Enrollment Trends at NWOSU

The student population at Northwestern Oklahoma State University is 2,079 (1,787 undergraduate and 292 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 57 (2.67%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at NWOSU is 85.95% which is decreased by 132 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 75 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 66 male students for every 100 female students, down from 77 in 2015.
598 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 54.92% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,988 where 2,079 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,206 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,791 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,136 to 2,079 students, a net loss of 57 (2.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,136	1,919	850	1,069	217	78	139
2016-17	2,206 70	1,987 68	849 -1	1,138 69	219 2	80 2	139
2017-18	2,096 -110	1,879 -108	776 -73	1,103 -35	217 -2	69 -11	148 9
2018-19	1,992 -104	1,773 -106	727 -49	1,046 -57	219 2	52 -17	167 19
2019-20	1,970 -22	1,767 -6	700 -27	1,067 21	203 -16	50 -2	153 -14
2020-21	1,833 -137	1,640 -127	671 -29	969 -98	193 -10	55 5	138 -15
2021-22	1,791 -42	1,590 -50	661 -10	929 -40	201 8	52 -3	149 11
2022-23	1,852 61	1,647 57	676 15	971 42	205 4	53 1	152 3
2023-24	1,929 77	1,724 77	707 31	1,017 46	205	58 5	147 -5
2024-25	2,079 150	1,787 63	736 29	1,051 34	292 87	88 30	204 57
Average	1,988	1,771	735	1,036	217	64	154

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,771 where 1,787 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 Oklahoma State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,919	1,388	649	739	531	201	330
2016-17	1,987	1,424	627	797	563	222	341
2017-18	1,879	1,329	573	756	550	203	347
2018-19	1,773	1,430	609	821	343	118	225
2019-20	1,767	1,376	566	810	391	134	257
2020-21	1,640	1,293	543	750	347	128	219
2021-22	1,590	1,218	517	701	372	144	228
2022-23	1,647	1,241	525	716	406	151	255
2023-24	1,724	1,298	560	738	426	147	279
2024-25	1,787	1,316	569	747	471	167	304
Average	1,771	1,771	574	758	1,771	162	279

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 217 where 292 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 Oklahoma State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	217	77	24	53	140	54	86
2016-17	219	64	14	50	155	66	89
2017-18	217	67	14	53	150	55	95
2018-19	219	93	19	74	126	33	93
2019-20	203	82	21	61	121	29	92
2020-21	193	72	25	47	121	30	91
2021-22	201	79	22	57	122	30	92
2022-23	205	69	20	49	136	33	103
2023-24	205	68	22	46	137	36	101
2024-25	292	93	32	61	199	56	143
Average	217	217	21	55	217	42	99

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.88%. The percentage was 63.95% 10 years ago and NWOSU still has a high percentage of white students. 0.67% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.49% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.95% to 63.88%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.70% to 0.67%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.65% to 6.49%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.91% to 14.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5598 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.5753 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwestern Oklahoma State 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	151	15	142	169	11	1,366	9
2016-17	146	16	134	178	9	1,392	22
2017-18	137	13	145	189	6	1,389	28
2018-19	154	12	146	193	2	1,295	41
2019-20	154	13	131	199	5	1,202	38
2020-21	151	11	115	216	5	1,140	22
2021-22	149	6	106	199	2	1,141	28
2022-23	158	11	114	230	2	1,174	39
2023-24	147	19	138	284	4	1,213	53
2024-25	169	14	135	297	5	1,328	61
Average	152	13	131	215	5	1,264	34

Northwestern Oklahoma State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

598 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 54.92% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwestern Oklahoma State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,136	386	821	929
2016-17	2,206	380	945	881
2017-18	2,096	400	836	860
2018-19	1,992	371	852	769
2019-20	1,970	461	757	752
2020-21	1,833	465	770	598
2021-22	1,791	259	512	1,020
2022-23	1,852	268	562	1,022
2023-24	1,929	494	798	637
2024-25	2,079	598	933	548
Average	1,988	408	779	802

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Enrollment Trends at NWOSU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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