Student Population at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
12,5199,3213,198
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 12,519 students have enrolled in Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville with 9,321 undergraduate and 3,198 graduate students.
By gender, 5,259 male and 7,260 female students are attending the school.
It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (12,612 students in average - public Doctoral / Research University).
1,951 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,927 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

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville has a total of 12,519 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 9,321 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,198 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 5,259 male and 7,260 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
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total12,5199,3213,198
Men5,2593,9851,274
Women7,2605,3361,924

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,888 White, 1,565 Black, and 319 Asian students out of a total of 12,519 are attending at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. 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 American18810
Asian319132187
Black1,5655091,056
Hispanic722294428
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders16610
White7,8883,3564,532
Two or more races418172246
Race Unknown675241434
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1578
Asian224101123
Black1,285417868
Hispanic589256333
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1248
White6,3902,8203,570
Two or more races371160211
Race Unknown19689107
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American312
Asian953164
Black28092188
Hispanic1333895
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders422
White1,498536962
Two or more races471235
Race Unknown479152327

Student Age Distribution

By age, SIUE has 36 students under 18 years old and 8 students over 65 years old. There are 9,275 students under 25 years old, and 3,244 students over 25 years old out of 12,519 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 36 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. SIUE has 8,135 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,186 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,140 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,058 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18362214
18-193,1781,9161,262
20-213,2791,8911,388
22-242,7821,4251,357
25-291,482803679
30-34643406237
35-39429288141
40-49521384137
50-6416112041
Over 65853
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18362214
18-193,1771,9151,262
20-213,1541,8081,346
22-241,768865903
25-29581302279
30-3424516382
35-391399544
40-4916712443
50-64503911
Over 65431
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

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 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, 1,951 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,927 students are enrolled in some online courses.
1,496 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 455 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students12,5191,9513,927
Undergraduate9,3217773,364
Graduate3,1981,174563
Online Student Population by Locality
Illinois ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,4964550
Undergraduate6441330
Graduate8523220

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,321 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 931 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.99%.724 students have transferred in as full-time status and 207 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time6,985
Transfer-in Full-time724
Regular Part-time1,405
Transfer-in Part-time207
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