Enrollment Trends at SIUE

The student population at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville is 12,519 (9,321 undergraduate and 3,198 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,331 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SIUE is 74.45% which is decreased by 1,908 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 577 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,951 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 322.29% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,476 where 12,519 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.45% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.55% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,908 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 577 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SIUE than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13,850	11,229	5,294	5,935	2,621	1,038	1,583
2014-15	13,972 122	11,421 192	5,367 73	6,054 119	2,551 -70	1,039 1	1,512 -71
2015-16	14,265 293	11,781 360	5,493 126	6,288 234	2,484 -67	1,007 -32	1,477 -35
2016-17	14,142 -123	11,720 -61	5,514 21	6,206 -82	2,422 -62	965 -42	1,457 -20
2017-18	13,796 -346	11,402 -318	5,364 -150	6,038 -168	2,394 -28	951 -14	1,443 -14
2018-19	13,281 -515	10,833 -569	5,071 -293	5,762 -276	2,448 54	947 -4	1,501 58
2019-20	13,061 -220	10,400 -433	4,798 -273	5,602 -160	2,661 213	1,026 79	1,635 134
2020-21	12,860 -201	9,942 -458	4,378 -420	5,564 -38	2,918 257	1,099 73	1,819 184
2021-22	13,010 150	9,967 25	4,261 -117	5,706 142	3,043 125	1,158 59	1,885 66
2022-23	12,519 -491	9,321 -646	3,985 -276	5,336 -370	3,198 155	1,274 116	1,924 39
Average	13,476	10,802	4,953	5,849	2,674	1,050	1,624

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,802 where 9,321 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 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,229	9,556	4,480	5,076	1,673	814	859
2014-15	11,421	9,714	4,546	5,168	1,707	821	886
2015-16	11,781	9,953	4,661	5,292	1,828	832	996
2016-17	11,720	9,908	4,729	5,179	1,812	785	1,027
2017-18	11,402	9,550	4,554	4,996	1,852	810	1,042
2018-19	10,833	8,979	4,301	4,678	1,854	770	1,084
2019-20	10,400	8,615	4,057	4,558	1,785	741	1,044
2020-21	9,942	8,071	3,638	4,433	1,871	740	1,131
2021-22	9,967	8,089	3,511	4,578	1,878	750	1,128
2022-23	9,321	7,709	3,312	4,397	1,612	673	939
Average	10,802	10,802	4,179	4,836	10,802	774	1,014

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,674 where 3,198 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 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,621	1,203	536	667	1,418	502	916
2014-15	2,551	1,265	547	718	1,286	492	794
2015-16	2,484	1,245	541	704	1,239	466	773
2016-17	2,422	1,229	519	710	1,193	446	747
2017-18	2,394	1,225	490	735	1,169	461	708
2018-19	2,448	1,274	503	771	1,174	444	730
2019-20	2,661	1,268	530	738	1,393	496	897
2020-21	2,918	1,295	510	785	1,623	589	1,034
2021-22	3,043	1,318	531	787	1,725	627	1,098
2022-23	3,198	1,566	688	878	1,632	586	1,046
Average	2,674	2,674	540	749	2,674	511	874

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.01%. The percentage was 74.26% 10 years ago and SIUE still has a high percentage of white students. 2.55% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.50% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 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	28	244	1,817	470	18	10,285	373
2014-15	30	267	1,869	499	11	10,215	399
2015-16	31	266	1,982	537	14	10,324	426
2016-17	38	286	1,871	560	18	10,289	430
2017-18	34	299	1,784	593	13	10,042	430
2018-19	31	327	1,699	571	19	9,592	435
2019-20	27	331	1,683	576	18	9,335	457
2020-21	25	352	1,595	637	18	9,149	442
2021-22	19	343	1,706	686	13	8,834	424
2022-23	18	319	1,565	722	16	7,888	418
Average	28	303	1,757	585	16	9,595	423

Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,951 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 322.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	13,972	462	844	12,666
2015-16	14,265	570	1,292	12,403
2016-17	14,142	734	1,884	11,524
2017-18	13,796	854	1,736	11,206
2018-19	13,281	954	1,754	10,573
2019-20	13,061	1,269	2,037	9,755
2020-21	12,860	4,656	7,596	608
2021-22	13,010	2,990	7,500	2,520
2022-23	12,519	1,951	3,927	6,641
Average	13,434	1,604	3,174	8,655

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