Enrollment Trends at NCU

The average student population over the last 11 years is 753 where 761 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

68.33% of total students is undergraduate students and 31.67% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 13 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 34 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NCU than male students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 547 where 520 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 Bushnell University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 206 where 241 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 Bushnell University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 64.65%. The percentage was 78.51% 10 years ago and NCU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.15% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.10% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 15.37% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.51% to 64.65%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.89% to 3.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.97% to 2.10%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.16% to 15.37%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5500 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3749 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

79 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -66.24% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bushnell University from 2015 to 2025.