Enrollment Trends at NNU

The student population at Northwest Nazarene University is 1,635 (1,043 undergraduate and 592 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 572 (25.92%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at NNU is 63.79% which is decreased by 452 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 120 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 67 male students for every 100 female students, down from 69 in 2015.
268 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -51.01% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,018 where 1,635 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,207 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,635 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,207 to 1,635 students, a net loss of 572 (25.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,207	1,495	636	859	712	268	444
2016-17	2,157 -50	1,450 -45	628 -8	822 -37	707 -5	263 -5	444
2017-18	2,168 11	1,480 30	610 -18	870 48	688 -19	238 -25	450 6
2018-19	2,201 33	1,483 3	634 24	849 -21	718 30	217 -21	501 51
2019-20	2,111 -90	1,423 -60	594 -40	829 -20	688 -30	197 -20	491 -10
2020-21	2,109 -2	1,389 -34	586 -8	803 -26	720 32	197	523 32
2021-22	2,044 -65	1,323 -66	567 -19	756 -47	721 1	205 8	516 -7
2022-23	1,778 -266	1,140 -183	498 -69	642 -114	638 -83	167 -38	471 -45
2023-24	1,774 -4	1,156 16	491 -7	665 23	618 -20	189 22	429 -42
2024-25	1,635 -139	1,043 -113	458 -33	585 -80	592 -26	200 11	392 -37
Average	2,018	1,338	570	768	680	214	466

Northwest Nazarene University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,338 where 1,043 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 Northwest Nazarene University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,495	1,170	459	711	325	177	148
2016-17	1,450	1,125	455	670	325	173	152
2017-18	1,480	1,125	454	671	355	156	199
2018-19	1,483	1,089	466	623	394	168	226
2019-20	1,423	1,062	447	615	361	147	214
2020-21	1,389	1,086	464	622	303	122	181
2021-22	1,323	1,042	451	591	281	116	165
2022-23	1,140	1,008	452	556	132	46	86
2023-24	1,156	1,014	457	557	142	34	108
2024-25	1,043	940	429	511	103	29	74
Average	1,338	1,338	453	613	1,338	117	155

Northwest Nazarene University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 680 where 592 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 Northwest Nazarene University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	712	551	199	352	161	69	92
2016-17	707	552	197	355	155	66	89
2017-18	688	565	185	380	123	53	70
2018-19	718	584	173	411	134	44	90
2019-20	688	558	149	409	130	48	82
2020-21	720	572	149	423	148	48	100
2021-22	721	569	158	411	152	47	105
2022-23	638	216	47	169	422	120	302
2023-24	618	228	49	179	390	140	250
2024-25	592	199	57	142	393	143	250
Average	680	680	136	323	680	78	143

Northwest Nazarene University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.60%. The percentage was 77.48% 10 years ago and NNU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.71% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.15% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.48% to 72.60%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.45% to 1.59%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.08% to 1.71%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.29% to 13.15%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4517 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3917 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwest Nazarene 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	13	32	46	183	7	1,710	46
2016-17	13	42	38	181	9	1,700	52
2017-18	12	37	44	181	5	1,734	62
2018-19	10	27	50	184	4	1,772	65
2019-20	6	27	39	209	8	1,639	75
2020-21	11	26	43	231	5	1,623	83
2021-22	10	28	33	227	8	1,571	90
2022-23	12	28	30	209	8	1,365	93
2023-24	15	26	30	220	4	1,256	99
2024-25	11	26	28	215	1	1,187	95
Average	11	30	38	204	6	1,556	76

Northwest Nazarene University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

268 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -51.01% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwest Nazarene University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,207	547	121	1,539
2016-17	2,157	642	455	1,060
2017-18	2,168	716	366	1,086
2018-19	2,201	670	92	1,439
2019-20	2,111	680	372	1,059
2020-21	2,109	549	718	842
2021-22	2,044	670	330	1,044
2022-23	1,778	409	455	914
2023-24	1,774	464	0	1,310
2024-25	1,635	268	605	762
Average	2,018	562	351	1,106

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Enrollment Trends at NNU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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