Enrollment Trends at Illinois State

The student population at Illinois State University is 20,683 (18,055 undergraduate and 2,628 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 411 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Illinois State is 87.29% which is increased by 306 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 105 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

986 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 323.18% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 20,662 where 20,683 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.29% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.71% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 306 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 105 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Illinois State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Illinois State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20,272	17,749	7,986	9,763	2,523	892	1,631
2014-15	20,615 343	18,155 406	8,179 193	9,976 213	2,460 -63	887 -5	1,573 -58
2015-16	20,760 145	18,426 271	8,311 132	10,115 139	2,334 -126	828 -59	1,506 -67
2016-17	21,039 279	18,643 217	8,316 5	10,327 212	2,396 62	848 20	1,548 42
2017-18	20,784 -255	18,330 -313	8,211 -105	10,119 -208	2,454 58	848 0	1,606 58
2018-19	20,635 -149	18,107 -223	8,076 -135	10,031 -88	2,528 74	866 18	1,662 56
2019-20	20,878 243	18,250 143	8,141 65	10,109 78	2,628 100	925 59	1,703 41
2020-21	20,720 -158	17,987 -263	7,806 -335	10,181 72	2,733 105	949 24	1,784 81
2021-22	20,233 -487	17,674 -313	7,595 -211	10,079 -102	2,559 -174	897 -52	1,662 -122
2022-23	20,683 450	18,055 381	7,854 259	10,201 122	2,628 69	880 -17	1,748 86
Average	20,662	18,138	8,048	10,090	2,524	882	1,642

Illinois State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 18,138 where 18,055 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Illinois State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17,749	16,683	7,447	9,236	1,066	539	527
2014-15	18,155	17,040	7,630	9,410	1,115	549	566
2015-16	18,426	17,151	7,687	9,464	1,275	624	651
2016-17	18,643	17,456	7,675	9,781	1,187	641	546
2017-18	18,330	17,165	7,585	9,580	1,165	626	539
2018-19	18,107	16,917	7,466	9,451	1,190	610	580
2019-20	18,250	17,092	7,544	9,548	1,158	597	561
2020-21	17,987	16,666	7,087	9,579	1,321	719	602
2021-22	17,674	16,444	6,972	9,472	1,230	623	607
2022-23	18,055	16,966	7,301	9,665	1,089	553	536
Average	18,138	18,138	7,439	9,519	18,138	608	572

Illinois State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,524 where 2,628 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Illinois State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,523	1,181	471	710	1,342	421	921
2014-15	2,460	1,179	487	692	1,281	400	881
2015-16	2,334	1,139	469	670	1,195	359	836
2016-17	2,396	1,238	505	733	1,158	343	815
2017-18	2,454	1,203	462	741	1,251	386	865
2018-19	2,528	1,290	488	802	1,238	378	860
2019-20	2,628	1,375	537	838	1,253	388	865
2020-21	2,733	1,377	563	814	1,356	386	970
2021-22	2,559	1,289	531	758	1,270	366	904
2022-23	2,628	1,406	568	838	1,222	312	910
Average	2,524	2,524	508	760	2,524	374	883

Illinois State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.23%. The percentage was 79.04% 10 years ago and Illinois State still has a high percentage of white students. 2.55% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.10% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Illinois State University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	36	401	1,378	1,468	19	16,024	425
2014-15	24	434	1,454	1,711	18	15,968	478
2015-16	22	455	1,536	1,845	16	15,899	530
2016-17	32	444	1,692	2,006	16	15,828	567
2017-18	32	433	1,706	2,030	21	15,530	576
2018-19	22	434	1,827	2,133	19	14,986	629
2019-20	24	477	1,880	2,260	21	14,865	666
2020-21	21	507	1,968	2,300	14	14,560	683
2021-22	17	500	1,962	2,359	9	14,020	700
2022-23	22	528	2,090	2,495	10	13,905	776
Average	25	461	1,749	2,061	16	15,159	603

Illinois State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

986 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 323.18% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Illinois State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	20,615	233	2,269	18,113
2015-16	20,760	319	2,978	17,463
2016-17	21,039	330	3,665	17,044
2017-18	20,784	432	3,361	16,991
2018-19	20,635	507	3,895	16,233
2019-20	20,878	600	5,106	15,172
2020-21	20,720	14,568	5,246	906
2021-22	20,233	945	7,464	11,824
2022-23	20,683	986	7,452	12,245
Average	20,705	2,102	4,604	13,999

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