Student Population at Northern State University

Northern State University has a total of 3,344 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,851 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 493 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 2,859 White, 68 Black, and 62 Asian students out of a total of 3,344 are attending at Northern State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, NSU has 976 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 2,732 students under 25 years old, and 612 students over 25 years old out of 3,344 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 976 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. NSU has 2,640 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 211 students aged 25 and over.

It has 92 graduate students aged under 25 and 401 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Northern State University, 1,475 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 624 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,273 students lived in South Dakota or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 202 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 2,851 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 67 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.35%.50 students have transferred in as full-time status and 17 students transferred in as part-time status.