634	249	71	178	385	91	294
2021-22	603	229	90	139	374	102	272
2022-23	536	206	74	132	330	109	221
Average	644	644	76	124	644	133	312

Northern Michigan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 84.88%. The percentage was 84.64% 10 years ago and Northern Michigan still has a high percentage of white students. 0.90% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.65% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northern Michigan 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	183	46	196	238	6	7,548	160
2014-15	192	45	204	238	10	7,495	189
2015-16	176	43	184	248	6	6,999	235
2016-17	135	54	169	228	4	6,649	262
2017-18	117	40	156	241	3	6,399	331
2018-19	101	44	147	268	2	6,409	329
2019-20	94	54	141	291	4	6,492	351
2020-21	104	58	124	312	4	6,233	288
2021-22	104	52	137	291	3	6,090	284
2022-23	101	63	115	279	0	5,916	251
Average	131	50	157	263	4	6,623	268

Northern Michigan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

575 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 32.18% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northern Michigan University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,781	435	1,278	7,068
2015-16	8,303	385	1,357	6,561
2016-17	7,865	377	1,127	6,361
2017-18	7,612	382	1,711	5,519
2018-19	7,595	462	1,641	5,492
2019-20	7,732	543	1,406	5,783
2020-21	7,368	1,055	4,303	2,010
2021-22	7,214	669	2,310	4,235
2022-23	6,970	575	1,720	4,675
Average	7,716	543	1,873	5,300

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