Student Population at Northern Michigan

By race/ethnicity, 6,089 White, 170 Black, and 49 Asian students out of a total of 7,409 are attending at Northern Michigan University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Northern Michigan University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 31.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

By age, Northern Michigan has 231 students under 18 years old and 178 students over 65 years old. There are 5,951 students under 25 years old, and 1,458 students over 25 years old out of 7,409 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 231 students are younger than 18 and 158 students are older than 65. Northern Michigan has 5,765 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 919 students aged 25 and over.

It has 186 graduate students aged under 25 and 539 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Northern Michigan University, 967 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,633 students are enrolled in some online courses.

875 students who live in Michigan or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 92 students live in another State or outside of the United States.