Enrollment Trends at U of Northwestern-St Paul

The student population at University of Northwestern-St Paul is 3,253 (3,161 undergraduate and 92 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 99 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Northwestern-St Paul is 97.17% which is increased by 12 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 111 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.58 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,295 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 61.88% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,455 where 3,253 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

97.17% of total students is undergraduate students and 2.83% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 12 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 111 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.58 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in U of Northwestern-St Paul than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,352	3,149	1,255	1,894	203	125	78
2014-15	3,427 75	3,222 73	1,285 30	1,937 43	205 2	116 -9	89 11
2015-16	3,493 66	3,274 52	1,287 2	1,987 50	219 14	122 6	97 8
2016-17	3,447 -46	3,241 -33	1,269 -18	1,972 -15	206 -13	105 -17	101 4
2017-18	3,521 74	3,328 87	1,300 31	2,028 56	193 -13	113 8	80 -21
2018-19	3,623 102	3,443 115	1,295 -5	2,148 120	180 -13	105 -8	75 -5
2019-20	3,525 -98	3,376 -67	1,265 -30	2,111 -37	149 -31	71 -34	78 3
2020-21	3,506 -19	3,363 -13	1,254 -11	2,109 -2	143 -6	79 8	64 -14
2021-22	3,398 -108	3,289 -74	1,282 28	2,007 -102	109 -34	63 -16	46 -18
2022-23	3,253 -145	3,161 -128	1,209 -73	1,952 -55	92 -17	51 -12	41 -5
Average	3,455	3,285	1,270	2,015	170	95	75

University of Northwestern-St Paul Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,285 where 3,161 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 Northwestern-St Paul since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,149	1,958	793	1,165	1,191	462	729
2014-15	3,222	1,931	799	1,132	1,291	486	805
2015-16	3,274	1,958	796	1,162	1,316	491	825
2016-17	3,241	1,987	794	1,193	1,254	475	779
2017-18	3,328	2,033	819	1,214	1,295	481	814
2018-19	3,443	2,097	800	1,297	1,346	495	851
2019-20	3,376	2,073	817	1,256	1,303	448	855
2020-21	3,363	2,091	814	1,277	1,272	440	832
2021-22	3,289	2,003	806	1,197	1,286	476	810
2022-23	3,161	1,883	759	1,124	1,278	450	828
Average	3,285	3,285	800	1,202	3,285	470	813

University of Northwestern-St Paul Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 170 where 92 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 Northwestern-St Paul since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	203	28	19	9	175	106	69
2014-15	205	7	5	2	198	111	87
2015-16	219	14	9	5	205	113	92
2016-17	206	12	4	8	194	101	93
2017-18	193	10	4	6	183	109	74
2018-19	180	12	11	1	168	94	74
2019-20	149	9	6	3	140	65	75
2020-21	143	6	4	2	137	75	62
2021-22	109	16	12	4	93	51	42
2022-23	92	4	3	1	88	48	40
Average	170	170	8	4	170	87	71

University of Northwestern-St Paul Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.26%. The percentage was 85.74% 10 years ago and U of Northwestern-St Paul still has a high percentage of white students. 3.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.97% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Northwestern-St Paul 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	14	125	125	32	0	2,874	66
2014-15	5	127	122	92	1	2,919	63
2015-16	5	119	113	118	1	2,906	93
2016-17	7	122	107	127	3	2,862	100
2017-18	6	107	108	130	0	2,910	129
2018-19	16	125	109	165	1	2,939	131
2019-20	10	106	106	140	1	2,914	118
2020-21	4	116	128	152	1	2,862	126
2021-22	6	127	140	109	2	2,756	131
2022-23	2	122	129	141	3	2,611	130
Average	8	120	119	121	1	2,855	109

University of Northwestern-St Paul Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,295 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 40% of total students. The number of online students has increased 61.88% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Northwestern-St Paul from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,427	800	34	2,593
2015-16	3,493	1,172	266	2,055
2016-17	3,447	1,136	503	1,808
2017-18	3,521	1,196	486	1,839
2018-19	3,623	1,366	443	1,814
2019-20	3,525	1,306	461	1,758
2020-21	3,506	1,418	1,105	983
2021-22	3,398	1,302	644	1,452
2022-23	3,253	1,295	501	1,457
Average	3,466	1,221	494	1,751

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