Enrollment Trends at DeVry University-Illinois

The student population at DeVry University-Illinois is 31,296 (28,046 undergraduate and 3,250 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 9,023 (40.51%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at DeVry University-Illinois is 89.62% which is increased by 11,547 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 2,524 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 49 male students for every 100 female students, down from 73 in 2015.
30,160 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 62.26% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 22,499 where 31,296 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 31,296 students in 2025 and was lowest at 16,964 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 22,273 to 31,296 students, a net gain of 9,023 (40.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at DeVry University-Illinois since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22,273	16,499	7,011	9,488	5,774	2,356	3,418
2016-17	19,340 -2,933	14,471 -2,028	5,872 -1,139	8,599 -889	4,869 -905	1,971 -385	2,898 -520
2017-18	16,964 -2,376	12,515 -1,956	4,850 -1,022	7,665 -934	4,449 -420	1,836 -135	2,613 -285
2018-19	17,364 400	13,068 553	4,624 -226	8,444 779	4,296 -153	1,653 -183	2,643 30
2019-20	18,195 831	14,163 1,095	4,912 288	9,251 807	4,032 -264	1,492 -161	2,540 -103
2020-21	20,832 2,637	17,174 3,011	5,689 777	11,485 2,234	3,658 -374	1,393 -99	2,265 -275
2021-22	22,994 2,162	19,866 2,692	6,843 1,154	13,023 1,538	3,128 -530	1,194 -199	1,934 -331
2022-23	26,384 3,390	23,357 3,491	8,217 1,374	15,140 2,117	3,027 -101	1,224 30	1,803 -131
2023-24	29,346 2,962	26,146 2,789	8,728 511	17,418 2,278	3,200 173	1,215 -9	1,985 182
2024-25	31,296 1,950	28,046 1,900	9,042 314	19,004 1,586	3,250 50	1,249 34	2,001 16
Average	22,499	18,531	6,579	11,952	3,968	1,558	2,410

DeVry University-Illinois Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 18,531 where 28,046 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 DeVry University-Illinois since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,499	5,543	2,566	2,977	10,956	4,445	6,511
2016-17	14,471	4,526	2,008	2,518	9,945	3,864	6,081
2017-18	12,515	4,234	1,828	2,406	8,281	3,022	5,259
2018-19	13,068	4,798	1,838	2,960	8,270	2,786	5,484
2019-20	14,163	5,366	2,080	3,286	8,797	2,832	5,965
2020-21	17,174	6,979	2,522	4,457	10,195	3,167	7,028
2021-22	19,866	7,870	2,825	5,045	11,996	4,018	7,978
2022-23	23,357	9,523	3,685	5,838	13,834	4,532	9,302
2023-24	26,146	11,077	4,004	7,073	15,069	4,724	10,345
2024-25	28,046	12,472	4,186	8,286	15,574	4,856	10,718
Average	18,531	18,531	2,754	4,485	18,531	3,825	7,467

DeVry University-Illinois Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,968 where 3,250 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 DeVry University-Illinois since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,774	989	399	590	4,785	1,957	2,828
2016-17	4,869	677	281	396	4,192	1,690	2,502
2017-18	4,449	617	268	349	3,832	1,568	2,264
2018-19	4,296	575	213	362	3,721	1,440	2,281
2019-20	4,032	511	206	305	3,521	1,286	2,235
2020-21	3,658	511	201	310	3,147	1,192	1,955
2021-22	3,128	354	147	207	2,774	1,047	1,727
2022-23	3,027	435	190	245	2,592	1,034	1,558
2023-24	3,200	2,511	957	1,554	689	258	431
2024-25	3,250	2,559	995	1,564	691	254	437
Average	3,968	3,968	386	588	3,968	1,173	1,822

DeVry University-Illinois Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.58% and the percentage of black students is 33.99% at DeVry University-Illinois. 2.23% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.87% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.53% to 36.58%. Asian enrollment declined from 4.18% to 2.23%. Black student enrollment increased from 21.91% to 33.99%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.25% to 14.87%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7272 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7368 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at DeVry University-Illinois 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	123	932	4,880	2,729	98	9,918	240
2016-17	84	906	4,043	2,508	73	8,608	222
2017-18	99	809	3,589	2,415	54	7,463	224
2018-19	118	758	4,125	2,551	75	8,015	313
2019-20	157	735	4,509	2,625	93	8,802	386
2020-21	177	760	5,359	3,073	101	9,449	502
2021-22	206	763	6,159	3,601	131	9,826	610
2022-23	199	767	7,883	4,265	132	10,440	702
2023-24	213	737	9,222	4,550	121	11,348	810
2024-25	237	697	10,636	4,654	135	11,449	894
Average	161	786	6,041	3,297	101	9,532	490

DeVry University-Illinois Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

30,160 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 97% of total students. The number of online students has increased 62.26% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at DeVry University-Illinois from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	22,273	18,588	1,870	1,815
2016-17	19,340	16,461	1,554	1,325
2017-18	16,964	14,896	1,223	845
2018-19	17,364	15,837	941	586
2019-20	18,195	17,086	711	398
2020-21	20,832	20,048	514	270
2021-22	22,994	22,261	476	257
2022-23	26,384	25,465	658	261
2023-24	29,346	28,245	840	261
2024-25	31,296	30,160	836	300
Average	22,499	20,905	962	632

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Enrollment Trends at DeVry University-Illinois

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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