Enrollment Trends at U of North Dakota

The student population at University of North Dakota is 13,876 (9,928 undergraduate and 3,948 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,267 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of North Dakota is 71.55% which is decreased by 1,796 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 529 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.98 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

4,511 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 42.21% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,275 where 13,876 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.55% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.45% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,796 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 529 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.98 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in U of North Dakota.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,143	11,724	6,640	5,084	3,419	1,378	2,041
2014-15	14,906 -237	11,537 -187	6,519 -121	5,018 -66	3,369 -50	1,325 -53	2,044 3
2015-16	14,951 45	11,577 40	6,557 38	5,020 2	3,374 5	1,328 3	2,046 2
2016-17	14,648 -303	11,255 -322	6,371 -186	4,884 -136	3,393 19	1,307 -21	2,086 40
2017-18	14,406 -242	11,000 -255	6,159 -212	4,841 -43	3,406 13	1,284 -23	2,122 36
2018-19	13,847 -559	10,519 -481	5,902 -257	4,617 -224	3,328 -78	1,273 -11	2,055 -67
2019-20	13,581 -266	10,163 -356	5,767 -135	4,396 -221	3,418 90	1,285 12	2,133 78
2020-21	13,615 34	9,796 -367	5,559 -208	4,237 -159	3,819 401	1,435 150	2,384 251
2021-22	13,772 157	9,718 -78	5,502 -57	4,216 -21	4,054 235	1,477 42	2,577 193
2022-23	13,876 104	9,928 210	5,554 52	4,374 158	3,948 -106	1,453 -24	2,495 -82
Average	14,275	10,722	6,053	4,669	3,553	1,355	2,198

University of North Dakota Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,722 where 9,928 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 University of North Dakota since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,724	9,385	5,126	4,259	2,339	1,514	825
2014-15	11,537	9,079	4,882	4,197	2,458	1,637	821
2015-16	11,577	9,120	4,929	4,191	2,457	1,628	829
2016-17	11,255	8,827	4,745	4,082	2,428	1,626	802
2017-18	11,000	8,525	4,525	4,000	2,475	1,634	841
2018-19	10,519	8,184	4,368	3,816	2,335	1,534	801
2019-20	10,163	7,628	4,124	3,504	2,535	1,643	892
2020-21	9,796	7,173	3,809	3,364	2,623	1,750	873
2021-22	9,718	6,988	3,693	3,295	2,730	1,809	921
2022-23	9,928	7,004	3,647	3,357	2,924	1,907	1,017
Average	10,722	10,722	4,385	3,807	10,722	1,668	862

University of North Dakota Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,553 where 3,948 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 University of North Dakota since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,419	1,775	799	976	1,644	579	1,065
2014-15	3,369	1,707	754	953	1,662	571	1,091
2015-16	3,374	1,747	772	975	1,627	556	1,071
2016-17	3,393	1,749	737	1,012	1,644	570	1,074
2017-18	3,406	1,750	745	1,005	1,656	539	1,117
2018-19	3,328	1,751	721	1,030	1,577	552	1,025
2019-20	3,418	1,696	662	1,034	1,722	623	1,099
2020-21	3,819	1,745	703	1,042	2,074	732	1,342
2021-22	4,054	1,807	730	1,077	2,247	747	1,500
2022-23	3,948	1,773	725	1,048	2,175	728	1,447
Average	3,553	3,553	735	1,015	3,553	620	1,183

University of North Dakota Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.16%. The percentage was 79.19% 10 years ago and U of North Dakota still has a high percentage of white students. 2.65% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.82% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of North Dakota 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	288	212	328	393	13	11,991	361
2014-15	253	207	344	420	15	11,768	404
2015-16	236	242	373	440	16	11,789	441
2016-17	220	263	352	483	16	11,540	440
2017-18	204	269	366	497	13	11,324	455
2018-19	198	252	335	491	10	10,693	471
2019-20	186	266	340	549	9	10,312	570
2020-21	211	304	354	607	6	10,323	611
2021-22	178	305	364	625	10	10,371	592
2022-23	196	368	391	668	12	10,429	610
Average	217	269	355	517	12	11,054	496

University of North Dakota Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,511 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 33% of total students. The number of online students has increased 42.21% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of North Dakota from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,906	3,172	1,863	9,871
2015-16	14,951	3,283	1,977	9,691
2016-17	14,648	3,346	1,966	9,336
2017-18	14,406	3,537	2,799	8,070
2018-19	13,847	3,531	3,186	7,130
2019-20	13,581	3,351	2,812	7,418
2020-21	13,615	4,466	6,827	2,322
2021-22	13,772	4,185	5,465	4,122
2022-23	13,876	4,511	4,936	4,429
Average	14,178	3,709	3,537	6,932

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