Northwestern University Student Population and Demographics

Northwestern Student Population

There are 23,161 students including 8,993 undergraduate and 14,168 graduate students at Northwestern University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 19,264 full-time and 3,897 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,711 male and 12,450 female students. Northwestern University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,123 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Northwestern University has a total enrollment of 23,161 with a gender distribution of 46.25% male (10,711 students) and 53.75% female (12,450 students). There are 4,126 male and 4,867 female students in undergraduate school and 6,585 male and 7,583 female students are attending graduate school at Northwestern University.

Student Population By Gender
Northwestern University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,161	10,711	12,450
Undergraduate	8,993	4,126	4,867
Graduate	14,168	6,585	7,583
Full-time	19,264	8,896	10,368
Part-time	3,897	1,815	2,082

[Chart] Northwestern University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Northwestern University has 19,264 full-time and 3,897 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 8,656 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 337 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 10,608 students are full-time and 3,560 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Northwestern University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	23,161	19,264	3,897
Undergraduate	8,993	8,656	337
Graduate	14,168	10,608	3,560
Men	10,711	8,896	1,815
Women	12,450	10,368	2,082

[Chart] Northwestern University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Northwestern University, 1,123 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,594 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 23,161 students. In undergraduate schools, 18 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,699 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Northwestern University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,161	8,993	14,168
Online Exclusively	1,123	0	1,123
In Some Online Classes	1,594	18	1,576
Not In Online Classes	20,444	8,975	11,469

[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 22 American Indian/Native American, 8,560 White, 1,296 Black/African American, 3,697 Asian, 2,330 Hispanic, 17 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 909 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Northwestern University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,161	10,711	12,450
American Indian/Native American	22	10	12
Asian	3,697	1,738	1,959
Black/African American	1,296	497	799
Hispanic	2,330	1,032	1,298
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	9	8
White	8,560	3,997	4,563
Two More	1,059	443	616
Race Un-Known	1,386	466	920

[Chart] Northwestern UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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