Enrollment Trends at Northwestern

The student population at Northwestern College is 1,651 (1,153 undergraduate and 498 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 418 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Northwestern is 69.84% which is decreased by 80 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 498 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.56 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

528 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 700.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,351 where 1,651 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

69.84% of total students is undergraduate students and 30.16% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 80 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 498 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.56 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Northwestern than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,233	1,233	532	701	0	0	0
2014-15	1,205 -28	1,205 -28	496 -36	709 8	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	1,210 5	1,120 -85	474 -22	646 -63	90 90	6 6	84 84
2016-17	1,252 42	1,091 -29	477 3	614 -32	161 71	12 6	149 65
2017-18	1,243 -9	1,041 -50	452 -25	589 -25	202 41	22 10	180 31
2018-19	1,299 56	1,024 -17	452 0	572 -17	275 73	39 17	236 56
2019-20	1,412 113	1,061 37	477 25	584 12	351 76	69 30	282 46
2020-21	1,496 84	1,069 8	517 40	552 -32	427 76	90 21	337 55
2021-22	1,513 17	1,053 -16	513 -4	540 -12	460 33	112 22	348 11
2022-23	1,651 138	1,153 100	537 24	616 76	498 38	108 -4	390 42
Average	1,351	1,105	493	612	246	46	201

Northwestern College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,105 where 1,153 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 Northwestern College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,233	1,133	500	633	100	32	68
2014-15	1,205	1,100	475	625	105	21	84
2015-16	1,120	1,062	451	611	58	23	35
2016-17	1,091	1,045	457	588	46	20	26
2017-18	1,041	997	438	559	44	14	30
2018-19	1,024	949	443	506	75	9	66
2019-20	1,061	968	463	505	93	14	79
2020-21	1,069	974	499	475	95	18	77
2021-22	1,053	979	503	476	74	10	64
2022-23	1,153	1,019	513	506	134	24	110
Average	1,105	1,105	474	548	1,105	19	64

Northwestern College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 246 where 498 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 Northwestern College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	90	1	0	1	89	6	83
2016-17	161	1	0	1	160	12	148
2017-18	202	6	1	5	196	21	175
2018-19	275	12	2	10	263	37	226
2019-20	351	13	2	11	338	67	271
2020-21	427	51	10	41	376	80	296
2021-22	460	87	18	69	373	94	279
2022-23	498	96	20	76	402	88	314
Average	246	246	5	21	246	41	179

Northwestern College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.17%. The percentage was 84.43% 10 years ago and Northwestern still has a high percentage of white students. 0.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.64% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwestern College 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	4	11	26	69	0	1,041	19
2014-15	2	13	17	61	1	999	24
2015-16	0	12	23	51	1	1,010	25
2016-17	4	11	18	54	0	1,042	25
2017-18	5	15	15	45	0	1,054	16
2018-19	4	12	23	47	0	1,103	19
2019-20	3	11	20	59	0	1,145	23
2020-21	2	14	22	64	0	1,166	23
2021-22	4	18	22	86	0	1,143	17
2022-23	3	16	27	78	0	1,208	16
Average	3	13	21	61	0	1,091	21

Northwestern College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

528 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 32% of total students. The number of online students has increased 700.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwestern College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,205	66	110	1,029
2015-16	1,210	115	185	910
2016-17	1,252	176	175	901
2017-18	1,243	223	212	808
2018-19	1,299	338	172	789
2019-20	1,412	425	93	894
2020-21	1,496	470	218	808
2021-22	1,513	467	180	866
2022-23	1,651	528	111	1,012
Average	1,365	312	162	891

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