Enrollment Trends at NSU

The student population at Northern State University is 3,344 (2,851 undergraduate and 493 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 69 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NSU is 85.26% which is increased by 25 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 44 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.72 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,475 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 76.86% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,449 where 3,344 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.26% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.74% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 25 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 44 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.72 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,275	2,826	1,192	1,634	449	112	337
2014-15	3,531 256	3,001 175	1,263 71	1,738 104	530 81	121 9	409 72
2015-16	3,449 -82	2,991 -10	1,274 11	1,717 -21	458 -72	111 -10	347 -62
2016-17	3,587 138	3,075 84	1,326 52	1,749 32	512 54	127 16	385 38
2017-18	3,611 24	3,162 87	1,346 20	1,816 67	449 -63	110 -17	339 -46
2018-19	3,493 -118	3,051 -111	1,268 -78	1,783 -33	442 -7	98 -12	344 5
2019-20	3,427 -66	3,008 -43	1,273 5	1,735 -48	419 -23	100 2	319 -25
2020-21	3,431 4	2,968 -40	1,177 -96	1,791 56	463 44	130 30	333 14
2021-22	3,340 -91	2,867 -101	1,163 -14	1,704 -87	473 10	126 -4	347 14
2022-23	3,344 4	2,851 -16	1,113 -50	1,738 34	493 20	115 -11	378 31
Average	3,449	2,980	1,240	1,741	469	115	354

Northern State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,980 where 2,851 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 State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,826	1,531	703	828	1,295	489	806
2014-15	3,001	1,477	666	811	1,524	597	927
2015-16	2,991	1,372	617	755	1,619	657	962
2016-17	3,075	1,402	608	794	1,673	718	955
2017-18	3,162	1,346	596	750	1,816	750	1,066
2018-19	3,051	1,333	578	755	1,718	690	1,028
2019-20	3,008	1,265	552	713	1,743	721	1,022
2020-21	2,968	1,149	495	654	1,819	682	1,137
2021-22	2,867	1,136	484	652	1,731	679	1,052
2022-23	2,851	1,057	453	604	1,794	660	1,134
Average	2,980	2,980	575	732	2,980	664	1,009

Northern State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 469 where 493 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 State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	449	57	23	34	392	89	303
2014-15	530	56	24	32	474	97	377
2015-16	458	57	23	34	401	88	313
2016-17	512	41	20	21	471	107	364
2017-18	449	34	13	21	415	97	318
2018-19	442	50	19	31	392	79	313
2019-20	419	38	15	23	381	85	296
2020-21	463	53	30	23	410	100	310
2021-22	473	57	32	25	416	94	322
2022-23	493	59	30	29	434	85	349
Average	469	469	23	27	469	92	327

Northern State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 85.50%. The percentage was 85.34% 10 years ago and NSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.85% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.03% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northern State 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	44	29	39	80	13	2,795	53
2014-15	55	31	49	79	6	3,031	52
2015-16	53	41	46	87	6	2,931	65
2016-17	53	26	38	85	3	3,028	82
2017-18	56	45	48	88	3	3,081	82
2018-19	56	44	57	99	4	2,949	86
2019-20	47	44	53	77	4	2,887	107
2020-21	60	52	60	101	4	2,950	97
2021-22	51	48	54	117	3	2,857	91
2022-23	65	62	68	99	5	2,859	79
Average	54	42	51	91	5	2,937	79

Northern State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,475 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 44% of total students. The number of online students has increased 76.86% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northern State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,531	834	506	2,191
2015-16	3,449	1,216	454	1,779
2016-17	3,587	2,057	512	1,018
2017-18	3,611	1,504	467	1,640
2018-19	3,493	1,448	470	1,575
2019-20	3,427	1,467	491	1,469
2020-21	3,431	1,545	804	1,082
2021-22	3,340	1,439	617	1,284
2022-23	3,344	1,475	624	1,245
Average	3,468	1,443	549	1,476

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