National University Student Population

How many students at National? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 22,115 students have enrolled in National University with 11,237 undergraduate and 10,878 graduate students.

By gender, 8,524 male and 13,591 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (6,772 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

18,317 students are enrolled exclusively, and 799 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

National University has a total of 22,115 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 11,237 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 10,878 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 8,524 male and 13,591 female students (the male-female ratio is 39:61) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,607 White, 3,267 Black, and 1,648 Asian students out of a total of 22,115 are attending at National University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

National University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 75% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, National has 9 students under 18 years old and 66 students over 65 years old. There are 2,742 students under 25 years old, and 19,373 students over 25 years old out of 22,115 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 9 students are younger than 18 and 17 students are older than 65. National has 1,771 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 9,466 students aged 25 and over.

It has 971 graduate students aged under 25 and 9,907 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At National University, 18,317 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 799 students are enrolled in some online courses.

13,753 students who live in California or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,564 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 11,237 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,370 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 21.09%.815 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1,555 students transferred in as part-time status.