Enrollment Trends at Northwestern Health Sciences

The student population at Northwestern Health Sciences University is 1,101 (439 undergraduate and 662 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 231 (26.55%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Northwestern Health Sciences is 39.87% which is increased by 276 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 45 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 56 male students for every 100 female students, down from 93 in 2015.
210 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 20,900.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 996 where 1,101 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,132 students in 2021 and was lowest at 826 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 870 to 1,101 students, a net gain of 231 (26.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	870	163	46	117	707	373	334
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
2023-24	1,032 1	366 25	98 2	268 23	666 -24	280 -16	386 -8
2024-25	1,101 69	439 73	108 10	331 63	662 -4	285 5	377 -9
Average	996	288	82	206	709	331	377

Northwestern Health Sciences University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 288 where 439 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 Northwestern Health Sciences University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	366	130	37	93	236	61	175
2024-25	439	137	40	97	302	68	234
Average	288	288	35	76	288	47	130

Northwestern Health Sciences University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 709 where 662 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 Northwestern Health Sciences University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	666	606	273	333	60	7	53
2024-25	662	582	271	311	80	14	66
Average	709	709	311	330	709	20	47

Northwestern Health Sciences University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.50% and the percentage of black students is 8.08% at Northwestern Health Sciences University. 6.09% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.89% to 46.50%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.40% to 6.09%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.72% to 8.08%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.72% to 5.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7699 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5080 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwestern Health Sciences 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	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
2023-24	2	63	51	42	1	482	20
2024-25	6	67	89	59	1	512	30
Average	7	41	29	19	0	459	10

Northwestern Health Sciences University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

210 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 20,900.00% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwestern Health Sciences University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	1,032	63	777	192
2024-25	1,101	210	727	164
Average	996	69	452	476

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Enrollment Trends at Northwestern Health Sciences

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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