Student Population at Northwestern University

Total 22,127 students have enrolled into Northwestern University where 8,642 students have enroll into undergraduate programs and 13,485 students for graduate programs. By gender, 11,108 male and 11,019 female students are attending Northwestern University. Northwestern University has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (18,987 students in average - Private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).654 students are enrolled exclusively and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses at Northwestern University. You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Northwestern University has a total 22,127 enrolled students. By gender, 11,108 male and 11,019 female students (male-female ratio: 50:50) are attending Northwestern University.

8,642 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 13,485 students joined graduate programs at Northwestern University.

Total Student Enrolled In Academic Year 2018-2019 at Northwestern University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	22,127	8,642	13,485
Men	11,108	4,192	6,916
Women	11,019	4,450	6,569

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 9,673 White, 1,170 Black and 3,112 Asian students out of total 22,127 are attending at Northwestern University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in next chart.

Student Race/Ethnicity Distribution (all students) at Northwestern University

Student Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate) at Northwestern University

Student Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate) at Northwestern University

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,642 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 160 are transfer-in students. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.85%.

Transfer-in Students Population by Attendance Status at Northwestern University

Online Classes (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Northwestern University, 654 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.