Enrollment Trends at UNI

The student population at University of Northern Iowa is 8,945 (7,735 undergraduate and 1,210 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,214 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UNI is 86.47% which is decreased by 2,645 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 569 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

955 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -45.11% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,917 where 8,945 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.47% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.53% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,645 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 569 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UNI than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,159	10,380	4,471	5,909	1,779	559	1,220
2014-15	11,928 -231	10,142 -238	4,434 -37	5,708 -201	1,786 7	549 -10	1,237 17
2015-16	11,981 53	10,169 27	4,365 -69	5,804 96	1,812 26	543 -6	1,269 32
2016-17	11,905 -76	10,104 -65	4,352 -13	5,752 -52	1,801 -11	510 -33	1,291 22
2017-18	11,861 -44	9,961 -143	4,237 -115	5,724 -28	1,900 99	504 -6	1,396 105
2018-19	11,187 -674	9,536 -425	3,970 -267	5,566 -158	1,651 -249	489 -15	1,162 -234
2019-20	10,477 -710	8,953 -583	3,679 -291	5,274 -292	1,524 -127	393 -96	1,131 -31
2020-21	9,507 -970	8,289 -664	3,301 -378	4,988 -286	1,218 -306	367 -26	851 -280
2021-22	9,217 -290	7,967 -322	3,100 -201	4,867 -121	1,250 32	324 -43	926 75
2022-23	8,945 -272	7,735 -232	2,955 -145	4,780 -87	1,210 -40	284 -40	926 0
Average	10,917	9,324	3,886	5,437	1,593	452	1,141

University of Northern Iowa Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,324 where 7,735 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 University of Northern Iowa since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,380	9,330	3,926	5,404	1,050	545	505
2014-15	10,142	9,122	3,895	5,227	1,020	539	481
2015-16	10,169	9,127	3,844	5,283	1,042	521	521
2016-17	10,104	9,146	3,867	5,279	958	485	473
2017-18	9,961	9,100	3,796	5,304	861	441	420
2018-19	9,536	8,745	3,562	5,183	791	408	383
2019-20	8,953	8,228	3,342	4,886	725	337	388
2020-21	8,289	7,632	2,962	4,670	657	339	318
2021-22	7,967	7,290	2,809	4,481	677	291	386
2022-23	7,735	6,976	2,640	4,336	759	315	444
Average	9,324	9,324	3,464	5,005	9,324	422	432

University of Northern Iowa Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,593 where 1,210 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 University of Northern Iowa since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,779	638	192	446	1,141	367	774
2014-15	1,786	597	171	426	1,189	378	811
2015-16	1,812	562	153	409	1,250	390	860
2016-17	1,801	557	153	404	1,244	357	887
2017-18	1,900	537	144	393	1,363	360	1,003
2018-19	1,651	519	155	364	1,132	334	798
2019-20	1,524	454	112	342	1,070	281	789
2020-21	1,218	432	110	322	786	257	529
2021-22	1,250	449	120	329	801	204	597
2022-23	1,210	399	109	290	811	175	636
Average	1,593	1,593	142	373	1,593	310	768

University of Northern Iowa Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 84.09%. The percentage was 85.57% 10 years ago and UNI still has a high percentage of white students. 1.63% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.88% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Northern Iowa 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	107	341	322	7	10,404	179
2014-15	25	108	339	377	7	9,967	210
2015-16	22	133	352	379	7	9,868	230
2016-17	33	141	330	428	9	9,755	215
2017-18	36	146	317	430	7	9,685	221
2018-19	36	146	310	412	7	9,079	219
2019-20	13	138	254	437	10	8,620	257
2020-21	11	136	251	442	6	7,784	251
2021-22	12	121	245	449	4	7,702	237
2022-23	10	146	258	472	4	7,522	232
Average	22	132	300	415	7	9,039	225

University of Northern Iowa Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

955 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -45.11% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Northern Iowa from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,928	1,740	708	9,480
2015-16	11,981	694	1,870	9,417
2016-17	11,905	685	1,616	9,604
2017-18	11,861	588	2,028	9,245
2018-19	11,187	636	2,118	8,433
2019-20	10,477	559	2,173	7,745
2020-21	9,507	909	6,949	1,649
2021-22	9,217	767	4,212	4,238
2022-23	8,945	955	2,985	5,005
Average	10,779	837	2,740	7,202

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