Enrollment Trends at ISU

The student population at Iowa State University is 29,969 (25,241 undergraduate and 4,728 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,986 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at ISU is 84.22% which is decreased by 2,418 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 568 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.83 to 1 which means that male students enrolled slightly more than female students.

1,013 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -29.51% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 33,648 where 29,969 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.22% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.78% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,418 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 568 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.83 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in ISU than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32,955	27,659	15,658	12,001	5,296	2,808	2,488
2014-15	34,435 1,480	28,893 1,234	16,349 691	12,544 543	5,542 246	2,941 133	2,601 113
2015-16	35,714 1,279	30,034 1,141	17,071 722	12,963 419	5,680 138	3,084 143	2,596 -5
2016-17	36,350 636	30,671 637	17,585 514	13,086 123	5,679 -1	3,118 34	2,561 -35
2017-18	36,158 -192	30,571 -100	17,586 1	12,985 -101	5,587 -92	3,085 -33	2,502 -59
2018-19	34,992 -1,166	29,621 -950	17,076 -510	12,545 -440	5,371 -216	2,834 -251	2,537 35
2019-20	33,372 -1,620	28,294 -1,327	16,197 -879	12,097 -448	5,078 -293	2,635 -199	2,443 -94
2020-21	31,822 -1,550	26,843 -1,451	15,170 -1,027	11,673 -424	4,979 -99	2,499 -136	2,480 37
2021-22	30,708 -1,114	25,808 -1,035	14,467 -703	11,341 -332	4,900 -79	2,481 -18	2,419 -61
2022-23	29,969 -739	25,241 -567	14,072 -395	11,169 -172	4,728 -172	2,345 -136	2,383 -36
Average	33,648	28,364	16,123	12,240	5,284	2,783	2,501

Iowa State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 28,364 where 25,241 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 Iowa State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27,659	26,177	14,733	11,444	1,482	925	557
2014-15	28,893	27,440	15,434	12,006	1,453	915	538
2015-16	30,034	28,771	16,297	12,474	1,263	774	489
2016-17	30,671	28,872	16,504	12,368	1,799	1,081	718
2017-18	30,571	28,743	16,456	12,287	1,828	1,130	698
2018-19	29,621	27,929	16,043	11,886	1,692	1,033	659
2019-20	28,294	26,713	15,231	11,482	1,581	966	615
2020-21	26,843	25,271	14,184	11,087	1,572	986	586
2021-22	25,808	24,461	13,635	10,826	1,347	832	515
2022-23	25,241	23,992	13,297	10,695	1,249	775	474
Average	28,364	28,364	15,181	11,656	28,364	942	585

Iowa State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5,284 where 4,728 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 Iowa State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,296	3,221	1,632	1,589	2,075	1,176	899
2014-15	5,542	3,448	1,761	1,687	2,094	1,180	914
2015-16	5,680	3,728	1,945	1,783	1,952	1,139	813
2016-17	5,679	3,428	1,796	1,632	2,251	1,322	929
2017-18	5,587	3,426	1,816	1,610	2,161	1,269	892
2018-19	5,371	3,284	1,639	1,645	2,087	1,195	892
2019-20	5,078	3,068	1,499	1,569	2,010	1,136	874
2020-21	4,979	3,031	1,458	1,573	1,948	1,041	907
2021-22	4,900	3,092	1,519	1,573	1,808	962	846
2022-23	4,728	3,029	1,447	1,582	1,699	898	801
Average	5,284	5,284	1,651	1,624	5,284	1,132	877

Iowa State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.19%. The percentage was 73.38% 10 years ago and ISU still has a high percentage of white students. 4.10% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.63% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Iowa 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	67	875	819	1,334	29	24,184	565
2014-15	80	940	891	1,451	31	24,843	672
2015-16	91	993	943	1,564	35	25,516	700
2016-17	75	1,083	954	1,724	29	25,550	752
2017-18	75	1,100	976	1,827	29	25,239	748
2018-19	73	1,149	928	1,933	22	24,740	778
2019-20	66	1,149	850	1,982	24	23,831	799
2020-21	56	1,189	867	1,951	24	23,124	837
2021-22	54	1,165	821	1,993	18	22,282	838
2022-23	48	1,228	787	1,986	23	21,634	809
Average	69	1,087	884	1,775	26	24,094	750

Iowa State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,013 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -29.51% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Iowa State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	34,435	1,437	3,798	29,200
2015-16	35,714	1,449	4,245	30,020
2016-17	36,350	1,517	4,694	30,139
2017-18	36,158	1,406	5,327	29,425
2018-19	34,992	1,374	6,215	27,403
2019-20	33,372	1,298	6,504	25,570
2020-21	31,822	4,289	24,045	3,488
2021-22	30,708	1,108	14,911	14,689
2022-23	29,969	1,013	15,545	13,411
Average	33,724	1,655	9,476	22,594

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