Enrollment Trends at AIU

The student population at American InterContinental University System is 11,277 (7,186 undergraduate and 4,091 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 283 (2.45%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at AIU is 63.72% which is decreased by 3,197 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,914 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 64 male students for every 100 female students, up from 45 in 2015.
11,277 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -2.45% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,558 where 11,277 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 15,415 students in 2021 and was lowest at 8,777 in 2019. Overall, enrollment dropped from 11,560 to 11,277 students, a net loss of 283 (2.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at American InterContinental University System since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,560	10,383	3,230	7,153	1,177	370	807
2016-17	10,091 -1,469	9,048 -1,335	2,932 -298	6,116 -1,037	1,043 -134	327 -43	716 -91
2017-18	9,699 -392	8,698 -350	2,521 -411	6,177 61	1,001 -42	324 -3	677 -39
2018-19	8,777 -922	7,940 -758	2,269 -252	5,671 -506	837 -164	266 -58	571 -106
2019-20	9,952 1,175	9,153 1,213	2,457 188	6,696 1,025	799 -38	234 -32	565 -6
2020-21	15,415 5,463	12,830 3,677	4,680 2,223	8,150 1,454	2,585 1,786	1,282 1,048	1,303 738
2021-22	13,480 -1,935	11,267 -1,563	4,115 -565	7,152 -998	2,213 -372	1,098 -184	1,115 -188
2022-23	14,333 853	10,447 -820	3,826 -289	6,621 -531	3,886 1,673	1,695 597	2,191 1,076
2023-24	10,997 -3,336	6,830 -3,617	2,596 -1,230	4,234 -2,387	4,167 281	1,786 91	2,381 190
2024-25	11,277 280	7,186 356	2,662 66	4,524 290	4,091 -76	1,734 -52	2,357 -24
Average	11,558	9,378	3,129	6,249	2,180	912	1,268

American InterContinental University System Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,378 where 7,186 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at American InterContinental University System since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,383	6,158	1,901	4,257	4,225	1,329	2,896
2016-17	9,048	4,557	1,529	3,028	4,491	1,403	3,088
2017-18	8,698	4,019	1,364	2,655	4,679	1,157	3,522
2018-19	7,940	6,605	1,772	4,833	1,335	497	838
2019-20	9,153	8,315	2,184	6,131	838	273	565
2020-21	12,830	11,471	4,255	7,216	1,359	425	934
2021-22	11,267	10,091	3,773	6,318	1,176	342	834
2022-23	10,447	9,543	3,567	5,976	904	259	645
2023-24	6,830	6,416	2,465	3,951	414	131	283
2024-25	7,186	6,799	2,546	4,253	387	116	271
Average	9,378	9,378	2,536	4,862	9,378	593	1,388

American InterContinental University System Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,180 where 4,091 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at American InterContinental University System since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,177	455	163	292	722	207	515
2016-17	1,043	404	151	253	639	176	463
2017-18	1,001	381	131	250	620	193	427
2018-19	837	313	99	214	524	167	357
2019-20	799	271	81	190	528	153	375
2020-21	2,585	2,136	1,155	981	449	127	322
2021-22	2,213	1,834	995	839	379	103	276
2022-23	3,886	3,626	1,617	2,009	260	78	182
2023-24	4,167	4,053	1,749	2,304	114	37	77
2024-25	4,091	4,069	1,724	2,345	22	10	12
Average	2,180	2,180	787	968	2,180	125	301

American InterContinental University System Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 23.36% and the percentage of black students is 30.09% at American InterContinental University System. 2.70% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 33.05% to 23.36%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.78% to 2.70%. Black student enrollment decreased from 46.40% to 30.09%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.96% to 7.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8476 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.6716 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at American InterContinental University System over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	112	90	5,364	573	57	3,821	407
2016-17	99	63	4,032	390	43	3,287	398
2017-18	88	68	3,501	205	44	2,850	394
2018-19	86	46	2,965	114	37	2,349	320
2019-20	82	42	2,955	78	43	2,527	328
2020-21	136	235	4,740	814	152	4,114	564
2021-22	156	226	4,185	718	142	3,596	485
2022-23	128	261	3,753	852	123	3,008	452
2023-24	97	248	2,959	879	89	2,382	351
2024-25	109	305	3,393	830	99	2,634	349
Average	109	158	3,785	545	83	3,057	405

American InterContinental University System Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

11,277 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -2.45% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at American InterContinental University System from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely
2015-16	11,560	11,560
2016-17	10,091	10,091
2017-18	9,699	9,699
2018-19	8,777	8,777
2019-20	9,952	9,952
2020-21	15,415	15,415
2021-22	13,480	13,480
2022-23	14,333	14,333
2023-24	10,997	10,997
2024-25	11,277	11,277
Average	11,558	11,558

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