Student Demographics
Fall 2024 Student Population
Student Category
The three primary categories of Northland students include undergraduate students enrolled in college for the first time, traditional undergraduate students, and concurrent students. Concurrent students receive high school and college credits simultaneously, either through Post-Secondary Education Opportunities or College High School courses.
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Gender
Gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for boys and men or girls and women. While aspects of biological sex are similar across cultures, aspects of gender may differ. Following Minnesota State guidelines, Northland reports gender in the binary (men/women) categories.
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Race & Ethnicity
The students’ race and ethnicity are self-reported. Race and ethnicity categories were developed in 1997 by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to describe groups individuals identify or belong to in the eyes of the community. The categories do not denote scientific definitions of anthropological origins. All categories align with the IPEDS reporting algorithm.
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Age Distribution
Excluding concurrent enrollment, Northland tracks students’ age based on the following categories.
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Student Credit Load
Excluding concurrent enrollment, Northland classifies a full-time student as an individual enrolled in 12 credits or more in one semester and a part-time student enrolled in 11 credits or less.
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Home Campus Enrollment
Northland designates a home campus for each student based on academic program and geographical location upon application. The following graphs illustrate the unduplicated headcount for each campus. Concurrent Students are all assigned to Thief River Falls unless otherwise specified by the program major. Programs like Farm Business Management are linked with Northland’s Workforce Development Center, many of these programs do not assign a home campus.
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Course Delivery
With technological advancements, Northland provides a variety of ways students can attend classes. Students can participate in class in person, on ITV, or entirely online. Excluding concurrent enrollment, students can take all in-person courses, a mix of In-Person and Online courses, or all Online courses.
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First Generation Students
The Minnesota Department of Education defines first-generation students as individuals where neither parent has attended a post-secondary institution.
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Pell-Eligible
A student who applied for a federal Pell Grant, an award for undergraduates who display exceptional financial need and who have not earned a bachelor’s, graduate, or professional degree. (U.S. Department of Education, n.d.)
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The information on this page is updated every year by October 31.