Graduate Student Population
Northwestern graduate schools have a total of 14,046 postgraduate students.
By gender, it has 6,378 male and 7,668 female postgrad students.
By attending status, there are 10,657 full-time and 3,389 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 781 students enrolled through online exclusively and 1,493 students are taking some online graduate courses.
By race/ethnicity 4,941 White, 720 Black, and 1,845 Asian students are attending at Northwestern University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
| Total | 14,046 |
| Men | 6,378 |
| Women | 7,668 |
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
| Total | 14,046 |
| Full-time Students | 10,657 |
| Part-time Students | 3,389 |
Graduate Students Race Distribution
| Total | 14,046 |
American Indian / Native American | 11 |
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| Asian | 1,845 |
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| Black | 720 |
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| Hispanic | 1,064 |
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Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander | 7 |
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| White | 4,941 |
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| Two or more races | 431 |
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| Un-Known | 1,016 |
Online Population
At Northwestern University graduate schools, 781 students enrolled online exclusively and 1,493 students enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
| Total Enrollment | 14,457 |
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 781 |
| Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses | 1,493 |
| Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses | 12,183 |
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
| Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses | 781 |
| Illinois Resident | 252 |
| Other State In U.S. | 431 |
| Outside of U.S. | 98 |