Enrollment Trends at Northwestern Health Sciences

The student population at Northwestern Health Sciences University is 1,031 (341 undergraduate and 690 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 161 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Northwestern Health Sciences is 33.07% which is increased by 228 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 67 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.63 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

201 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 953 where 1,031 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

33.07% of total students is undergraduate students and 66.93% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 228 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 67 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.63 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Northwestern Health Sciences than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northwestern Health Sciences University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	870	113	37	76	757	367	390
2013-14	904 34	113 0	47 10	66 -10	791 34	383 16	408 18
2014-15	879 -25	120 7	39 -8	81 15	759 -32	405 22	354 -54
2015-16	870 -9	163 43	46 7	117 36	707 -52	373 -32	334 -20
2016-17	858 -12	176 13	64 18	112 -5	682 -25	357 -16	325 -9
2017-18	826 -32	89 -87	27 -37	62 -50	737 55	361 4	376 51
2018-19	936 110	224 135	65 38	159 97	712 -25	337 -24	375 -1
2019-20	1,052 116	315 91	99 34	216 57	737 25	353 16	384 9
2020-21	1,132 80	379 64	108 9	271 55	753 16	337 -16	416 32
2021-22	1,126 -6	387 8	111 3	276 5	739 -14	335 -2	404 -12
2022-23	1,031 -95	341 -46	96 -15	245 -31	690 -49	296 -39	394 -10
Average	953	220	67	153	733	355	378

Northwestern Health Sciences University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 220 where 341 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 Northwestern Health Sciences University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	113	45	21	24	68	16	52
2013-14	113	50	24	26	63	23	40
2014-15	120	54	17	37	66	22	44
2015-16	163	73	23	50	90	23	67
2016-17	176	81	35	46	95	29	66
2017-18	89	61	19	42	28	8	20
2018-19	224	120	39	81	104	26	78
2019-20	315	128	40	88	187	59	128
2020-21	379	143	42	101	236	66	170
2021-22	387	124	33	91	263	78	185
2022-23	341	115	42	73	226	54	172
Average	220	220	30	60	220	37	93

Northwestern Health Sciences University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 733 where 690 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 Northwestern Health Sciences University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	757	703	349	354	54	18	36
2013-14	791	733	357	376	58	26	32
2014-15	759	710	383	327	49	22	27
2015-16	707	663	354	309	44	19	25
2016-17	682	654	352	302	28	5	23
2017-18	737	656	322	334	81	39	42
2018-19	712	688	334	354	24	3	21
2019-20	737	703	350	353	34	3	31
2020-21	753	527	239	288	226	98	128
2021-22	739	689	328	361	50	7	43
2022-23	690	639	287	352	51	9	42
Average	733	733	332	337	733	23	41

Northwestern Health Sciences University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.90% and the percentage of black students is 3.98% at Northwestern Health Sciences University. 4.75% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwestern Health Sciences 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	2	36	8	11	0	766	8
2013-14	3	45	11	15	0	781	11
2014-15	2	44	9	20	0	749	8
2015-16	5	47	15	15	0	608	9
2016-17	7	43	10	7	0	517	5
2017-18	9	32	5	4	0	406	4
2018-19	9	26	11	4	0	353	10
2019-20	10	33	16	3	0	396	8
2020-21	14	21	29	19	0	434	3
2021-22	6	31	25	13	0	449	3
2022-23	3	49	41	28	0	432	8
Average	6	37	16	13	0	536	7

Northwestern Health Sciences University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

201 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwestern Health Sciences University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	879	0	0	879
2015-16	870	0	0	870
2016-17	858	1	44	813
2017-18	826	0	126	700
2018-19	936	0	214	722
2019-20	1,052	0	210	842
2020-21	1,132	0	959	173
2021-22	1,126	214	799	113
2022-23	1,031	201	659	171
Average	968	46	335	587

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