Enrollment Trends at NU

The student population at Northwood University is 2,409 (2,045 undergraduate and 364 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 928 (27.81%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at NU is 84.89% which is decreased by 895 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 33 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 162 male students for every 100 female students, up from 128 in 2015.
1,178 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 26.26% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,832 where 2,409 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,545 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,246 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,337 to 2,409 students, a net loss of 928 (27.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,337	2,940	1,670	1,270	397	203	194
2016-17	3,545 208	3,050 110	1,729 59	1,321 51	495 98	258 55	237 43
2017-18	3,353 -192	2,951 -99	1,703 -26	1,248 -73	402 -93	201 -57	201 -36
2018-19	3,177 -176	2,827 -124	1,629 -74	1,198 -50	350 -52	170 -31	180 -21
2019-20	2,934 -243	2,623 -204	1,554 -75	1,069 -129	311 -39	157 -13	154 -26
2020-21	2,541 -393	2,254 -369	1,325 -229	929 -140	287 -24	167 10	120 -34
2021-22	2,422 -119	2,116 -138	1,261 -64	855 -74	306 19	167	139 19
2022-23	2,246 -176	1,940 -176	1,202 -59	738 -117	306	169 2	137 -2
2023-24	2,360 114	1,989 49	1,247 45	742 4	371 65	205 36	166 29
2024-25	2,409 49	2,045 56	1,287 40	758 16	364 -7	202 -3	162 -4
Average	2,832	2,474	1,461	1,013	359	190	169

Northwood University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,474 where 2,045 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 Northwood University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,940	1,834	1,099	735	1,106	571	535
2016-17	3,050	1,955	1,165	790	1,095	564	531
2017-18	2,951	1,785	1,062	723	1,166	641	525
2018-19	2,827	1,695	1,023	672	1,132	606	526
2019-20	2,623	1,544	950	594	1,079	604	475
2020-21	2,254	1,358	828	530	896	497	399
2021-22	2,116	1,340	858	482	776	403	373
2022-23	1,940	1,275	812	463	665	390	275
2023-24	1,989	1,293	838	455	696	409	287
2024-25	2,045	1,342	868	474	703	419	284
Average	2,474	2,474	950	592	2,474	510	421

Northwood University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 359 where 364 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 Northwood University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	397	117	61	56	280	142	138
2016-17	495	90	41	49	405	217	188
2017-18	402	79	48	31	323	153	170
2018-19	350	84	43	41	266	127	139
2019-20	311	52	26	26	259	131	128
2020-21	287	70	39	31	217	128	89
2021-22	306	85	42	43	221	125	96
2022-23	306	72	42	30	234	127	107
2023-24	371	122	71	51	249	134	115
2024-25	364	130	69	61	234	133	101
Average	359	359	48	42	359	142	127

Northwood University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.07%. The percentage was 63.41% 10 years ago and NU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.29% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.72% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 63.41% to 69.07%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.54% to 1.29%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.41% to 8.72%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.21% to 7.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5093 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5861 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwood 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	11	18	314	174	14	2,116	41
2016-17	14	30	382	205	10	2,005	44
2017-18	9	26	154	187	6	1,821	226
2018-19	12	28	329	206	8	2,067	73
2019-20	6	31	304	195	3	1,937	75
2020-21	9	45	279	156	3	1,735	80
2021-22	7	47	233	161	1	1,682	80
2022-23	6	58	198	149	1	1,537	75
2023-24	11	35	198	151	3	1,561	61
2024-25	8	31	210	172	2	1,664	65
Average	9	35	260	176	5	1,813	82

Northwood University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,178 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 49% of total students. The number of online students has increased 26.26% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwood University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,337	933	787	1,617
2016-17	3,545	1,063	866	1,616
2017-18	3,353	1,138	957	1,258
2018-19	3,177	1,208	909	1,060
2019-20	2,934	1,187	743	1,004
2020-21	2,541	1,139	637	765
2021-22	2,422	1,078	639	705
2022-23	2,246	961	606	679
2023-24	2,360	1,029	698	633
2024-25	2,409	1,178	618	613
Average	2,832	1,091	746	995

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Enrollment Trends at NU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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