Enrollment Trends at NSU

The student population at Northeastern State University is 6,702 (5,242 undergraduate and 1,460 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,019 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NSU is 78.22% which is decreased by 2,306 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 287 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.84 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,562 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 174.30% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 7,847 where 6,702 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.22% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.78% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,306 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 287 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.84 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,721	7,548	3,028	4,520	1,173	348	825
2013-14	8,548 -173	7,418 -130	2,969 -59	4,449 -71	1,130 -43	363 15	767 -58
2014-15	8,310 -238	7,094 -324	2,768 -201	4,326 -123	1,216 86	366 3	850 83
2015-16	8,251 -59	7,020 -74	2,748 -20	4,272 -54	1,231 15	335 -31	896 46
2016-17	8,109 -142	6,925 -95	2,764 16	4,161 -111	1,184 -47	327 -8	857 -39
2017-18	7,909 -200	6,828 -97	2,703 -61	4,125 -36	1,081 -103	295 -32	786 -71
2018-19	7,879 -30	6,712 -116	2,585 -118	4,127 2	1,167 86	301 6	866 80
2019-20	7,517 -362	6,289 -423	2,369 -216	3,920 -207	1,228 61	326 25	902 36
2020-21	7,349 -168	6,004 -285	2,175 -194	3,829 -91	1,345 117	329 3	1,016 114
2021-22	7,025 -324	5,523 -481	1,990 -185	3,533 -296	1,502 157	373 44	1,129 113
2022-23	6,702 -323	5,242 -281	1,994 4	3,248 -285	1,460 -42	366 -7	1,094 -35
Average	7,847	6,600	2,554	4,046	1,247	339	908

Northeastern State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,600 where 5,242 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 Northeastern State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,548	5,362	2,272	3,090	2,186	756	1,430
2013-14	7,418	5,283	2,225	3,058	2,135	744	1,391
2014-15	7,094	5,045	2,041	3,004	2,049	727	1,322
2015-16	7,020	4,964	2,015	2,949	2,056	733	1,323
2016-17	6,925	4,862	2,028	2,834	2,063	736	1,327
2017-18	6,828	4,753	1,982	2,771	2,075	721	1,354
2018-19	6,712	4,641	1,911	2,730	2,071	674	1,397
2019-20	6,289	4,341	1,727	2,614	1,948	642	1,306
2020-21	6,004	4,155	1,574	2,581	1,849	601	1,248
2021-22	5,523	3,821	1,449	2,372	1,702	541	1,161
2022-23	5,242	3,676	1,447	2,229	1,566	547	1,019
Average	6,600	6,600	1,879	2,748	6,600	675	1,298

Northeastern State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,247 where 1,460 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 Northeastern State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,173	416	136	280	757	212	545
2013-14	1,130	412	159	253	718	204	514
2014-15	1,216	461	148	313	755	218	537
2015-16	1,231	478	137	341	753	198	555
2016-17	1,184	484	148	336	700	179	521
2017-18	1,081	467	138	329	614	157	457
2018-19	1,167	527	142	385	640	159	481
2019-20	1,228	505	141	364	723	185	538
2020-21	1,345	595	158	437	750	171	579
2021-22	1,502	627	161	466	875	212	663
2022-23	1,460	643	172	471	817	194	623
Average	1,247	1,247	149	361	1,247	190	547

Northeastern State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.13% and the percentage of black students is 4.27% at Northeastern State University. 2.24% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northeastern 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	1,979	139	424	279	1	4,866	704
2013-14	1,887	147	399	314	6	4,512	920
2014-15	1,754	167	360	338	9	4,235	1,138
2015-16	1,564	167	334	404	6	4,198	1,364
2016-17	1,431	188	319	432	4	4,060	1,460
2017-18	1,367	164	310	463	3	3,840	1,528
2018-19	1,373	171	324	445	3	3,753	1,589
2019-20	1,386	156	328	425	6	3,695	1,311
2020-21	1,435	175	355	436	11	3,678	1,067
2021-22	1,452	172	317	447	8	3,483	946
2022-23	1,425	150	286	471	8	3,226	936
Average	1,550	163	341	405	6	3,959	1,178

Northeastern State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,562 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 38% of total students. The number of online students has increased 174.30% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northeastern State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,310	934	2,746	4,630
2015-16	8,251	1,066	2,954	4,231
2016-17	8,109	1,084	3,212	3,813
2017-18	7,909	1,299	3,311	3,299
2018-19	7,879	1,533	3,448	2,898
2019-20	7,517	1,653	3,324	2,540
2020-21	7,349	3,060	3,261	1,028
2021-22	7,025	2,577	2,922	1,526
2022-23	6,702	2,562	2,649	1,491
Average	7,672	1,752	3,092	2,828

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