How many students at UI? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 30,015 students have enrolled in University of Iowa with 21,973 undergraduate and 8,042 graduate students.

By gender, 13,316 male and 16,699 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

3,200 students are enrolled exclusively, and 14,297 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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


Student Population by Gender

University of Iowa has a total of 30,015 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 21,973 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 8,042 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 13,316 male and 16,699 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total30,01521,9738,042
Men13,3169,6513,665
Women16,69912,3224,377
University of Iowa 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Iowa 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Iowa 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 21,637 White, 925 Black, and 1,531 Asian students out of a total of 30,015 are attending at University of Iowa. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American422022
Asian1,531670861
Black925412513
Hispanic2,4541,0741,380
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders201010
White21,6379,47012,167
Two or more races1,040440600
Race Unknown908459449
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American311516
Asian1,063466597
Black663299364
Hispanic1,9478321,115
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1569
White16,3467,1159,231
Two or more races822345477
Race Unknown671335336
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1156
Asian468204264
Black262113149
Hispanic507242265
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders541
White5,2912,3552,936
Two or more races21895123
Race Unknown237124113
University of Iowa 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Iowa 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Iowa 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, UI has 225 students under 18 years old and 27 students over 65 years old. There are 23,186 students under 25 years old, and 6,829 students over 25 years old out of 30,015 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 225 students are younger than 18 and 15 students are older than 65. UI has 20,773 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,200 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,413 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,629 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1822512798
18-199,2215,4883,733
20-218,9305,0363,894
22-244,8102,5152,295
25-293,4371,7711,666
30-341,497708789
35-39801417384
40-49798450348
50-64269168101
Over 6527198
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1822512798
18-199,2205,4873,733
20-218,7434,9053,838
22-242,5851,2021,383
25-29590266324
30-34221105116
35-391247351
40-491629270
50-64885533
Over 6515105
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19110
20-2118713156
22-242,2251,313912
25-292,8471,5051,342
30-341,276603673
35-39677344333
40-49636358278
50-6418111368
Over 651293
University of Iowa 2023 Student Population by Age chartUniversity of Iowa 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of Iowa 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of Iowa 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of Iowa 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of Iowa 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

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 University of Iowa, 3,200 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 14,297 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,175 students lived in Iowa or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,025 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students30,0153,20014,297
Undergraduate21,97392713,834
Graduate8,0422,273463
Online Student Population by Locality
Iowa ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,17594580
Undergraduate6822378
Graduate1,49370872
University of Iowa 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 21,973 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,039 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.73%.940 students have transferred in as full-time status and 99 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time19,315
Transfer-in Full-time940
Regular Part-time1,619
Transfer-in Part-time99

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