Enrollment Trends at NDSU

The student population at North Dakota State University-Main Campus is 12,242 (10,096 undergraduate and 2,146 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,201 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NDSU is 82.47% which is decreased by 1,892 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 309 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

750 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -27.75% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 13,786 where 12,242 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.47% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.53% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,892 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 309 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in NDSU.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at North Dakota State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	14,443	11,988	6,659	5,329	2,455	1,245	1,210
2013-14	14,629 186	11,948 -40	6,676 17	5,272 -57	2,681 226	1,280 35	1,401 191
2014-15	14,747 118	12,124 176	6,722 46	5,402 130	2,623 -58	1,239 -41	1,384 -17
2015-16	14,516 -231	12,037 -87	6,579 -143	5,458 56	2,479 -144	1,233 -6	1,246 -138
2016-17	14,432 -84	12,010 -27	6,542 -37	5,468 10	2,422 -57	1,183 -50	1,239 -7
2017-18	14,358 -74	11,984 -26	6,465 -77	5,519 51	2,374 -48	1,172 -11	1,202 -37
2018-19	13,796 -562	11,425 -559	6,222 -243	5,203 -316	2,371 -3	1,135 -37	1,236 34
2019-20	13,173 -623	10,831 -594	5,777 -445	5,054 -149	2,342 -29	1,124 -11	1,218 -18
2020-21	12,846 -327	10,555 -276	5,435 -342	5,120 66	2,291 -51	1,095 -29	1,196 -22
2021-22	12,461 -385	10,199 -356	5,081 -354	5,118 -2	2,262 -29	1,072 -23	1,190 -6
2022-23	12,242 -219	10,096 -103	4,976 -105	5,120 2	2,146 -116	1,031 -41	1,115 -75
Average	13,786	11,382	6,103	5,278	2,404	1,164	1,240

North Dakota State University-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 11,382 where 10,096 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 North Dakota State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,988	10,718	6,053	4,665	1,270	606	664
2013-14	11,948	10,707	6,076	4,631	1,241	600	641
2014-15	12,124	10,865	6,129	4,736	1,259	593	666
2015-16	12,037	10,676	5,966	4,710	1,361	613	748
2016-17	12,010	10,680	5,967	4,713	1,330	575	755
2017-18	11,984	10,782	5,962	4,820	1,202	503	699
2018-19	11,425	10,237	5,751	4,486	1,188	471	717
2019-20	10,831	9,638	5,298	4,340	1,193	479	714
2020-21	10,555	9,339	4,936	4,403	1,216	499	717
2021-22	10,199	9,019	4,603	4,416	1,180	478	702
2022-23	10,096	8,947	4,496	4,451	1,149	480	669
Average	11,382	11,382	5,567	4,579	11,382	536	699

North Dakota State University-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,404 where 2,146 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 North Dakota State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,455	1,015	511	504	1,440	734	706
2013-14	2,681	1,091	541	550	1,590	739	851
2014-15	2,623	1,052	523	529	1,571	716	855
2015-16	2,479	1,008	485	523	1,471	748	723
2016-17	2,422	1,000	470	530	1,422	713	709
2017-18	2,374	986	464	522	1,388	708	680
2018-19	2,371	1,032	467	565	1,339	668	671
2019-20	2,342	1,021	460	561	1,321	664	657
2020-21	2,291	1,008	458	550	1,283	637	646
2021-22	2,262	1,005	450	555	1,257	622	635
2022-23	2,146	962	444	518	1,184	587	597
Average	2,404	2,404	479	537	2,404	685	703

North Dakota State University-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.63%. The percentage was 82.18% 10 years ago and NDSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.63% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.05% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at North Dakota State University-Main Campus 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	91	217	325	181	7	11,869	201
2013-14	105	210	356	209	7	11,812	239
2014-15	109	220	361	245	12	11,878	260
2015-16	111	223	379	243	9	11,839	319
2016-17	118	225	435	291	12	11,831	363
2017-18	102	237	399	310	10	11,776	391
2018-19	93	219	370	326	13	11,362	397
2019-20	87	225	342	341	9	10,844	432
2020-21	75	219	330	338	6	10,644	450
2021-22	70	215	361	385	8	10,142	417
2022-23	62	199	373	371	7	9,871	459
Average	93	219	366	295	9	11,261	357

North Dakota State University-Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

750 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -27.75% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at North Dakota State University-Main Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,747	1,038	4,490	9,219
2015-16	14,516	825	4,530	9,161
2016-17	14,432	751	4,431	9,250
2017-18	14,358	756	4,514	9,088
2018-19	13,796	903	5,518	7,375
2019-20	13,173	592	4,736	7,845
2020-21	12,846	581	5,685	6,580
2021-22	12,461	671	5,213	6,577
2022-23	12,242	750	5,308	6,184
Average	13,619	763	4,936	7,920

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