Enrollment Trends at Nova Southeastern

The student population at Nova Southeastern University is 20,910 (7,311 undergraduate and 13,599 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,326 (10.01%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Nova Southeastern is 34.96% which is increased by 2,670 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 4,996 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 40 male students for every 100 female students, down from 44 in 2015.
5,509 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -39.48% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 21,119 where 20,910 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 23,236 students in 2016 and was lowest at 20,435 in 2019. Overall, enrollment dropped from 23,236 to 20,910 students, a net loss of 2,326 (10%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	23,236	4,641	1,395	3,246	18,595	5,699	12,896
2016-17	21,625 -1,611	4,295 -346	1,300 -95	2,995 -251	17,330 -1,265	5,268 -431	12,062 -834
2017-18	20,793 -832	4,497 202	1,315 15	3,182 187	16,296 -1,034	4,919 -349	11,377 -685
2018-19	20,435 -358	4,904 407	1,411 96	3,493 311	15,531 -765	4,545 -374	10,986 -391
2019-20	20,576 141	5,666 762	1,615 204	4,051 558	14,910 -621	4,341 -204	10,569 -417
2020-21	20,888 312	6,314 648	1,805 190	4,509 458	14,574 -336	4,114 -227	10,460 -109
2021-22	20,898 10	6,637 323	1,845 40	4,792 283	14,261 -313	3,969 -145	10,292 -168
2022-23	20,948 50	6,971 334	1,948 103	5,023 231	13,977 -284	3,977 8	10,000 -292
2023-24	20,877 -71	7,219 248	2,035 87	5,184 161	13,658 -319	3,890 -87	9,768 -232
2024-25	20,910 33	7,311 92	2,076 41	5,235 51	13,599 -59	3,878 -12	9,721 -47
Average	21,119	5,846	1,675	4,171	15,273	4,460	10,813

Nova Southeastern University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,846 where 7,311 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 Nova Southeastern University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,641	3,194	1,062	2,132	1,447	333	1,114
2016-17	4,295	3,051	1,019	2,032	1,244	281	963
2017-18	4,497	3,154	1,053	2,101	1,343	262	1,081
2018-19	4,904	3,685	1,191	2,494	1,219	220	999
2019-20	5,666	4,619	1,401	3,218	1,047	214	833
2020-21	6,314	5,366	1,624	3,742	948	181	767
2021-22	6,637	5,810	1,690	4,120	827	155	672
2022-23	6,971	6,223	1,794	4,429	748	154	594
2023-24	7,219	6,711	1,922	4,789	508	113	395
2024-25	7,311	6,837	1,969	4,868	474	107	367
Average	5,846	5,846	1,473	3,393	5,846	202	779

Nova Southeastern University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 15,273 where 13,599 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 Nova Southeastern University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	18,595	9,892	3,275	6,617	8,703	2,424	6,279
2016-17	17,330	10,524	3,623	6,901	6,806	1,645	5,161
2017-18	16,296	9,831	3,420	6,411	6,465	1,499	4,966
2018-19	15,531	9,465	3,208	6,257	6,066	1,337	4,729
2019-20	14,910	9,156	3,125	6,031	5,754	1,216	4,538
2020-21	14,574	9,116	2,986	6,130	5,458	1,128	4,330
2021-22	14,261	8,997	2,906	6,091	5,264	1,063	4,201
2022-23	13,977	9,031	2,922	6,109	4,946	1,055	3,891
2023-24	13,658	8,957	2,832	6,125	4,701	1,058	3,643
2024-25	13,599	8,960	2,800	6,160	4,639	1,078	3,561
Average	15,273	15,273	3,110	6,283	15,273	1,350	4,530

Nova Southeastern University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.52% and the percentage of black students is 17.16% at Nova Southeastern University. 9.69% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 31.55% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 31.82% to 28.52%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.60% to 9.69%. Black student enrollment decreased from 21.15% to 17.16%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 26.16% to 31.55%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7796 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7808 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Nova Southeastern 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	49	1,534	4,915	6,079	23	7,393	469
2016-17	42	1,551	4,303	5,808	18	6,901	476
2017-18	34	1,570	3,966	5,657	21	6,682	514
2018-19	32	1,564	3,851	6,071	22	6,205	595
2019-20	29	1,752	3,676	6,447	24	6,105	577
2020-21	25	1,828	3,685	6,728	20	6,197	620
2021-22	26	1,917	3,516	6,748	16	6,321	649
2022-23	21	2,012	3,439	6,682	21	6,363	641
2023-24	19	2,036	3,527	6,665	18	6,260	574
2024-25	29	2,026	3,588	6,597	18	5,964	561
Average	31	1,779	3,847	6,348	20	6,439	568

Nova Southeastern University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,509 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -39.48% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Nova Southeastern University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	23,236	9,103	3,044	11,089
2016-17	21,625	7,933	2,960	10,732
2017-18	20,793	7,180	2,865	10,748
2018-19	20,435	6,497	2,992	10,946
2019-20	20,576	5,824	3,474	11,278
2020-21	20,888	5,971	4,452	10,465
2021-22	20,898	5,804	5,063	10,031
2022-23	20,948	5,437	5,394	10,117
2023-24	20,877	5,399	6,230	9,248
2024-25	20,910	5,509	6,748	8,653
Average	21,119	6,466	4,322	10,331

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Enrollment Trends at Nova Southeastern

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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