Student Affairs Strategic Plan 27 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 242 7.1% 212.4 12.5% 3,186 12.7% 96 Sophomores 323 9.5% 294.4 17.3% 4,416 17.5% 99 Juniors 259 7.6% 228.8 13.4% 3,432 13.6% 81 Seniors 344 10.1% 283.7 16.6% 4,255 16.9% 112 UG Specials 1,992 58.4% 553.1 32.4% 8,296 33.0% 0 Graduate 210 6.2% 121.3 7.1% 1,456 5.8% 1 GR Specials 43 1.3% 10.8 0.6% 129 0.5% 0 Total 3,413 1,704.4 25,170 389 ENROLLMENT BY AGE AND GRADUATE/UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL Age Undergraduate N % of Undergrad Total Graduate N % of Grad Total 16 and younger 232 7.3% 0 0.0% 17 to 23 2,627 83.1% 49 19.4% 24 to 29 137 4.3% 100 39.5% 30 to 35 60 1.9% 40 15.8% 36 to 65 103 3.3% 64 25.3% 66 and older 1 0.0% 0 0.0% Average Age 20.1 31.2 UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT BY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SIZE HS Class Size N % of Total 1 to 49 926 29.3% 50 to 99 288 9.1% 100 to 199 285 9.0% 200 to 499 988 31.3% 500 or more 50 1.6% GED 28 0.9% No Info 595 18.8% ENROLLMENT BY RESIDENCE N % of Total South Dakota 2,713 79.5% North Dakota 74 2.2% Minnesota 204 6.0% Other States 343 10.0% Other Countries 79 2.3% Total Number of Distinct States 37 Total Number of Distinct Countries 31 Exchange Students 27 0.8% Degree-Seeking International Students 37 1.1% ACT COMPOSITE SCORES Classification Avg ACT Composite National 2025 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 570 406 0 976 Full-time Graduate 30 37 0 67 Part-time Undergraduate 1,290 891 3 2,184 Part-time Graduate 126 60 0 186 Total Full-time Students 600 443 0 1,043 Total Part-time Students 1,416 951 3 2,370 SPRING 2026 Online fact sheet version at https://northern.edu/about/departments/institutional-research Data Source: Spring 2026 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 73 2.1% 49 1.4% 2.4% 24 0.7% 1.7% 0 0.0% Alaska Native Asian 48 1.4% 35 1.0% 1.7% 13 0.4% 0.9% 0 0.0% Black or African 66 1.9% 24 0.7% 1.2% 42 1.2% 3.0% 0 0.0% American Hispanic or Latino 161 4.7% 94 2.8% 4.7% 67 2.0% 4.8% 0 0.0% Native Hawaiian or 5 0.1% 4 0.1% 0.2% 1 0.0% 0.1% 0 0.0% Other Pacific Islander White 2,818 82.6% 1,683 49.3% 83.5% 1,135 33.3% 81.4% 0 0.0% Two or More Races 129 3.8% 69 2.0% 3.4% 60 1.8% 4.3% 0 0.0% U.S. Nonresident 84 2.5% 43 1.3% 2.1% 41 1.2% 2.9% 0 0.0% Unknown 29 0.8% 15 0.4% 0.7% 11 0.3% 0.8% 3 0.1% TOTAL 3,413 2,016 59.1% 1,394 40.8% 3 0.1% ENROLLMENT BY DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
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