Enrollment Trends at NSU

The student population at Norfolk State University is 5,783 (5,337 undergraduate and 446 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,317 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NSU is 92.29% which is decreased by 1,030 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 287 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.01 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

682 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 241.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,744 where 5,783 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

92.29% of total students is undergraduate students and 7.71% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,030 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 287 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.01 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in NSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Norfolk State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,100	6,367	2,244	4,123	733	188	545
2013-14	6,728 -372	6,021 -346	2,159 -85	3,862 -261	707 -26	206 18	501 -44
2014-15	6,027 -701	5,356 -665	1,933 -226	3,423 -439	671 -36	200 -6	471 -30
2015-16	5,107 -920	4,522 -834	1,665 -268	2,857 -566	585 -86	157 -43	428 -43
2016-17	5,421 314	4,739 217	1,698 33	3,041 184	682 97	197 40	485 57
2017-18	5,303 -118	4,687 -52	1,642 -56	3,045 4	616 -66	188 -9	428 -57
2018-19	5,204 -99	4,660 -27	1,618 -24	3,042 -3	544 -72	179 -9	365 -63
2019-20	5,601 397	5,112 452	1,708 90	3,404 362	489 -55	192 13	297 -68
2020-21	5,457 -144	4,992 -120	1,604 -104	3,388 -16	465 -24	163 -29	302 5
2021-22	5,458 1	5,016 24	1,622 18	3,394 6	442 -23	162 -1	280 -22
2022-23	5,783 325	5,337 321	1,740 118	3,597 203	446 4	180 18	266 -14
Average	5,744	5,164	1,785	3,380	580	183	397

Norfolk State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,164 where 5,337 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 Norfolk State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,367	5,209	1,931	3,278	1,158	313	845
2013-14	6,021	4,979	1,855	3,124	1,042	304	738
2014-15	5,356	4,416	1,662	2,754	940	271	669
2015-16	4,522	3,739	1,451	2,288	783	214	569
2016-17	4,739	4,002	1,494	2,508	737	204	533
2017-18	4,687	4,011	1,478	2,533	676	164	512
2018-19	4,660	4,133	1,462	2,671	527	156	371
2019-20	5,112	4,583	1,572	3,011	529	136	393
2020-21	4,992	4,529	1,478	3,051	463	126	337
2021-22	5,016	4,520	1,478	3,042	496	144	352
2022-23	5,337	4,618	1,524	3,094	719	216	503
Average	5,164	5,164	1,580	2,850	5,164	204	529

Norfolk State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 580 where 446 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 Norfolk State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	733	436	105	331	297	83	214
2013-14	707	449	126	323	258	80	178
2014-15	671	454	121	333	217	79	138
2015-16	585	385	96	289	200	61	139
2016-17	682	443	114	329	239	83	156
2017-18	616	431	127	304	185	61	124
2018-19	544	374	109	265	170	70	100
2019-20	489	353	135	218	136	57	79
2020-21	465	317	97	220	148	66	82
2021-22	442	307	102	205	135	60	75
2022-23	446	276	93	183	170	87	83
Average	580	580	111	273	580	72	124

Norfolk State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.51% and the percentage of black students is 83.71% at Norfolk State University. 0.35% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Norfolk State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	14	47	5,916	168	10	388	156
2013-14	16	41	5,573	176	9	378	190
2014-15	13	55	4,942	176	10	356	201
2015-16	10	36	4,238	139	7	262	207
2016-17	10	39	4,540	175	5	260	215
2017-18	10	39	4,446	182	6	235	235
2018-19	9	42	4,372	185	3	197	262
2019-20	6	35	4,678	207	3	178	322
2020-21	5	27	4,517	240	3	164	333
2021-22	6	26	4,544	256	4	155	299
2022-23	13	20	4,841	268	4	145	328
Average	10	37	4,782	197	6	247	250

Norfolk State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

682 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 241.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Norfolk State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,027	200	2,475	3,352
2015-16	5,107	184	2,147	2,776
2016-17	5,421	243	2,157	3,021
2017-18	5,303	280	2,411	2,612
2018-19	5,204	242	2,991	1,971
2019-20	5,601	310	3,360	1,931
2020-21	5,457	338	4,399	720
2021-22	5,458	615	4,707	136
2022-23	5,783	682	4,921	180
Average	5,485	344	3,285	1,855

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