Northern State University Student Population and Demographics

NSU Student Population

There are 3,344 students including 2,851 undergraduate and 493 graduate students at Northern State University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 1,116 full-time and 2,228 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,228 male and 2,116 female students. Northern State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,475 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northern State University has a total enrollment of 3,344 with a gender distribution of 36.72% male (1,228 students) and 63.28% female (2,116 students). There are 1,113 male and 1,738 female students in undergraduate school and 115 male and 378 female students are attending graduate school at Northern State University.

Student Population By Gender
Northern State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,344	1,228	2,116
Undergraduate	2,851	1,113	1,738
Graduate	493	115	378
Full-time	1,116	483	633
Part-time	2,228	745	1,483

[Chart] Northern State University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northern State University has 1,116 full-time and 2,228 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 1,057 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,794 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 59 students are full-time and 434 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northern State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,344	1,116	2,228
Undergraduate	2,851	1,057	1,794
Graduate	493	59	434
Men	1,228	483	745
Women	2,116	633	1,483

[Chart] Northern State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northern State University, 1,475 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 624 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 3,344 students. In undergraduate schools, 1,674 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 425 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northern State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,344	2,851	493
Online Exclusively	1,475	1,083	392
In Some Online Classes	624	591	33
Not In Online Classes	1,245	1,177	68

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Northern State University. There are 65 American Indian/Native American, 2,859 White, 68 Black/African American, 62 Asian, 99 Hispanic, 5 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 53 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northern State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,344	1,228	2,116
American Indian/Native American	65	29	36
Asian	62	18	44
Black/African American	68	47	21
Hispanic	99	42	57
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	4	1
White	2,859	1,013	1,846
Two More	79	37	42
Race Un-Known	29	16	13

[Chart] Northern State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Northern State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,344	2,851	493
Under 18	976	976	0
Age 18-19	763	763	0
Age 20-21	574	572	2
Age 22-24	419	329	90
Age 25-29	176	83	93
Age 30-34	121	42	79
Age 35-39	89	25	64
Age 40-49	141	42	99
Age 50-64	81	17	64
Over 64	4	2	2
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Northern State University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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