Student Population at Illinois State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
20,683	18,055	2,628

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 20,683 students have enrolled in Illinois State University with 18,055 undergraduate and 2,628 graduate students.

By gender, 8,734 male and 11,949 female students are attending the school.

It has more students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

986 students are enrolled exclusively, and 7,452 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

Illinois State University has a total of 20,683 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 18,055 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,628 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 8,734 male and 11,949 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	20,683	18,055	2,628
Men	8,734	7,854	880
Women	11,949	10,201	1,748

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 13,905 White, 2,090 Black, and 528 Asian students out of a total of 20,683 are attending at Illinois State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	22	6	16
Asian	528	248	280
Black	2,090	860	1,230
Hispanic	2,495	1,020	1,475
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	10	6	4
White	13,905	5,816	8,089
Two or more races	776	335	441
Race Unknown	121	59	62

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	19	4	15
Asian	480	234	246
Black	1,899	809	1,090
Hispanic	2,335	976	1,359
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	8	4	4
White	12,374	5,386	6,988
Two or more races	708	315	393
Race Unknown	93	48	45

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	3	2	1
Asian	48	14	34
Black	191	51	140
Hispanic	160	44	116
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	2	0
White	1,531	430	1,101
Two or more races	68	20	48
Race Unknown	28	11	17

Student Age Distribution

By age, Illinois State has 61 students under 18 years old and 11 students over 65 years old. There are 18,190 students under 25 years old, and 2,493 students over 25 years old out of 20,683 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 61 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Illinois State has 17,312 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 743 students aged 25 and over.

It has 878 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,750 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	61	46	15
18-19	6,819	3,986	2,833
20-21	7,948	4,679	3,269
22-24	3,362	1,683	1,679
25-29	1,135	645	490
30-34	472	282	190
35-39	308	201	107
40-49	404	295	109
50-64	163	123	40
Over 65	11	9	2

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	61	46	15
18-19	6,819	3,986	2,833
20-21	7,882	4,641	3,241
22-24	2,550	1,162	1,388
25-29	418	166	252
30-34	113	62	51
35-39	80	48	32
40-49	90	59	31
50-64	40	30	10
Over 65	2	1	1

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

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 Illinois State University, 986 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,452 students are enrolled in some online courses.

908 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 78 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	20,683	986	7,452
Undergraduate	18,055	228	7,015
Graduate	2,628	758	437

Online Student Population by Locality
	Illinois Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	908	74	4
Undergraduate	224	4	0
Graduate	684	70	4

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 18,055 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,773 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.82%.1,647 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-time	15,319
Transfer-in Full-time	1,647
Regular Part-time	963
Transfer-in Part-time	126

Student Population at Illinois State University

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