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 Louisiana.

NSU has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 9,142 students). The enrollment is close to the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Louisiana average (8,571 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Northwestern State University of Louisiana and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 2,546 male and 5,977 female students attending NSU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.43 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 Northwestern State University of Louisiana, 6,939 students (81.41% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 4,083 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, 3,793 students live in Louisiana where Northwestern State University of Louisiana is located in and 290 students have enrolled from other states.