Enrollment Trends at Northwestern

The student population at Northwestern University is 23,161 (8,993 undergraduate and 14,168 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,946 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Northwestern is 38.83% which is decreased by 383 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,329 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.16 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,123 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -30.46% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 22,145 where 23,161 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

38.83% of total students is undergraduate students and 61.17% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 383 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,329 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.16 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Northwestern than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,215	9,376	4,559	4,817	11,839	6,529	5,310
2013-14	21,592 377	9,283 -93	4,518 -41	4,765 -52	12,309 470	6,971 442	5,338 28
2014-15	21,554 -38	9,048 -235	4,456 -62	4,592 -173	12,506 197	6,989 18	5,517 179
2015-16	21,655 101	8,839 -209	4,415 -41	4,424 -168	12,816 310	7,017 28	5,799 282
2016-17	21,823 168	8,791 -48	4,352 -63	4,439 15	13,032 216	6,984 -33	6,048 249
2017-18	22,008 185	8,700 -91	4,284 -68	4,416 -23	13,308 276	6,973 -11	6,335 287
2018-19	22,127 119	8,642 -58	4,192 -92	4,450 34	13,485 177	6,916 -57	6,569 234
2019-20	22,448 321	8,682 40	4,214 22	4,468 18	13,766 281	6,895 -21	6,871 302
2020-21	22,603 155	8,559 -123	4,065 -149	4,494 26	14,044 278	6,841 -54	7,203 332
2021-22	23,409 806	8,847 288	4,082 17	4,765 271	14,562 518	6,882 41	7,680 477
2022-23	23,161 -248	8,993 146	4,126 44	4,867 102	14,168 -394	6,585 -297	7,583 -97
Average	22,145	8,887	4,297	4,591	13,258	6,871	6,387

Northwestern University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 8,887 where 8,993 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 University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,376	8,542	4,189	4,353	834	370	464
2013-14	9,283	8,489	4,166	4,323	794	352	442
2014-15	9,048	8,398	4,159	4,239	650	297	353
2015-16	8,839	8,247	4,139	4,108	592	276	316
2016-17	8,791	8,298	4,146	4,152	493	206	287
2017-18	8,700	8,205	4,065	4,140	495	219	276
2018-19	8,642	8,161	4,014	4,147	481	178	303
2019-20	8,682	8,284	4,050	4,234	398	164	234
2020-21	8,559	8,095	3,869	4,226	464	196	268
2021-22	8,847	8,438	3,947	4,491	409	135	274
2022-23	8,993	8,656	3,990	4,666	337	136	201
Average	8,887	8,887	4,067	4,280	8,887	230	311

Northwestern University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 13,258 where 14,168 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 University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,839	8,646	4,682	3,964	3,193	1,847	1,346
2013-14	12,309	8,701	4,727	3,974	3,608	2,244	1,364
2014-15	12,506	8,624	4,618	4,006	3,882	2,371	1,511
2015-16	12,816	8,938	4,728	4,210	3,878	2,289	1,589
2016-17	13,032	9,177	4,759	4,418	3,855	2,225	1,630
2017-18	13,308	9,459	4,844	4,615	3,849	2,129	1,720
2018-19	13,485	9,587	4,849	4,738	3,898	2,067	1,831
2019-20	13,766	9,910	4,909	5,001	3,856	1,986	1,870
2020-21	14,044	9,641	4,637	5,004	4,403	2,204	2,199
2021-22	14,562	10,397	4,890	5,507	4,165	1,992	2,173
2022-23	14,168	10,608	4,906	5,702	3,560	1,679	1,881
Average	13,258	13,258	4,777	4,649	13,258	2,094	1,738

Northwestern University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.96% and the percentage of black students is 5.60% at Northwestern University. 15.96% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwestern 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	28	2,842	1,056	1,341	16	10,798	572
2013-14	48	2,856	1,030	1,552	12	10,786	639
2014-15	22	2,865	1,058	1,662	12	10,394	702
2015-16	20	2,892	1,073	1,704	14	10,070	630
2016-17	26	2,939	1,090	1,805	10	9,838	713
2017-18	24	3,018	1,121	1,866	11	9,726	772
2018-19	29	3,112	1,170	1,908	13	9,673	828
2019-20	28	3,244	1,192	1,948	11	9,633	869
2020-21	29	3,507	1,282	2,089	8	9,745	907
2021-22	28	3,718	1,308	2,302	12	9,506	983
2022-23	22	3,697	1,296	2,330	17	8,560	1,059
Average	28	3,154	1,152	1,864	12	9,884	789

Northwestern University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,123 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -30.46% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwestern University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	21,554	1,615	0	19,939
2015-16	21,655	1,628	0	20,027
2016-17	21,823	1,387	0	20,436
2017-18	22,008	1,281	0	20,727
2018-19	22,127	654	0	21,473
2019-20	22,448	418	0	22,030
2020-21	22,603	329	0	22,274
2021-22	23,409	1,740	0	21,669
2022-23	23,161	1,123	1,594	20,444
Average	22,310	1,131	177	21,002

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