How many students at National? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 18,631 students have enrolled in National University with 8,485 undergraduate and 10,146 graduate students.

By gender, 6,865 male and 11,766 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (6,139 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

11,757 students are enrolled exclusively, and 764 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

National University has a total of 18,631 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 8,485 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 10,146 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,865 male and 11,766 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total18,6318,48510,146
Men6,8653,9562,909
Women11,7664,5297,237
National University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartNational University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartNational University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,793 White, 1,992 Black, and 1,367 Asian students out of a total of 18,631 are attending at National University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American682444
Asian1,367495872
Black1,9928631,129
Hispanic6,4142,1694,245
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1476582
White5,7932,1153,678
Two or more races968381587
Race Unknown1,8747491,125
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American411922
Asian654276378
Black1,029505524
Hispanic2,7181,2071,511
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders803842
White2,5751,2361,339
Two or more races490227263
Race Unknown893444449
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American27522
Asian713219494
Black963358605
Hispanic3,6969622,734
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders672740
White3,2188792,339
Two or more races478154324
Race Unknown981305676
National University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartNational University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartNational University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, National has 3 students under 18 years old and 36 students over 65 years old. There are 2,361 students under 25 years old, and 14,774 students over 25 years old out of 17,135 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 3 students are younger than 18 and 12 students are older than 65. National has 1,363 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 6,285 students aged 25 and over.

It has 998 graduate students aged under 25 and 8,489 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18321
18-19834835
20-21336219117
22-241,9391,359580
25-294,9953,1991,796
30-343,7562,2431,513
35-392,4511,477974
40-492,6331,655978
50-64903595308
Over 65361719
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18321
18-19834835
20-21319205114
22-24958572386
25-292,2651,1811,084
30-341,770913857
35-391,079541538
40-49901445456
50-64258134124
Over 651266
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2117143
22-24981787194
25-292,7302,018712
30-341,9861,330656
35-391,372936436
40-491,7321,210522
50-64645461184
Over 65241113
National University 2022 Student Population by Age chartNational University 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartNational University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartNational University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartNational University 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartNational University 2022 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At National University, 11,757 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 764 students are enrolled in some online courses.

9,337 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,420 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students18,63111,757764
Undergraduate8,4854,964208
Graduate10,1466,793556
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students9,3372,38535
Undergraduate3,5641,38317
Graduate5,7731,00218
National University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,485 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,567 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 18.47%.474 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1,093 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time3,879
Transfer-in Full-time474
Regular Part-time3,039
Transfer-in Part-time1,093

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