Enrollment Trends at NWBC

The student population at Northwestern College is 514 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 290 over the past decade.

The female to male ratio is 12.53 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

263 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 119.17% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 644 where 514 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 12.53 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in NWBC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	804	138	666
2013-14	756 -48	121 -17	635 -31
2014-15	743 -13	112 -9	631 -4
2015-16	781 38	97 -15	684 53
2016-17	684 -97	52 -45	632 -52
2017-18	650 -34	50 -2	600 -32
2018-19	597 -53	46 -4	551 -49
2019-20	618 21	44 -2	574 23
2020-21	462 -156	30 -14	432 -142
2021-22	474 12	23 -7	451 19
2022-23	514 40	38 15	476 25
Average	644	68	576

Student Population Changes of Northwestern College

Northwestern College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 10.12% and the percentage of black students is 62.65% at Northwestern College. 1.36% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Northwestern College 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	2	15	282	216	1	268	16
2013-14	3	19	277	175	2	225	44
2014-15	7	8	301	149	1	187	85
2015-16	4	11	358	115	1	165	101
2016-17	0	11	333	99	1	126	103
2017-18	1	13	326	173	0	109	10
2018-19	1	12	269	184	0	100	13
2019-20	0	12	286	168	0	112	17
2020-21	1	8	244	118	0	80	6
2021-22	1	8	273	119	3	69	0
2022-23	2	7	322	125	1	52	0
Average	2	11	297	149	1	136	36

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Northwestern College

Northwestern College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

263 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 51% of total students. The number of online students has increased 119.17% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Northwestern College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	743	120	89	534
2015-16	781	110	83	588
2016-17	684	29	166	489
2017-18	650	7	217	426
2018-19	597	106	199	292
2019-20	618	54	241	323
2020-21	462	46	416	0
2021-22	474	405	69	0
2022-23	514	263	185	66
Average	614	127	185	302

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Northwestern College

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