Northwestern College (Orange City, IA) Student Population and Demographics

Northwestern Student Population

There are 1,705 students including 1,184 undergraduate and 521 graduate students at Northwestern College for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 1,173 full-time and 532 part-time students with gender distribution of 680 male and 1,025 female students.

Northwestern College is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 583 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northwestern College has a total enrollment of 1,705 with a gender distribution of 39.88% male (680 students) and 60.12% female (1,025 students). There are 564 male and 620 female students in undergraduate school and 116 male and 405 female students are attending graduate school at Northwestern College.

Student Population By Gender
Northwestern College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,705	680	1,025
Undergraduate	1,184	564	620
Graduate	521	116	405
Full-time	1,173	576	597
Part-time	532	104	428

[Chart] Northwestern College 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northwestern College has 1,173 full-time and 532 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 1,059 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 125 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 114 students are full-time and 407 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northwestern College
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,705	1,173	532
Undergraduate	1,184	1,059	125
Graduate	521	114	407
Men	680	576	104
Women	1,025	597	428

[Chart] Northwestern College Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northwestern College, 583 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 266 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 1,705 students.

In undergraduate schools, 388 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 461 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northwestern College
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	1,705	1,184	521
Online Exclusively	583	122	461
In Some Online Classes	266	266	0
Not In Online Classes	856	796	60

[Chart] Northwestern College Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Northwestern College. There are 3 American Indian/Native American, 1,426 White, 20 Black/African American, 21 Asian, 85 Hispanic, and 44 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northwestern College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,705	680	1,025
American Indian/Native American	3	1	2
Asian	21	8	13
Black/African American	20	11	9
Hispanic	85	46	39
White	1,426	528	898
Two More	21	14	7
Race Un-Known	79	30	49

[Chart] Northwestern CollegeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Northwestern College.

Age Distribution
Northwestern College
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	1,705	1,184	521
Under 18	9	9	0
Age 18-19	482	482	0
Age 20-21	461	455	6
Age 22-24	206	127	79
Age 25-29	155	26	129
Age 30-34	101	20	81
Age 35-39	105	14	91
Age 40-49	130	37	93
Age 50-64	49	11	38
Over 64	2	0	2
Age Un-Known	5	3	2

[Chart] Northwestern College 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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