Enrollment Trends at Montana State University-Northern

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,104 where 966 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

95.13% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.87% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 235 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 33 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.79 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Montana State University-Northern than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Montana State University-Northern since 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,051 where 919 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Montana State University-Northern since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 53 where 47 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Montana State University-Northern since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 64.18%. The percentage was 74.72% 10 years ago and Montana State University-Northern still has a high percentage of white students. 0.52% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.55% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.72% to 64.18%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.73% to 0.52%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.19% to 1.55%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.62% to 4.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5530 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4236 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Montana State University-Northern over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

270 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 5.06% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Montana State University-Northern from 2015 to 2025.