Enrollment Trends at Purdue Northwest

The student population at Purdue University Northwest is 8,911 (8,176 undergraduate and 735 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,160 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Purdue Northwest is 91.75% which is decreased by 2,958 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 202 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.28 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

952 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -40.94% since 2017.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 7 years is 9,936 where 8,911 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.75% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.25% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,958 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 202 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.28 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Purdue Northwest than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Purdue University Northwest since 2017.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2017-18	12,071	11,134	4,786	6,348	937	362	575
2018-19	10,473 -1,598	9,573 -1,561	4,181 -605	5,392 -956	900 -37	379 17	521 -54
2019-20	10,006 -467	9,106 -467	3,990 -191	5,116 -276	900 0	357 -22	543 22
2020-21	9,363 -643	8,539 -567	3,667 -323	4,872 -244	824 -76	254 -103	570 27
2021-22	8,794 -569	8,044 -495	3,350 -317	4,694 -178	750 -74	259 5	491 -79
2022-23	8,911 117	8,176 132	3,611 261	4,565 -129	735 -15	299 40	436 -55
Average	9,936	9,095	3,931	5,165	841	318	523

Purdue University Northwest Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 7 years is 9,095 where 8,176 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 Purdue University Northwest since 2017.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2017-18	11,134	6,172	3,072	3,100	4,962	1,714	3,248
2018-19	9,573	5,806	2,897	2,909	3,767	1,284	2,483
2019-20	9,106	5,561	2,709	2,852	3,545	1,281	2,264
2020-21	8,539	5,199	2,476	2,723	3,340	1,191	2,149
2021-22	8,044	4,687	2,199	2,488	3,357	1,151	2,206
2022-23	8,176	4,710	2,284	2,426	3,466	1,327	2,139
Average	9,095	9,095	2,606	2,750	9,095	1,325	2,415

Purdue University Northwest Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 7 years is 841 where 735 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 Purdue University Northwest since 2017.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2017-18	937	295	139	156	642	223	419
2018-19	900	352	182	170	548	197	351
2019-20	900	328	166	162	572	191	381
2020-21	824	266	123	143	558	131	427
2021-22	750	228	127	101	522	132	390
2022-23	735	281	168	113	454	131	323
Average	841	841	151	141	841	168	382

Purdue University Northwest Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.39%. The percentage was 61.86% 10 years ago and Purdue Northwest still has a high percentage of white students. 3.42% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.26% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Purdue University Northwest over the past 7 years (2017-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2017-18	26	282	1,107	2,047	10	7,467	297
2018-19	24	281	986	1,969	13	6,274	252
2019-20	20	295	978	1,961	11	5,858	276
2020-21	20	277	932	2,009	12	5,449	260
2021-22	14	274	803	1,934	13	5,134	254
2022-23	10	305	825	2,092	9	4,936	296
Average	19	286	939	2,002	11	5,853	273

Purdue University Northwest Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

952 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -40.94% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Purdue University Northwest from 2017 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2017-18	12,071	1,612	2,656	7,803
2018-19	10,473	1,549	2,696	6,228
2019-20	10,006	1,350	2,542	6,114
2020-21	9,363	1,511	4,547	3,305
2021-22	8,794	1,256	2,500	5,038
2022-23	8,911	952	2,374	5,585
Average	9,936	1,372	2,886	5,679

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