Enrollment Trends at NSU

The student population at Northwestern State University of Louisiana is 9,389 (8,405 undergraduate and 984 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 445 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NSU is 89.52% which is increased by 569 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 124 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.42 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

5,349 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 72.44% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,107 where 9,389 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.52% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.48% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 569 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 124 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.42 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in NSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,944	7,836	2,513	5,323	1,108	236	872
2014-15	9,002 58	7,898 62	2,555 42	5,343 20	1,104 -4	227 -9	877 5
2015-16	9,179 177	8,059 161	2,617 62	5,442 99	1,120 16	232 5	888 11
2016-17	9,819 640	8,832 773	2,745 128	6,087 645	987 -133	205 -27	782 -106
2017-18	10,572 753	9,443 611	2,906 161	6,537 450	1,129 142	220 15	909 127
2018-19	11,081 509	9,994 551	2,973 67	7,021 484	1,087 -42	207 -13	880 -29
2019-20	10,900 -181	9,825 -169	2,844 -129	6,981 -40	1,075 -12	204 -3	871 -9
2020-21	11,447 547	10,321 496	3,009 165	7,312 331	1,126 51	207 3	919 48
2021-22	10,735 -712	9,622 -699	2,792 -217	6,830 -482	1,113 -13	213 6	900 -19
2022-23	9,389 -1,346	8,405 -1,217	2,533 -259	5,872 -958	984 -129	210 -3	774 -126
Average	10,107	9,024	2,749	6,275	1,083	216	867

Northwestern State University of Louisiana Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,024 where 8,405 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 State University of Louisiana since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,836	5,013	1,767	3,246	2,823	746	2,077
2014-15	7,898	4,927	1,733	3,194	2,971	822	2,149
2015-16	8,059	5,064	1,756	3,308	2,995	861	2,134
2016-17	8,832	5,231	1,753	3,478	3,601	992	2,609
2017-18	9,443	5,471	1,821	3,650	3,972	1,085	2,887
2018-19	9,994	6,307	1,980	4,327	3,687	993	2,694
2019-20	9,825	6,340	1,894	4,446	3,485	950	2,535
2020-21	10,321	6,163	1,848	4,315	4,158	1,161	2,997
2021-22	9,622	5,694	1,704	3,990	3,928	1,088	2,840
2022-23	8,405	4,831	1,543	3,288	3,574	990	2,584
Average	9,024	9,024	1,780	3,724	9,024	969	2,551

Northwestern State University of Louisiana Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,083 where 984 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 State University of Louisiana since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,108	236	61	175	872	175	697
2014-15	1,104	184	65	119	920	162	758
2015-16	1,120	193	82	111	927	150	777
2016-17	987	226	77	149	761	128	633
2017-18	1,129	214	68	146	915	152	763
2018-19	1,087	182	61	121	905	146	759
2019-20	1,075	189	73	116	886	131	755
2020-21	1,126	233	78	155	893	129	764
2021-22	1,113	197	72	125	916	141	775
2022-23	984	211	92	119	773	118	655
Average	1,083	1,083	73	134	1,083	143	734

Northwestern State University of Louisiana Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.49%. The percentage was 59.28% 10 years ago and NSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.38% of enrolled students is Asian and 25.04% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwestern State University of Louisiana 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	127	64	2,353	404	6	5,302	253
2014-15	144	70	2,383	418	9	5,338	297
2015-16	142	68	2,415	437	10	5,458	328
2016-17	144	74	2,657	508	16	5,730	335
2017-18	155	88	2,930	601	16	6,056	391
2018-19	149	103	3,010	637	13	6,406	436
2019-20	133	110	2,988	671	14	6,230	467
2020-21	150	127	3,080	702	11	6,552	518
2021-22	137	132	2,901	617	11	6,191	440
2022-23	123	130	2,351	517	9	5,492	411
Average	140	97	2,707	551	12	5,876	388

Northwestern State University of Louisiana Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,349 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 57% of total students. The number of online students has increased 72.44% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwestern State University of Louisiana from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,002	3,102	2,936	2,964
2015-16	9,179	3,310	3,421	2,448
2016-17	9,819	3,490	3,028	3,301
2017-18	10,572	4,151	4,073	2,348
2018-19	11,081	4,667	4,352	2,062
2019-20	10,900	4,539	4,367	1,994
2020-21	11,447	5,725	4,705	1,017
2021-22	10,735	5,928	3,535	1,272
2022-23	9,389	5,349	2,962	1,078
Average	10,236	4,473	3,709	2,054

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