Illinois State University Student Population

How many students at Illinois State? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 20,683 students have enrolled in Illinois State University with 18,055 undergraduate and 2,628 graduate students.

By gender, 8,734 male and 11,949 female students are attending the school.

It has more students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

986 students are enrolled exclusively, and 7,452 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Illinois State University has a total of 20,683 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 18,055 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,628 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 8,734 male and 11,949 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 13,905 White, 2,090 Black, and 528 Asian students out of a total of 20,683 are attending at Illinois State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Illinois State has 61 students under 18 years old and 11 students over 65 years old. There are 18,190 students under 25 years old, and 2,493 students over 25 years old out of 20,683 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 61 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Illinois State has 17,312 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 743 students aged 25 and over.

It has 878 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,750 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Illinois State University, 986 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,452 students are enrolled in some online courses.

908 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 78 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 18,055 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,773 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.82%.1,647 students have transferred in as full-time status and 126 students transferred in as part-time status.