Enrollment Trends at Nova Southeastern

The student population at Nova Southeastern University is 20,948 (6,971 undergraduate and 13,977 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 5,860 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Nova Southeastern is 33.28% which is increased by 1,232 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 7,092 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.54 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

5,437 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -46.34% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 22,366 where 20,948 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

33.28% of total students is undergraduate students and 66.72% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,232 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 7,092 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.54 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Nova Southeastern than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	26,808	5,739	1,733	4,006	21,069	6,521	14,548
2013-14	25,670 -1,138	5,156 -583	1,515 -218	3,641 -365	20,514 -555	6,329 -192	14,185 -363
2014-15	24,148 -1,522	4,699 -457	1,426 -89	3,273 -368	19,449 -1,065	5,886 -443	13,563 -622
2015-16	23,236 -912	4,641 -58	1,395 -31	3,246 -27	18,595 -854	5,699 -187	12,896 -667
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
Average	22,366	5,411	1,573	3,837	16,955	5,052	11,903

Nova Southeastern University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,411 where 6,971 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 Nova Southeastern University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,739	3,592	1,218	2,374	2,147	515	1,632
2013-14	5,156	3,452	1,109	2,343	1,704	406	1,298
2014-15	4,699	3,162	1,044	2,118	1,537	382	1,155
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
Average	5,411	5,411	1,291	2,828	5,411	282	1,010

Nova Southeastern University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 16,955 where 13,977 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 Nova Southeastern University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,069	10,107	3,289	6,818	10,962	3,232	7,730
2013-14	20,514	9,938	3,210	6,728	10,576	3,119	7,457
2014-15	19,449	9,469	3,040	6,429	9,980	2,846	7,134
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
Average	16,955	16,955	3,182	6,411	16,955	1,869	5,492

Nova Southeastern University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 30.38% and the percentage of black students is 16.42% at Nova Southeastern University. 9.60% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Nova Southeastern 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	64	1,438	6,582	6,167	28	9,490	378
2013-14	52	1,462	6,057	6,132	19	8,838	420
2014-15	42	1,491	5,374	6,150	13	7,942	428
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
Average	38	1,647	4,488	6,243	20	7,131	524

Nova Southeastern University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,437 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -46.34% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Nova Southeastern University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	24,148	10,133	2,866	11,149
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
Average	21,505	7,098	3,679	10,728

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