Enrollment Trends at Northwest Missouri State

The student population at Northwest Missouri State University is 8,505 (5,308 undergraduate and 3,197 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,674 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Northwest Missouri State is 62.41% which is decreased by 706 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,380 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.61 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,742 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 461.89% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 7,009 where 8,505 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

62.41% of total students is undergraduate students and 37.59% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 706 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,380 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.61 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Northwest Missouri State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,831	6,014	2,675	3,339	817	329	488
2013-14	6,485 -346	5,542 -472	2,483 -192	3,059 -280	943 126	441 112	502 14
2014-15	6,720 235	5,491 -51	2,438 -45	3,053 -6	1,229 286	687 246	542 40
2015-16	6,593 -127	5,618 127	2,452 14	3,166 113	975 -254	513 -174	462 -80
2016-17	6,530 -63	5,628 10	2,417 -35	3,211 45	902 -73	497 -16	405 -57
2017-18	6,338 -192	5,474 -154	2,343 -74	3,131 -80	864 -38	410 -87	454 49
2018-19	6,857 519	5,654 180	2,420 77	3,234 103	1,203 339	483 73	720 266
2019-20	7,104 247	5,710 56	2,401 -19	3,309 75	1,394 191	524 41	870 150
2020-21	7,267 163	5,482 -228	2,251 -150	3,231 -78	1,785 391	597 73	1,188 318
2021-22	7,870 603	5,306 -176	2,127 -124	3,179 -52	2,564 779	1,053 456	1,511 323
2022-23	8,505 635	5,308 2	2,072 -55	3,236 57	3,197 633	1,183 130	2,014 503
Average	7,009	5,566	2,371	3,195	1,443	611	832

Northwest Missouri State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,566 where 5,308 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 Northwest Missouri State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,014	5,335	2,369	2,966	679	306	373
2013-14	5,542	4,988	2,227	2,761	554	256	298
2014-15	5,491	4,980	2,197	2,783	511	241	270
2015-16	5,618	4,974	2,125	2,849	644	327	317
2016-17	5,628	4,918	2,093	2,825	710	324	386
2017-18	5,474	4,806	2,030	2,776	668	313	355
2018-19	5,654	4,928	2,117	2,811	726	303	423
2019-20	5,710	4,954	2,104	2,850	756	297	459
2020-21	5,482	4,813	1,996	2,817	669	255	414
2021-22	5,306	4,405	1,792	2,613	901	335	566
2022-23	5,308	4,278	1,682	2,596	1,030	390	640
Average	5,566	5,566	2,067	2,786	5,566	304	409

Northwest Missouri State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,443 where 3,197 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 Northwest Missouri State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	817	234	122	112	583	207	376
2013-14	943	374	231	143	569	210	359
2014-15	1,229	582	354	228	647	333	314
2015-16	975	446	290	156	529	223	306
2016-17	902	441	283	158	461	214	247
2017-18	864	365	206	159	499	204	295
2018-19	1,203	452	201	251	751	282	469
2019-20	1,394	462	206	256	932	318	614
2020-21	1,785	456	147	309	1,329	450	879
2021-22	2,564	985	512	473	1,579	541	1,038
2022-23	3,197	1,032	465	567	2,165	718	1,447
Average	1,443	1,443	274	256	1,443	336	577

Northwest Missouri State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.04%. The percentage was 83.06% 10 years ago and Northwest Missouri State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.80% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwest Missouri 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	16	47	365	172	9	5,674	166
2013-14	17	39	363	168	8	5,247	160
2014-15	20	39	374	182	8	4,981	167
2015-16	23	39	370	214	4	4,808	176
2016-17	20	46	349	223	5	4,892	192
2017-18	18	53	317	233	10	4,910	194
2018-19	21	53	341	247	8	5,399	209
2019-20	19	54	334	236	12	5,654	205
2020-21	20	60	337	262	10	5,940	203
2021-22	24	67	316	277	6	6,077	202
2022-23	23	70	323	337	9	6,382	223
Average	20	52	344	232	8	5,451	191

Northwest Missouri State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,742 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 32% of total students. The number of online students has increased 461.89% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwest Missouri State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,720	488	1,097	5,135
2015-16	6,593	324	1,078	5,191
2016-17	6,530	388	1,305	4,837
2017-18	6,338	300	1,347	4,691
2018-19	6,857	936	1,516	4,405
2019-20	7,104	1,230	1,529	4,345
2020-21	7,267	1,856	2,184	3,227
2021-22	7,870	2,297	1,631	3,942
2022-23	8,505	2,742	1,471	4,292
Average	7,087	1,173	1,462	4,452

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