San Diego, California · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Large city
Overview
Located in San Diego, California, National University is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a large city. It enrolled 22,115 students in fall 2024, including 11,237 undergraduates and 10,878 graduate students.
National University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 100 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Education, General, Applied Behavior Analysis, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 7,077 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 93 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
The school has an open admission policy. 53% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.
Key figures
Open
Admission policy
22,115
Students enrolled
53%
First-year retention
7,077
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
100
Programs and majors
16:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional
Programs and majors offered 100
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
53%
First-year retention, part-time students
29%
Student-to-faculty ratio
16:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
1,876
Associate degrees
343
Master's degrees
4,653
Professional doctorates
74
Certificates under 1 year
52
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
32
Postbaccalaureate certificates
7
Post-master's certificates
40
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
22,115
Undergraduates, fall 2024
11,237
Graduate students, fall 2024
10,878
Full-time, fall 2024
65%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
33,444
Undergraduates, 2024-25
17,409
Graduate students, 2024-25
16,035
Full-time, 2024-25
45%
Size category
20,000 students or more
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
62%
Men
38%
White
30%
Hispanic or Latino
32%
Black or African American
14%
Asian
7%
Two or more races
3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
13%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
93
Programs with a fully online option
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
83%
Students taking some online courses
4%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Other academic year
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
President, National University
Mark Milliron
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization