Enrollment Statistics at North Dakota Colleges

Student Population at North Dakota Colleges

At North Dakota colleges, there are 53,821 students including 45,557 undergraduate and 8,264 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 34,528 full-time and 19,293 part-time students.By gender, 46.23% male and 53.77% female students enrolled in North Dakota colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
North Dakota Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	53,821	24,884	28,937
Undergraduate	45,557	21,643	23,914
Graduate	8,264	3,241	5,023
By Attending Status
Full-time	34,528	16,555	17,973
Part-time	19,293	8,329	10,964

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - North Dakota Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

North Dakota colleges have a total of 34,528 full-time students and 19,293 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 30,579 students are attending classes with full-time status and 14,978 are part-time students. In graduate school, 3,949 students are full-time and 4,315 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
North Dakota Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	53,821	34,528	19,293
Undergraduate	45,557	30,579	14,978
Graduate	8,264	3,949	4,315

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - North Dakota Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For North Dakota colleges, 13,994 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 18,394 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 53,821 students. In undergraduate schools, 27,121 students enrolled in online courses and 5,267 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
North Dakota Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	53,821	45,557	8,264
Online Exclusively	13,994	10,181	3,813
In Some Online Classes	18,394	16,940	1,454
Not In Online Classes	21,433	18,436	2,997

[Chart] North Dakota Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at North Dakota colleges. There are 39,153 Caucasian, 1,799 Black/African American, 1,013 Asian, and 2,145 Hispanic students in North Dakota colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
North Dakota Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	53,821	24,884	28,937
American Indian/Native American	2,780	980	1,800
Asian	1,013	487	526
Black/African American	1,799	990	809
Hispanic	2,145	1,033	1,112
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	84	53	31
White	39,153	17,805	21,348
Two More	2,374	1,078	1,296
Un-Known	1,910	990	920

[Chart] North Dakota Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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