Enrollment Trends at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education

The student population at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education is 1,222 (1,086 undergraduate and 136 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 409 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education is 88.87% which is increased by 349 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 60 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.36 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

621 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 47.86% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 9 years is 1,118 where 1,222 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.87% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.13% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 349 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 60 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.36 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	813	737	409	328	76	31	45
2016-17	966 153	882 145	449 40	433 105	84 8	32 1	52 7
2017-18	1,116 150	1,020 138	444 -5	576 143	96 12	28 -4	68 16
2018-19	1,155 39	1,043 23	500 56	543 -33	112 16	34 6	78 10
2019-20	1,130 -25	1,014 -29	460 -40	554 11	116 4	35 1	81 3
2020-21	1,215 85	1,044 30	465 5	579 25	171 55	58 23	113 32
2021-22	1,323 108	1,136 92	502 37	634 55	187 16	58 0	129 16
2022-23	1,222 -101	1,086 -50	473 -29	613 -21	136 -51	45 -13	91 -38
Average	1,118	995	463	533	122	40	82

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 9 years is 995 where 1,086 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 University-Center for Online and Extended Education since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	737	433	247	186	304	162	142
2016-17	882	401	190	211	481	259	222
2017-18	1,020	417	186	231	603	258	345
2018-19	1,043	455	218	237	588	282	306
2019-20	1,014	413	179	234	601	281	320
2020-21	1,044	393	190	203	651	275	376
2021-22	1,136	378	155	223	758	347	411
2022-23	1,086	317	115	202	769	358	411
Average	995	995	185	216	995	278	317

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 9 years is 122 where 136 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 University-Center for Online and Extended Education since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	76	49	18	31	27	13	14
2016-17	84	55	17	38	29	15	14
2017-18	96	58	10	48	38	18	20
2018-19	112	62	17	45	50	17	33
2019-20	116	79	20	59	37	15	22
2020-21	171	96	27	69	75	31	44
2021-22	187	82	18	64	105	40	65
2022-23	136	55	19	36	81	26	55
Average	122	122	18	49	122	22	33

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.33%. The percentage was 48.22% 10 years ago and Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education still has a high percentage of white students. 5.07% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.58% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education over the past 9 years (2015-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	11	35	52	62	13	392	31
2016-17	9	51	63	76	12	404	36
2017-18	9	48	60	77	9	542	41
2018-19	5	66	54	90	13	549	48
2019-20	8	45	48	78	17	478	50
2020-21	10	31	42	64	9	395	43
2021-22	8	32	40	61	16	425	34
2022-23	1	62	56	118	6	725	94
Average	8	46	52	78	12	489	47

Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

621 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 51% of total students. The number of online students has increased 47.86% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education from 2015 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	813	420	32	361
2016-17	966	496	39	431
2017-18	1,116	568	34	514
2018-19	1,155	678	28	449
2019-20	1,130	688	36	406
2020-21	1,215	712	9	494
2021-22	1,323	717	13	593
2022-23	1,222	621	4	597
Average	1,118	613	24	481

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