Enrollment Trends for Indiana Colleges

There are 72 active four-years colleges and universities in Indiana - 25 public and 47 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 354,448 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Indiana including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students increased by 13.42% from 312,508 to 354,448. The undergraduate population increased by 3.85% and the graduate population increased by 57.04% in last 10 years at Indiana Colleges.

By gender, there are 196,550 female students and 157,898 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.24 to 1. The female students increased by 16.06% and male students increased by 10.3% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 10 years is 331,381, and 354,448 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 75.09% are undergraduate students and 24.91% are graduate students. Over the past 10, the number of undergraduate students increased by 9,863, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 32,077.

The female to male ratio is 1.24 to 1, meaning that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Indiana Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Indiana Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	312,508	256,275	117,407	138,868	56,233	25,742	30,491
2014-15	313,866 1,358	256,994 719	117,712 305	139,282 414	56,872 639	26,103 361	30,769 278
2015-16	316,986 3,120	257,900 906	118,120 408	139,780 498	59,086 2,214	27,174 1,071	31,912 1,143
2016-17	320,106 3,120	258,459 559	118,001 -119	140,458 678	61,647 2,561	28,074 900	33,573 1,661
2017-18	321,428 1,322	257,460 -999	118,222 221	139,238 -1,220	63,968 2,321	28,057 -17	35,911 2,338
2018-19	318,621 -2,807	253,172 -4,288	115,480 -2,742	137,692 -1,546	65,449 1,481	27,745 -312	37,704 1,793
2019-20	353,282 34,661	277,949 24,777	123,554 8,074	154,395 16,703	75,333 9,884	29,867 2,122	45,466 7,762
2020-21	352,573 -709	273,027 -4,922	121,576 -1,978	151,451 -2,944	79,546 4,213	31,016 1,149	48,530 3,064
2021-22	349,995 -2,578	267,155 -5,872	120,062 -1,514	147,093 -4,358	82,840 3,294	32,971 1,955	49,869 1,339
2022-23	354,448 4,453	266,138 -1,017	121,205 1,143	144,933 -2,160	88,310 5,470	36,693 3,722	51,617 1,748
Average	331,381	262,453	119,134	143,319	68,928	29,344	39,584

Indiana Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 10 years is 262,453. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 9,863 from 256,275 to 266,138.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Indiana Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	256,275	197,215	91,640	105,575	59,060	25,767	33,293
2014-15	256,994	197,697	91,814	105,883	59,297	25,898	33,399
2015-16	257,900	196,381	91,364	105,017	61,519	26,756	34,763
2016-17	258,459	197,104	91,437	105,667	61,355	26,564	34,791
2017-18	257,460	203,402	94,531	108,871	54,058	23,691	30,367
2018-19	253,172	202,518	93,495	109,023	50,654	21,985	28,669
2019-20	277,949	205,163	93,337	111,826	72,786	30,217	42,569
2020-21	273,027	201,831	91,491	110,340	71,196	30,085	41,111
2021-22	267,155	195,797	90,142	105,655	71,358	29,920	41,438
2022-23	266,138	193,646	89,945	103,701	72,492	31,260	41,232
Average	262,453	262,453	91,920	107,156	262,453	27,214	36,163

Indiana Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 10 years is 68,928. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 32,077 from 56,233 to 88,310.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Indiana Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	56,233	34,356	16,514	17,842	21,877	9,228	12,649
2014-15	56,872	34,834	16,633	18,201	22,038	9,470	12,568
2015-16	59,086	36,141	17,403	18,738	22,945	9,771	13,174
2016-17	61,647	37,713	17,988	19,725	23,934	10,086	13,848
2017-18	63,968	38,400	17,628	20,772	25,568	10,429	15,139
2018-19	65,449	39,005	17,301	21,704	26,444	10,444	16,000
2019-20	75,333	45,237	19,056	26,181	30,096	10,811	19,285
2020-21	79,546	47,948	19,456	28,492	31,598	11,560	20,038
2021-22	82,840	49,964	20,460	29,504	32,876	12,511	20,365
2022-23	88,310	52,995	22,276	30,719	35,315	14,417	20,898
Average	68,928	68,928	18,472	23,188	68,928	10,873	16,396

Indiana Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.93%. The percentage was 71.89% 10 years ago and Indiana Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 5.19% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.48% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Indiana Colleges over the past 10 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	671	8,153	24,783	14,165	275	224,667	6,857
2014-15	629	8,658	25,037	15,065	260	222,273	7,624
2015-16	622	9,427	24,626	15,939	253	219,498	8,227
2016-17	578	10,313	25,504	18,172	265	220,575	8,865
2017-18	585	10,927	26,256	20,929	255	219,796	9,602
2018-19	561	11,885	24,725	22,895	248	215,917	10,911
2019-20	734	13,562	32,588	29,598	419	232,315	12,828
2020-21	732	15,224	32,209	32,843	433	230,768	12,981
2021-22	721	16,873	30,492	32,818	475	225,336	13,275
2022-23	696	18,398	30,050	33,624	424	219,520	13,880
Average	653	12,342	27,627	23,605	331	223,067	10,505

Indiana Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

103,297 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 251.04% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Indiana Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	308,051	29,426	35,220	243,405
2013-14	312,508	29,844	35,834	246,830
2014-15	313,866	32,200	41,811	239,855
2015-16	316,986	34,201	45,286	237,499
2016-17	320,106	35,967	51,024	233,115
2017-18	321,428	44,954	51,647	224,827
2018-19	318,621	46,841	55,339	216,441
2019-20	353,282	85,961	57,131	210,190
2020-21	352,688	130,600	140,201	81,887
2021-22	349,995	100,923	89,919	159,153
2022-23	354,448	103,297	82,745	168,406
Average	329,271	61,292	62,378	205,601

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