Student Population at Iowa State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
29,969	25,241	4,728

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 29,969 students have enrolled in Iowa State University with 25,241 undergraduate and 4,728 graduate students.

By gender, 16,417 male and 13,552 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)).

1,013 students are enrolled exclusively, and 15,545 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

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Student Population by Gender

Iowa State University has a total of 29,969 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 25,241 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,728 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 16,417 male and 13,552 female students (the male-female ratio is 55:45) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	29,969	25,241	4,728
Men	16,417	14,072	2,345
Women	13,552	11,169	2,383

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 21,634 White, 787 Black, and 1,228 Asian students out of a total of 29,969 are attending at Iowa State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	48	24	24
Asian	1,228	736	492
Black	787	442	345
Hispanic	1,986	978	1,008
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	23	13	10
White	21,634	11,715	9,919
Two or more races	809	449	360
Race Unknown	1,011	532	479

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	42	21	21
Asian	1,103	677	426
Black	665	382	283
Hispanic	1,791	904	887
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	17	9	8
White	19,393	10,681	8,712
Two or more races	740	411	329
Race Unknown	658	418	240

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	3	2	1
Asian	50	29	21
Black	52	31	21
Hispanic	97	58	39
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	1,072	573	499
Two or more races	38	14	24
Race Unknown	26	16	10

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 Iowa State University, 1,013 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 15,545 students are enrolled in some online courses.

573 students lived in Iowa or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 440 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	29,969	1,013	15,545
Undergraduate	25,241	357	14,821
Graduate	4,728	656	724

Online Student Population by Locality
	Iowa Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	573	420	20
Undergraduate	257	96	4
Graduate	316	324	16

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 25,241 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,383 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.48%.1,304 students have transferred in as full-time status and 79 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	22,688
Transfer-in Full-time	1,304
Regular Part-time	1,170
Transfer-in Part-time	79