Enrollment Trends at NU

The student population at Northwood University is 2,246 (1,940 undergraduate and 306 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 948 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NU is 86.38% which is decreased by 1,024 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 76 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.64 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

961 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 17.91% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,988 where 2,246 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.38% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.62% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,024 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 76 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.64 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in NU than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,194	2,964	1,675	1,289	230	122	108
2014-15	3,131 -63	2,878 -86	1,633 -42	1,245 -44	253 23	137 15	116 8
2015-16	3,337 206	2,940 62	1,670 37	1,270 25	397 144	203 66	194 78
2016-17	3,545 208	3,050 110	1,729 59	1,321 51	495 98	258 55	237 43
2017-18	3,353 -192	2,951 -99	1,703 -26	1,248 -73	402 -93	201 -57	201 -36
2018-19	3,177 -176	2,827 -124	1,629 -74	1,198 -50	350 -52	170 -31	180 -21
2019-20	2,934 -243	2,623 -204	1,554 -75	1,069 -129	311 -39	157 -13	154 -26
2020-21	2,541 -393	2,254 -369	1,325 -229	929 -140	287 -24	167 10	120 -34
2021-22	2,422 -119	2,116 -138	1,261 -64	855 -74	306 19	167 0	139 19
2022-23	2,246 -176	1,940 -176	1,202 -59	738 -117	306 0	169 2	137 -2
Average	2,988	2,654	1,538	1,116	334	175	159

Northwood University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,654 where 1,940 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 Northwood University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,964	1,859	1,095	764	1,105	580	525
2014-15	2,878	1,767	1,036	731	1,111	597	514
2015-16	2,940	1,834	1,099	735	1,106	571	535
2016-17	3,050	1,955	1,165	790	1,095	564	531
2017-18	2,951	1,785	1,062	723	1,166	641	525
2018-19	2,827	1,695	1,023	672	1,132	606	526
2019-20	2,623	1,544	950	594	1,079	604	475
2020-21	2,254	1,358	828	530	896	497	399
2021-22	2,116	1,340	858	482	776	403	373
2022-23	1,940	1,275	812	463	665	390	275
Average	2,654	2,654	993	648	2,654	545	468

Northwood University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 334 where 306 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 Northwood University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	230	75	46	29	155	76	79
2014-15	253	48	27	21	205	110	95
2015-16	397	117	61	56	280	142	138
2016-17	495	90	41	49	405	217	188
2017-18	402	79	48	31	323	153	170
2018-19	350	84	43	41	266	127	139
2019-20	311	52	26	26	259	131	128
2020-21	287	70	39	31	217	128	89
2021-22	306	85	42	43	221	125	96
2022-23	306	72	42	30	234	127	107
Average	334	334	42	36	334	134	123

Northwood University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.43%. The percentage was 67.31% 10 years ago and NU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.58% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.82% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwood 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	11	26	330	140	15	2,150	38
2014-15	9	29	276	140	13	1,993	41
2015-16	11	18	314	174	14	2,116	41
2016-17	14	30	382	205	10	2,005	44
2017-18	9	26	154	187	6	1,821	226
2018-19	12	28	329	206	8	2,067	73
2019-20	6	31	304	195	3	1,937	75
2020-21	9	45	279	156	3	1,735	80
2021-22	7	47	233	161	1	1,682	80
2022-23	6	58	198	149	1	1,537	75
Average	9	34	280	171	7	1,904	77

Northwood University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

961 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 43% of total students. The number of online students has increased 17.91% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwood University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,131	815	688	1,628
2015-16	3,337	933	787	1,617
2016-17	3,545	1,063	866	1,616
2017-18	3,353	1,138	957	1,258
2018-19	3,177	1,208	909	1,060
2019-20	2,934	1,187	743	1,004
2020-21	2,541	1,139	637	765
2021-22	2,422	1,078	639	705
2022-23	2,246	961	606	679
Average	2,965	1,058	759	1,148

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