Northwestern University Student Population and Demographics

Northwestern Student Population

There are 23,856 students including 9,399 undergraduate and 14,457 graduate students at Northwestern University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 20,190 full-time and 3,666 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,696 male and 13,160 female students.

Northwestern University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 781 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northwestern University has a total enrollment of 23,856 with a gender distribution of 44.84% male (10,696 students) and 55.16% female (13,160 students). There are 4,254 male and 5,145 female students in undergraduate school and 6,442 male and 8,015 female students are attending graduate school at Northwestern University.

Student Population By Gender
Northwestern University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,856	10,696	13,160
Undergraduate	9,399	4,254	5,145
Graduate	14,457	6,442	8,015
Full-time	20,190	9,155	11,035
Part-time	3,666	1,541	2,125

[Chart] Northwestern University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northwestern University has 20,190 full-time and 3,666 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 9,020 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 379 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 11,170 students are full-time and 3,287 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northwestern University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	23,856	20,190	3,666
Undergraduate	9,399	9,020	379
Graduate	14,457	11,170	3,287
Men	10,696	9,155	1,541
Women	13,160	11,035	2,125

[Chart] Northwestern University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northwestern University, 781 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,509 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 23,856 students.

In undergraduate schools, 16 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,274 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northwestern University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,856	9,399	14,457
Online Exclusively	781	0	781
In Some Online Classes	1,509	16	1,493
Not In Online Classes	21,566	9,383	12,183

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Northwestern University. There are 29 American Indian/Native American, 7,840 White, 1,543 Black/African American, 3,808 Asian, 2,521 Hispanic, 10 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,080 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northwestern University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,856	10,696	13,160
American Indian/Native American	29	12	17
Asian	3,808	1,705	2,103
Black/African American	1,543	606	937
Hispanic	2,521	1,058	1,463
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	5	5
White	7,840	3,540	4,300
Two More	1,176	486	690
Race Un-Known	1,691	594	1,097

[Chart] Northwestern UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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