Northern Arizona University Student Population and Demographics

NAU Student Population

There are 28,467 students including 22,990 undergraduate and 5,477 graduate students at Northern Arizona University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 23,381 full-time and 5,086 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,625 male and 17,842 female students.

Northern Arizona University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 5,237 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northern Arizona University has a total enrollment of 28,467 with a gender distribution of 37.32% male (10,625 students) and 62.68% female (17,842 students). There are 8,500 male and 14,490 female students in undergraduate school and 2,125 male and 3,352 female students are attending graduate school at Northern Arizona University.

Student Population By Gender
Northern Arizona University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	28,467	10,625	17,842
Undergraduate	22,990	8,500	14,490
Graduate	5,477	2,125	3,352
Full-time	23,381	8,978	14,403
Part-time	5,086	1,647	3,439

[Chart] Northern Arizona University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northern Arizona University has 23,381 full-time and 5,086 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 20,044 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,946 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,337 students are full-time and 2,140 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northern Arizona University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	28,467	23,381	5,086
Undergraduate	22,990	20,044	2,946
Graduate	5,477	3,337	2,140
Men	10,625	8,978	1,647
Women	17,842	14,403	3,439

[Chart] Northern Arizona University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northern Arizona University, 5,237 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,552 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 28,467 students.

In undergraduate schools, 11,621 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,168 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northern Arizona University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	28,467	22,990	5,477
Online Exclusively	5,237	2,715	2,522
In Some Online Classes	9,552	8,906	646
Not In Online Classes	13,678	11,369	2,309

[Chart] Northern Arizona University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Northern Arizona University. There are 1,109 American Indian/Native American, 14,252 White, 863 Black/African American, 1,161 Asian, 7,113 Hispanic, 54 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,311 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northern Arizona University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	28,467	10,625	17,842
American Indian/Native American	1,109	314	795
Asian	1,161	297	864
Black/African American	863	358	505
Hispanic	7,113	2,347	4,766
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	54	23	31
White	14,252	5,332	8,920
Two More	1,497	574	923
Race Un-Known	1,277	737	540

[Chart] Northern Arizona UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Northern Arizona University.

Age Distribution
Northern Arizona University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	28,467	22,990	5,477
Under 18	327	327	0
Age 18-19	9,115	9,114	1
Age 20-21	8,306	8,200	106
Age 22-24	3,963	2,605	1,358
Age 25-29	2,491	1,098	1,393
Age 30-34	1,433	585	848
Age 35-39	1,032	397	635
Age 40-49	1,283	464	819
Age 50-64	483	188	295
Over 64	34	12	22
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Northern Arizona University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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