Student Population at NSU

The following chart compares NSU's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Virginia.

NSU has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 3,598 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Virginia average (12,989 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Norfolk State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 1,982 male and 4,071 female students attending NSU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.49 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at NSU.

At Norfolk State University, 5,446 students (89.97% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 693 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 515 students live in Virginia where Norfolk State University is located in and 90 students have enrolled from other states.