Northwestern State University of Louisiana Student Population and Demographics

NSU Student Population

There are 8,523 students including 7,622 undergraduate and 901 graduate students at Northwestern State University of Louisiana for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,600 full-time and 3,923 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,546 male and 5,977 female students.

Northwestern State University of Louisiana is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,083 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northwestern State University of Louisiana has a total enrollment of 8,523 with a gender distribution of 29.87% male (2,546 students) and 70.13% female (5,977 students). There are 2,341 male and 5,281 female students in undergraduate school and 205 male and 696 female students are attending graduate school at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Student Population By Gender
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
	Total	Men	Women
Total	8,523	2,546	5,977
Undergraduate	7,622	2,341	5,281
Graduate	901	205	696
Full-time	4,600	1,462	3,138
Part-time	3,923	1,084	2,839

[Chart] Northwestern State University of Louisiana 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northwestern State University of Louisiana has 4,600 full-time and 3,923 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,374 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,248 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 226 students are full-time and 675 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	8,523	4,600	3,923
Undergraduate	7,622	4,374	3,248
Graduate	901	226	675
Men	2,546	1,462	1,084
Women	5,977	3,138	2,839

[Chart] Northwestern State University of Louisiana Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northwestern State University of Louisiana, 4,083 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,856 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 8,523 students.

In undergraduate schools, 6,079 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 860 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	8,523	7,622	901
Online Exclusively	4,083	3,318	765
In Some Online Classes	2,856	2,761	95
Not In Online Classes	1,584	1,543	41

[Chart] Northwestern State University of Louisiana Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. There are 108 American Indian/Native American, 4,875 White, 2,068 Black/African American, 108 Asian, 477 Hispanic, 16 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 242 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
	Total	Men	Women
Total	8,523	2,546	5,977
American Indian/Native American	108	30	78
Asian	108	34	74
Black/African American	2,068	522	1,546
Hispanic	477	144	333
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	5	11
White	4,875	1,503	3,372
Two More	386	124	262
Race Un-Known	322	118	204

[Chart] Northwestern State University of LouisianaRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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