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 South Dakota.

NSU has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 2,315 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in South Dakota average (5,291 students).

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

By gender, there are 1,425 male and 2,283 female students attending NSU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.62 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.

By age, there are 3,007 students whose age under twenty five and 511 students whose age is over thirty years old at Northern State University.

Especially, 1,195 students are younger than eighteen and 11 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Northern State University.

At Northern State University, 2,371 students (63.94% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,636 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, 1,400 students live in South Dakota where Northern State University is located in and 140 students have enrolled from other states.