Enrollment Trends at NCU

The student population at Northcentral University is 9,489 (60 undergraduate and 9,429 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,540 (13.96%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at NCU is 0.63% which is decreased by 108 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,432 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 37 male students for every 100 female students, down from 53 in 2015.
9,489 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -13.96% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,120 where 9,489 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 12,648 students in 2022 and was lowest at 9,489 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 11,029 to 9,489 students, a net loss of 1,540 (14%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northcentral University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,029	168	47	121	10,861	3,774	7,087
2016-17	10,916 -113	133 -35	46 -1	87 -34	10,783 -78	3,515 -259	7,268 181
2017-18	10,788 -128	89 -44	27 -19	62 -25	10,699 -84	3,322 -193	7,377 109
2018-19	10,535 -253	70 -19	14 -13	56 -6	10,465 -234	3,063 -259	7,402 25
2019-20	11,223 688	165 95	25 11	140 84	11,058 593	3,077 14	7,981 579
2020-21	12,471 1,248	176 11	36 11	140	12,295 1,237	3,146 69	9,149 1,168
2021-22	12,648 177	158 -18	57 21	101 -39	12,490 195	3,058 -88	9,432 283
2022-23	11,578 -1,070	106 -52	25 -32	81 -20	11,472 -1,018	2,759 -299	8,713 -719
2023-24	10,518 -1,060	98 -8	23 -2	75 -6	10,420 -1,052	2,585 -174	7,835 -878
2024-25	9,489 -1,029	60 -38	13 -10	47 -28	9,429 -991	2,526 -59	6,903 -932
Average	11,120	122	31	91	10,997	3,083	7,915

Northcentral University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 122 where 60 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 Northcentral University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	168	32	4	28	136	43	93
2016-17	133	12	7	5	121	39	82
2017-18	89	14	5	9	75	22	53
2018-19	70	10	1	9	60	13	47
2019-20	165	45	2	43	120	23	97
2020-21	176	55	9	46	121	27	94
2021-22	158	41	27	14	117	30	87
2022-23	106	15	3	12	91	22	69
2023-24	98	6	3	3	92	20	72
2024-25	60	9	3	6	51	10	41
Average	122	122	6	18	122	25	74

Northcentral University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 10,997 where 9,429 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 Northcentral University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,861	5,279	2,070	3,209	5,582	1,704	3,878
2016-17	10,783	5,036	1,745	3,291	5,747	1,770	3,977
2017-18	10,699	4,860	1,736	3,124	5,839	1,586	4,253
2018-19	10,465	4,293	1,400	2,893	6,172	1,663	4,509
2019-20	11,058	4,549	1,371	3,178	6,509	1,706	4,803
2020-21	12,295	4,913	1,432	3,481	7,382	1,714	5,668
2021-22	12,490	4,997	1,371	3,626	7,493	1,687	5,806
2022-23	11,472	5,176	1,392	3,784	6,296	1,367	4,929
2023-24	10,420	4,642	1,255	3,387	5,778	1,330	4,448
2024-25	9,429	4,323	1,218	3,105	5,106	1,308	3,798
Average	10,997	10,997	1,499	3,308	10,997	1,584	4,607

Northcentral University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 30.91% and the percentage of black students is 31.42% at Northcentral University. 3.55% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 13.10% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 41.65% to 30.91%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.07% to 3.55%. Black student enrollment increased from 22.18% to 31.42%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.58% to 13.10%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7856 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7727 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	74	228	2,446	615	46	4,594	345
2016-17	77	195	2,571	619	39	3,978	319
2017-18	59	164	2,253	528	32	3,099	280
2018-19	78	183	3,141	692	38	3,290	322
2019-20	92	260	3,813	925	109	3,553	386
2020-21	108	311	4,458	1,175	111	3,995	461
2021-22	93	331	4,560	1,298	100	4,128	508
2022-23	90	333	4,242	1,265	93	3,890	470
2023-24	83	346	3,726	1,307	81	3,573	443
2024-25	65	337	2,981	1,243	59	2,933	388
Average	82	269	3,419	967	71	3,703	392

Northcentral University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

9,489 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -13.96% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northcentral University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely
2015-16	11,029	11,029
2016-17	10,916	10,916
2017-18	10,788	10,788
2018-19	10,535	10,535
2019-20	11,223	11,223
2020-21	12,471	12,471
2021-22	12,648	12,648
2022-23	11,578	11,578
2023-24	10,518	10,518
2024-25	9,489	9,489
Average	11,120	11,120

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Enrollment Trends at NCU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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