Enrollment Trends at ISU

The student population at Indiana State University is 8,658 (6,965 undergraduate and 1,693 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,790 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at ISU is 80.45% which is decreased by 3,303 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 487 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,524 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 36.51% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,068 where 8,658 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.45% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.55% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,303 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 487 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in ISU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,448	10,268	4,713	5,555	2,180	875	1,305
2014-15	13,183 735	10,881 613	5,010 297	5,871 316	2,302 122	913 38	1,389 84
2015-16	13,584 401	11,257 376	5,286 276	5,971 100	2,327 25	901 -12	1,426 37
2016-17	13,565 -19	11,202 -55	5,132 -154	6,070 99	2,363 36	910 9	1,453 27
2017-18	13,763 198	11,583 381	5,240 108	6,343 273	2,180 -183	816 -94	1,364 -89
2018-19	13,044 -719	10,950 -633	4,825 -415	6,125 -218	2,094 -86	789 -27	1,305 -59
2019-20	12,144 -900	10,214 -736	4,458 -367	5,756 -369	1,930 -164	722 -67	1,208 -97
2020-21	10,829 -1,315	8,938 -1,276	3,879 -579	5,059 -697	1,891 -39	661 -61	1,230 22
2021-22	9,459 -1,370	7,704 -1,234	3,368 -511	4,336 -723	1,755 -136	635 -26	1,120 -110
2022-23	8,658 -801	6,965 -739	3,016 -352	3,949 -387	1,693 -62	606 -29	1,087 -33
Average	12,068	9,996	4,493	5,504	2,072	783	1,289

Indiana State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,996 where 6,965 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 Indiana State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,268	9,131	4,261	4,870	1,137	452	685
2014-15	10,881	9,459	4,403	5,056	1,422	607	815
2015-16	11,257	9,658	4,576	5,082	1,599	710	889
2016-17	11,202	9,364	4,328	5,036	1,838	804	1,034
2017-18	11,583	9,369	4,346	5,023	2,214	894	1,320
2018-19	10,950	8,891	3,983	4,908	2,059	842	1,217
2019-20	10,214	8,105	3,564	4,541	2,109	894	1,215
2020-21	8,938	7,420	3,190	4,230	1,518	689	829
2021-22	7,704	6,280	2,712	3,568	1,424	656	768
2022-23	6,965	5,738	2,479	3,259	1,227	537	690
Average	9,996	9,996	3,784	4,557	9,996	709	946

Indiana State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,072 where 1,693 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 Indiana State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,180	937	384	553	1,243	491	752
2014-15	2,302	990	400	590	1,312	513	799
2015-16	2,327	991	391	600	1,336	510	826
2016-17	2,363	1,055	431	624	1,308	479	829
2017-18	2,180	961	356	605	1,219	460	759
2018-19	2,094	902	324	578	1,192	465	727
2019-20	1,930	884	312	572	1,046	410	636
2020-21	1,891	886	297	589	1,005	364	641
2021-22	1,755	830	270	560	925	365	560
2022-23	1,693	802	285	517	891	321	570
Average	2,072	2,072	345	579	2,072	438	710

Indiana State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.52%. The percentage was 67.23% 10 years ago and ISU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.67% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.00% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Indiana 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	24	152	2,047	399	8	8,369	344
2014-15	36	179	2,199	395	8	8,743	374
2015-16	36	178	2,279	458	6	8,936	437
2016-17	36	176	2,269	476	4	8,840	440
2017-18	37	178	2,325	553	4	9,100	506
2018-19	43	174	2,111	569	8	8,791	486
2019-20	38	173	2,005	589	10	8,383	497
2020-21	30	194	1,723	576	11	7,530	429
2021-22	20	173	1,304	541	14	6,750	364
2022-23	16	145	1,299	551	10	6,019	364
Average	32	172	1,956	511	8	8,146	424

Indiana State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,524 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 36.51% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Indiana State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	13,183	1,849	2,685	8,649
2015-16	13,584	2,093	2,857	8,634
2016-17	13,565	2,367	2,874	8,324
2017-18	13,763	2,582	2,745	8,436
2018-19	13,044	2,638	2,979	7,427
2019-20	12,144	2,774	2,974	6,396
2020-21	10,829	3,078	4,345	3,406
2021-22	9,459	2,797	2,947	3,715
2022-23	8,658	2,524	2,343	3,791
Average	12,025	2,522	2,972	6,531

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