Enrollment Trends at NNU

The student population at Northwest Nazarene University is 1,778 (1,140 undergraduate and 638 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 468 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NNU is 64.12% which is decreased by 348 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 120 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.67 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

409 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -24.95% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,127 where 1,778 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

64.12% of total students is undergraduate students and 35.88% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 348 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 120 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.67 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NNU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,246	1,488	648	840	758	301	457
2014-15	2,249 3	1,524 36	648 0	876 36	725 -33	288 -13	437 -20
2015-16	2,207 -42	1,495 -29	636 -12	859 -17	712 -13	268 -20	444 7
2016-17	2,157 -50	1,450 -45	628 -8	822 -37	707 -5	263 -5	444 0
2017-18	2,168 11	1,480 30	610 -18	870 48	688 -19	238 -25	450 6
2018-19	2,201 33	1,483 3	634 24	849 -21	718 30	217 -21	501 51
2019-20	2,111 -90	1,423 -60	594 -40	829 -20	688 -30	197 -20	491 -10
2020-21	2,109 -2	1,389 -34	586 -8	803 -26	720 32	197 0	523 32
2021-22	2,044 -65	1,323 -66	567 -19	756 -47	721 1	205 8	516 -7
2022-23	1,778 -266	1,140 -183	498 -69	642 -114	638 -83	167 -38	471 -45
Average	2,127	1,420	605	815	708	234	473

Northwest Nazarene University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,420 where 1,140 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 Northwest Nazarene University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,488	1,136	454	682	352	194	158
2014-15	1,524	1,167	461	706	357	187	170
2015-16	1,495	1,170	459	711	325	177	148
2016-17	1,450	1,125	455	670	325	173	152
2017-18	1,480	1,125	454	671	355	156	199
2018-19	1,483	1,089	466	623	394	168	226
2019-20	1,423	1,062	447	615	361	147	214
2020-21	1,389	1,086	464	622	303	122	181
2021-22	1,323	1,042	451	591	281	116	165
2022-23	1,140	1,008	452	556	132	46	86
Average	1,420	1,420	456	645	1,420	149	170

Northwest Nazarene University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 708 where 638 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 Northwest Nazarene University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	758	556	237	319	202	64	138
2014-15	725	552	224	328	173	64	109
2015-16	712	551	199	352	161	69	92
2016-17	707	552	197	355	155	66	89
2017-18	688	565	185	380	123	53	70
2018-19	718	584	173	411	134	44	90
2019-20	688	558	149	409	130	48	82
2020-21	720	572	149	423	148	48	100
2021-22	721	569	158	411	152	47	105
2022-23	638	216	47	169	422	120	302
Average	708	708	172	356	708	62	118

Northwest Nazarene University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.77%. The percentage was 75.78% 10 years ago and NNU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.57% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.69% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwest Nazarene 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	9	25	38	151	5	1,702	33
2014-15	14	27	37	175	9	1,754	44
2015-16	13	32	46	183	7	1,710	46
2016-17	13	42	38	181	9	1,700	52
2017-18	12	37	44	181	5	1,734	62
2018-19	10	27	50	184	4	1,772	65
2019-20	6	27	39	209	8	1,639	75
2020-21	11	26	43	231	5	1,623	83
2021-22	10	28	33	227	8	1,571	90
2022-23	12	28	30	209	8	1,365	93
Average	11	30	40	193	7	1,657	64

Northwest Nazarene University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

409 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -24.95% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwest Nazarene University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,249	545	140	1,564
2015-16	2,207	547	121	1,539
2016-17	2,157	642	455	1,060
2017-18	2,168	716	366	1,086
2018-19	2,201	670	92	1,439
2019-20	2,111	680	372	1,059
2020-21	2,109	549	718	842
2021-22	2,044	670	330	1,044
2022-23	1,778	409	455	914
Average	2,114	603	339	1,172

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