How Student Population Changes at Northwest

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,351 where 1,014 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.01% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.99% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 635 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 37 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.86 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Northwest than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Northwest University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,612	1,355	559	796	257	102	155
2013-14	1,733 121	1,438 83	595 36	843 47	295 38	108 6	187 32
2014-15	1,862 129	1,518 80	636 41	882 39	344 49	127 19	217 30
2015-16	1,236 -626	930 -588	316 -320	614 -268	306 -38	111 -16	195 -22
2016-17	1,226 -10	938 8	332 16	606 -8	288 -18	105 -6	183 -12
2017-18	1,250 24	950 12	345 13	605 -1	300 12	99 -6	201 18
2018-19	1,321 71	975 25	332 -13	643 38	346 46	121 22	225 24
2019-20	1,339 18	947 -28	306 -26	641 -2	392 46	147 26	245 20
2020-21	1,184 -155	838 -109	272 -34	566 -75	346 -46	126 -21	220 -25
2021-22	1,083 -101	778 -60	268 -4	510 -56	305 -41	110 -16	195 -25
2022-23	1,014 -69	720 -58	251 -17	469 -41	294 -11	103 -7	191 -4
Average	1,351	1,035	383	652	316	114	201

Student Population Changes of Northwest University

Northwest University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,035 where 720 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Northwest University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,355	1,163	453	710	192	106	86
2013-14	1,438	1,221	473	748	217	122	95
2014-15	1,518	1,287	531	756	231	105	126
2015-16	930	905	303	602	25	13	12
2016-17	938	922	327	595	16	5	11
2017-18	950	929	337	592	21	8	13
2018-19	975	936	320	616	39	12	27
2019-20	947	923	298	625	24	8	16
2020-21	838	815	263	552	23	9	14
2021-22	778	750	258	492	28	10	18
2022-23	720	702	243	459	18	8	10
Average	1,035	1,035	346	613	1,035	37	39

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Northwest University

Northwest University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 316 where 294 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Northwest University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	257	162	62	100	95	40	55
2013-14	295	215	70	145	80	38	42
2014-15	344	247	82	165	97	45	52
2015-16	306	215	70	145	91	41	50
2016-17	288	204	66	138	84	39	45
2017-18	300	224	60	164	76	39	37
2018-19	346	254	70	184	92	51	41
2019-20	392	228	82	146	164	65	99
2020-21	346	258	89	169	88	37	51
2021-22	305	229	77	152	76	33	43
2022-23	294	207	67	140	87	36	51
Average	316	316	72	150	316	42	51

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Northwest University

Northwest University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.71%. The percentage was 73.20% 10 years ago and Northwest still has a high percentage of white students. 6.21% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.03% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwest University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	20	84	63	120	18	1,180	38
2013-14	21	101	51	130	17	1,252	47
2014-15	24	112	83	140	27	1,205	82
2015-16	15	74	54	90	13	812	52
2016-17	18	60	60	99	13	786	56
2017-18	18	82	48	99	19	787	61
2018-19	20	81	52	110	18	818	86
2019-20	17	87	57	115	25	787	79
2020-21	12	79	42	92	10	654	70
2021-22	11	63	62	75	15	654	70
2022-23	0	63	51	119	7	575	68
Average	16	81	57	108	17	865	64

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Northwest University

Northwest University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

10 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -94.65% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwest University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,862	187	61	1,614
2015-16	1,236	4	130	1,102
2016-17	1,226	4	136	1,086
2017-18	1,250	1	292	957
2018-19	1,321	42	288	991
2019-20	1,339	4	273	1,062
2020-21	1,184	17	300	867
2021-22	1,083	15	266	802
2022-23	1,014	10	166	838
Average	1,279	32	212	1,035

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Northwest University

Enrollment Trends at Northwest

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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