Northwest Missouri State University Student Population and Demographics

Northwest Missouri State Student Population

There are 9,152 students including 5,241 undergraduate and 3,911 graduate students at Northwest Missouri State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,848 full-time and 4,304 part-time students with gender distribution of 3,241 male and 5,911 female students.

Northwest Missouri State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,288 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northwest Missouri State University has a total enrollment of 9,152 with a gender distribution of 35.41% male (3,241 students) and 64.59% female (5,911 students). There are 2,032 male and 3,209 female students in undergraduate school and 1,209 male and 2,702 female students are attending graduate school at Northwest Missouri State University.

Student Population By Gender
Northwest Missouri State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,152	3,241	5,911
Undergraduate	5,241	2,032	3,209
Graduate	3,911	1,209	2,702
Full-time	4,848	1,946	2,902
Part-time	4,304	1,295	3,009

[Chart] Northwest Missouri State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northwest Missouri State University has 4,848 full-time and 4,304 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 3,997 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,244 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 851 students are full-time and 3,060 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northwest Missouri State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	9,152	4,848	4,304
Undergraduate	5,241	3,997	1,244
Graduate	3,911	851	3,060
Men	3,241	1,946	1,295
Women	5,911	2,902	3,009

[Chart] Northwest Missouri State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northwest Missouri State University, 3,288 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,472 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 9,152 students.

In undergraduate schools, 2,234 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,526 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northwest Missouri State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,152	5,241	3,911
Online Exclusively	3,288	845	2,443
In Some Online Classes	1,472	1,389	83
Not In Online Classes	4,392	3,007	1,385

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Northwest Missouri State University. There are 39 American Indian/Native American, 6,828 White, 398 Black/African American, 92 Asian, 397 Hispanic, 10 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 241 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northwest Missouri State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,152	3,241	5,911
American Indian/Native American	39	15	24
Asian	92	35	57
Black/African American	398	191	207
Hispanic	397	162	235
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	5	5
White	6,828	2,206	4,622
Two More	309	129	180
Race Un-Known	363	112	251

[Chart] Northwest Missouri State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Northwest Missouri State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,152	5,241	3,911
Under 18	713	713	0
Age 18-19	1,640	1,640	0
Age 20-21	1,696	1,648	48
Age 22-24	1,426	640	786
Age 25-29	1,008	185	823
Age 30-34	717	115	602
Age 35-39	592	77	515
Age 40-49	887	115	772
Age 50-64	314	31	283
Over 64	6	0	6
Age Un-Known	153	77	76

[Chart] Northwest Missouri State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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