Northwestern College Student Population

How many students at Northwestern?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Northwestern College has a total enrollment of 1,705 students, including 1,184 undergraduate and 521 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 680 male students (39.9%) and 1,025 female students (60.1%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 1,426 White students (83.6%) and 85 Hispanic students (5%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 1,184 undergraduate students (69.4%) and 521 graduate students (30.6%).
• Class Delivery: 583 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 266 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (medium programs) - which average 2,040 - Northwestern's body is relatively small.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 680 male (39.88%) and 1,025 female (60.12%) students are attending Northwestern College. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 66.34.

By class level, 1,184 (69.44%) are undergraduate students and 521 (30.56%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 47.64% are male and 52.36% are female, while among graduate students, 22.26% are male and 77.74% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,426 White, 20 Black, and 21 Asian students out of a total of 1,705 are attending at Northwestern College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Northwestern College is not very diverse with a diversity index of 29.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Northwestern has 9 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 1,158 students under 25 years old, and 542 students over 25 years old out of 1,705 total students.

Northwestern has 1,073 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 108 students aged 25 and over.

It has 85 graduate students aged under 25 and 434 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 Northwestern College, 583 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 266 students are enrolled in some online courses.

519 students who live in Iowa or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 64 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,184 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 29 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.45%.28 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1 students transferred in as part-time status.