ENROLLMENT BY ACADEMIC CLASS AND LEVEL (FTE based on 12 credits for graduate students, 15 credits for undergraduates and specials) Class-Level N % of Total FTE % of FTE Credit Hours % of Credit Hours # Pell Recipients Freshmen 385 10.3% 339.1 18.6% 5,086 19.0% 153 Sophomores 290 7.8% 264.2 14.5% 3,963 14.8% 79 Juniors 270 7.2% 238.7 13.1% 3,581 13.4% 94 Seniors 300 8.0% 239.8 13.2% 3,597 13.4% 90 UG Specials 1,932 51.7% 576.7 31.7% 8,650 32.3% 0 Graduate 216 5.8% 128.0 7.0% 1,536 5.7% 0 GR Specials 346 9.3% 33.8 1.9% 406 1.5% 0 Total 3,739 1,820.3 26,819 416 ENROLLMENT BY AGE AND GRADUATE/UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL Age Undergraduate N % of Undergrad Total Graduate N % of Grad Total 16 and younger 445 14.0% 0 0.0% 17 to 23 2,450 77.1% 53 9.4% 24 to 29 137 4.3% 131 23.3% 30 to 35 55 1.7% 115 20.5% 36 to 65 89 2.8% 261 46.4% 66 and older 1 0.0% 2 0.4% Average Age 19.8 36.6 UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT BY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SIZE HS Class Size N % of Total 1 to 49 868 27.3% 50 to 99 328 10.3% 100 to 199 356 11.2% 200 to 499 1,051 33.1% 500 or more 40 1.3% GED 22 0.7% No Info 512 16.1% ENROLLMENT BY RESIDENCE N % of Total South Dakota 3,054 81.7% North Dakota 84 2.2% Minnesota 194 5.2% Other States 322 8.6% Other Countries 85 2.3% Total Number of Distinct States 39 Total Number of Distinct Countries 28 Exchange Students 44 1.2% Degree-Seeking International Students 32 0.9% ACT COMPOSITE SCORES Classification Avg ACT Composite National 2024 high-school graduates 19.4 NSU full-time freshmen 21.2 NSU full-time undergraduates, excluding freshmen 21.4 FULL-TIME/PART-TIME ENROLLMENTS BY GENDER Female Male Not Reported Total Full-time Undergraduate 612 476 0 1,088 Full-time Graduate 39 43 0 82 Part-time Undergraduate 1,276 807 6 2,089 Part-time Graduate 383 97 0 480 Total Full-time Students 651 519 0 1,170 Total Part-time Students 1,659 904 6 2,569 FALL 2025 Online fact sheet version at http://www.northern.edu/academics/institutional-research Data Source: Fall 2025 student enrollment at census date ETHNICITY N % of Female N % of % of Gender Male N % of % of Gender Not % of Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Reported N Total American Indian or 51 1.4% 32 0.9% 1.4% 19 0.5% 1.3% 0 0.0% Alaska Native Asian 59 1.6% 40 1.1% 1.7% 19 0.5% 1.3% 0 0.0% Black or African 60 1.6% 17 0.5% 0.7% 43 1.2% 3.0% 0 0.0% American Hispanic or Latino 153 4.1% 88 2.4% 3.8% 65 1.7% 4.6% 0 0.0% Native Hawaiian or 7 0.2% 3 0.1% 0.1% 4 0.1% 0.3% 0 0.0% Other Pacific Islander White 3,156 84.4% 1,993 53.3% 86.3% 1,162 31.1% 81.7% 1 0.0% Two or More Races 127 3.4% 66 1.8% 2.9% 61 1.6% 4.3% 0 0.0% U.S. Nonresident 91 2.4% 53 1.4% 2.3% 38 1.0% 2.7% 0 0.0% Unknown 35 0.9% 18 0.5% 0.8% 12 0.3% 0.8% 5 0.1% TOTAL 3,739 2,310 61.8% 1,423 38.1% 6 0.2% ENROLLMENT BY DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
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