Enrollment Trends at NWOSU

The student population at Northwestern Oklahoma State University is 1,852 (1,647 undergraduate and 205 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 455 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NWOSU is 88.93% which is decreased by 430 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 25 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.54 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

268 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -19.03% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,035 where 1,852 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.93% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.07% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 430 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 25 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.54 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NWOSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,307	2,077	916	1,161	230	77	153
2014-15	2,166 -141	1,957 -120	833 -83	1,124 -37	209 -21	67 -10	142 -11
2015-16	2,136 -30	1,919 -38	850 17	1,069 -55	217 8	78 11	139 -3
2016-17	2,206 70	1,987 68	849 -1	1,138 69	219 2	80 2	139 0
2017-18	2,096 -110	1,879 -108	776 -73	1,103 -35	217 -2	69 -11	148 9
2018-19	1,992 -104	1,773 -106	727 -49	1,046 -57	219 2	52 -17	167 19
2019-20	1,970 -22	1,767 -6	700 -27	1,067 21	203 -16	50 -2	153 -14
2020-21	1,833 -137	1,640 -127	671 -29	969 -98	193 -10	55 5	138 -15
2021-22	1,791 -42	1,590 -50	661 -10	929 -40	201 8	52 -3	149 11
2022-23	1,852 61	1,647 57	676 15	971 42	205 4	53 1	152 3
Average	2,035	1,824	766	1,058	211	63	148

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,824 where 1,647 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 Oklahoma State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,077	1,516	714	802	561	202	359
2014-15	1,957	1,415	638	777	542	195	347
2015-16	1,919	1,388	649	739	531	201	330
2016-17	1,987	1,424	627	797	563	222	341
2017-18	1,879	1,329	573	756	550	203	347
2018-19	1,773	1,430	609	821	343	118	225
2019-20	1,767	1,376	566	810	391	134	257
2020-21	1,640	1,293	543	750	347	128	219
2021-22	1,590	1,218	517	701	372	144	228
2022-23	1,647	1,241	525	716	406	151	255
Average	1,824	1,824	596	767	1,824	170	291

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 211 where 205 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 Oklahoma State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	230	89	26	63	141	51	90
2014-15	209	66	21	45	143	46	97
2015-16	217	77	24	53	140	54	86
2016-17	219	64	14	50	155	66	89
2017-18	217	67	14	53	150	55	95
2018-19	219	93	19	74	126	33	93
2019-20	203	82	21	61	121	29	92
2020-21	193	72	25	47	121	30	91
2021-22	201	79	22	57	122	30	92
2022-23	205	69	20	49	136	33	103
Average	211	211	21	55	211	43	93

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.39%. The percentage was 67.84% 10 years ago and NWOSU still has a high percentage of white students. 0.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.16% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwestern Oklahoma 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	159	17	146	143	10	1,565	11
2014-15	137	15	136	150	10	1,408	11
2015-16	151	15	142	169	11	1,366	9
2016-17	146	16	134	178	9	1,392	22
2017-18	137	13	145	189	6	1,389	28
2018-19	154	12	146	193	2	1,295	41
2019-20	154	13	131	199	5	1,202	38
2020-21	151	11	115	216	5	1,140	22
2021-22	149	6	106	199	2	1,141	28
2022-23	158	11	114	230	2	1,174	39
Average	150	13	132	187	6	1,307	25

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

268 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -19.03% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwestern Oklahoma State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,166	331	789	1,046
2015-16	2,136	386	821	929
2016-17	2,206	380	945	881
2017-18	2,096	400	836	860
2018-19	1,992	371	852	769
2019-20	1,970	461	757	752
2020-21	1,833	465	770	598
2021-22	1,791	259	512	1,020
2022-23	1,852	268	562	1,022
Average	2,005	369	760	875

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