University of Northern Colorado Student Population

How many students at Northern Colorado? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 8,869 students have enrolled in University of Northern Colorado with 6,480 undergraduate and 2,389 graduate students.

By gender, 2,808 male and 6,061 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (13,360 students on average - public Doctoral / Research University).

1,553 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,279 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

University of Northern Colorado has a total of 8,869 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 6,480 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,389 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,808 male and 6,061 female students (the male-female ratio is 32:68) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,446 White, 346 Black, and 211 Asian students out of a total of 8,869 are attending at University of Northern Colorado. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Northern Colorado is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 55.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Northern Colorado has 732 students under 18 years old and 17 students over 65 years old. There are 6,263 students under 25 years old, and 2,606 students over 25 years old out of 8,869 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 732 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. Northern Colorado has 5,833 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 647 students aged 25 and over.

It has 430 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,959 students aged 25 and over.

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• 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 University of Northern Colorado, 1,553 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,279 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,097 students who live in Colorado or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 456 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,480 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 504 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.78%.418 students have transferred in as full-time status and 86 students transferred in as part-time status.