Student Population at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
56,91635,12021,796
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 56,916 students have enrolled in University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with 35,120 undergraduate and 21,796 graduate students.
By gender, 31,000 male and 25,916 female students are attending the school.
It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
9,915 students are enrolled exclusively, and 25,151 students are enrolled in some online courses.
You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.
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Student Population by Gender

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has a total of 56,916 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 35,120 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 21,796 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 31,000 male and 25,916 female students (the male-female ratio is 54:46) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total56,91635,12021,796
Men31,00018,82112,179
Women25,91616,2999,617

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 21,268 White, 2,956 Black, and 10,117 Asian students out of a total of 56,916 are attending at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American25169
Asian10,1175,7974,320
Black2,9561,1751,781
Hispanic6,1382,8043,334
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders29209
White21,26810,85410,414
Two or more races1,650835815
Race Unknown1,9421,233709
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1165
Asian7,6084,3203,288
Black2,0417991,242
Hispanic4,7202,1072,613
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders11101
White13,6286,9606,668
Two or more races1,240617623
Race Unknown518315203
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American14104
Asian2,5091,4771,032
Black915376539
Hispanic1,418697721
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders18108
White7,6403,8943,746
Two or more races410218192
Race Unknown1,424918506

Student Age Distribution

By age, UIUC has 585 students under 18 years old and 18 students over 65 years old. There are 41,226 students under 25 years old, and 15,690 students over 25 years old out of 56,916 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 584 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. UIUC has 34,651 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 469 students aged 25 and over.
In graduate schools at UIUC, 1 students are younger than 18 and 16 students are older than 65. It has 6,575 graduate students aged under 25 and 15,221 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18585276309
18-1915,6407,5558,085
20-2116,1197,5138,606
22-248,8823,7625,120
25-297,0793,2103,869
30-343,4051,4091,996
35-392,1318491,282
40-492,3169741,342
50-64741361380
Over 6518711
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18584276308
18-1915,6357,5538,082
20-2115,6487,2978,351
22-242,7849921,792
25-29306107199
30-34792653
35-39271017
40-49311912
50-6424195
Over 65202
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18101
18-19523
20-21471216255
22-246,0982,7703,328
25-296,7733,1033,670
30-343,3261,3831,943
35-392,1048391,265
40-492,2859551,330
50-64717342375
Over 651679

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 9,915 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 25,151 students are enrolled in some online courses.
3,529 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,386 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students56,9169,91525,151
Undergraduate35,12065821,798
Graduate21,7969,2573,353
Online Student Population by Locality
Illinois ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students3,5295,1351,251
Undergraduate378159121
Graduate3,1514,9761,130

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 35,120 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,390 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.96%.1,264 students have transferred in as full-time status and 126 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time32,549
Transfer-in Full-time1,264
Regular Part-time1,181
Transfer-in Part-time126
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