Northern State University Student Population

Population By Gender/Attending Status

For academic year 2022-2023, total 3,344 students enrolled into Northern State University. 2,851 enrolled in undergraduate programs and 493 students enrolled in graduate programs. By attending status. there are 1,116 full-time and 2,228 part-time students. By gender, 1,228 male and 2,116 female students are attending at Northern State University. Next table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Northern State University.

Gender Distribution
Attending Status

Student Population By Gender
Northern State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,344	1,228	2,116
Undergraduate	2,851	1,113	1,738
Graduate	493	115	378

Student Population By Attending Status
Northern State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,344	1,116	2,228
Undergraduate	2,851	1,057	1,794
Graduate	493	59	434

Population by Race/Ethnicity

Next tables summarize the students population by race/ethnicity at Northern State University.

There are 2,859 White (85.50%), 68 Black/African American (2.03%), 99 Hispanic (2.96%), 62 Asian (1.85%), and 256 students with other races.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Northern State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,344	1,228	2,116
American Indian/Native American	65	29	36
Asian	62	18	44
Black/African American	68	47	21
Hispanic	99	42	57
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	4	1
White	2,859	1,013	1,846
Two More	79	37	42
Un-Known	29	16	13

Undergraduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Northern State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,851	1,113	1,738
American Indian/Native American	59	27	32
Asian	60	18	42
Black/African American	65	46	19
Hispanic	93	40	53
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	2,399	910	1,489
Two More	75	37	38
Un-Known	27	15	12

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Northern State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	493	115	378
American Indian/Native American	6	2	4
Asian	2	0	2
Black/African American	3	1	2
Hispanic	6	2	4
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	3	1
White	460	103	357
Two More	4	0	4
Un-Known	2	1	1

Online Student Population

Northern State University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for both undergraduate and graduate programs. 1,475 students (44.11% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 624 students (18.66% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. Next table summarizes the online student population for Northern State University.

Distance Learning Student Population at Northern State University
	Total	Enrolled Exclusively	Enrolled Some Courses	Not In Online Courses
Total	3,344	1,475	624	1,245
Undergraduate	2,851	1,083	591	1,177
Graduate	493	392	33	68

Population by Student Age

The following table summarizes the students population by age at Northern State University. 993 students are aged 20 to 24 (29.69% of total students), 1,739 students are aged below 20 (52.00%), 85 students are aged above 50 (2.54%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Northern State University.

Student Population By Age at Northern State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,344	1,228	2,116
Under 18	976	334	642
Age 18-19	763	322	441
Age 20-21	574	226	348
Age 22-24	419	195	224
Age 25-29	176	60	116
Age 30-34	121	26	95
Age 35-39	89	23	66
Age 40-49	141	22	119
Age 50-64	81	18	63
Over 64	4	2	2

Undergraduate Student Population By Age at Northern State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,851	1,113	1,738
Under 18	976	334	642
Age 18-19	763	322	441
Age 20-21	572	226	346
Age 22-24	329	159	170
Age 25-29	83	37	46
Age 30-34	42	11	31
Age 35-39	25	9	16
Age 40-49	42	10	32
Age 50-64	17	4	13
Over 64	2	1	1

Graduate Student Population By Age at Northern State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	493	115	378
Age 20-21	2	0	2
Age 22-24	90	36	54
Age 25-29	93	23	70
Age 30-34	79	15	64
Age 35-39	64	14	50
Age 40-49	99	12	87
Age 50-64	64	14	50
Over 64	2	1	1

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