Enrollment Trends at ISU

The student population at Idaho State University is 13,061 (10,834 undergraduate and 2,227 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 17 (0.13%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at ISU is 82.95% which is decreased by 366 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 349 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, down from 90 in 2015.
2,515 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 70.39% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,513 where 13,061 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 13,078 students in 2016 and was lowest at 11,766 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 13,078 to 13,061 students, a net loss of 17 (0.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Idaho State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,078	11,200	5,320	5,880	1,878	888	990
2016-17	12,916 -162	10,966 -234	5,034 -286	5,932 52	1,950 72	870 -18	1,080 90
2017-18	12,493 -423	10,557 -409	4,622 -412	5,935 3	1,936 -14	860 -10	1,076 -4
2018-19	12,363 -130	10,401 -156	4,549 -73	5,852 -83	1,962 26	837 -23	1,125 49
2019-20	12,402 39	10,353 -48	4,442 -107	5,911 59	2,049 87	847 10	1,202 77
2020-21	11,766 -636	9,575 -778	3,992 -450	5,583 -328	2,191 142	877 30	1,314 112
2021-22	12,135 369	9,818 243	4,038 46	5,780 197	2,317 126	904 27	1,413 99
2022-23	12,301 166	10,017 199	4,061 23	5,956 176	2,284 -33	860 -44	1,424 11
2023-24	12,614 313	10,406 389	4,263 202	6,143 187	2,208 -76	822 -38	1,386 -38
2024-25	13,061 447	10,834 428	4,569 306	6,265 122	2,227 19	828 6	1,399 13
Average	12,513	10,413	4,489	5,924	2,100	859	1,241

Idaho State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,413 where 10,834 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 Idaho State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,200	6,951	3,584	3,367	4,249	1,736	2,513
2016-17	10,966	6,555	3,195	3,360	4,411	1,839	2,572
2017-18	10,557	6,279	2,897	3,382	4,278	1,725	2,553
2018-19	10,401	6,137	2,763	3,374	4,264	1,786	2,478
2019-20	10,353	5,966	2,630	3,336	4,387	1,812	2,575
2020-21	9,575	5,617	2,394	3,223	3,958	1,598	2,360
2021-22	9,818	5,505	2,265	3,240	4,313	1,773	2,540
2022-23	10,017	5,387	2,154	3,233	4,630	1,907	2,723
2023-24	10,406	5,845	2,392	3,453	4,561	1,871	2,690
2024-25	10,834	6,338	2,606	3,732	4,496	1,963	2,533
Average	10,413	10,413	2,688	3,370	10,413	1,801	2,554

Idaho State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,100 where 2,227 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 Idaho State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,878	1,195	589	606	683	299	384
2016-17	1,950	1,245	581	664	705	289	416
2017-18	1,936	1,266	577	689	670	283	387
2018-19	1,962	1,308	568	740	654	269	385
2019-20	2,049	1,378	580	798	671	267	404
2020-21	2,191	1,471	598	873	720	279	441
2021-22	2,317	1,488	618	870	829	286	543
2022-23	2,284	1,471	576	895	813	284	529
2023-24	2,208	1,403	542	861	805	280	525
2024-25	2,227	1,410	518	892	817	310	507
Average	2,100	2,100	575	789	2,100	285	452

Idaho State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.13%. The percentage was 70.84% 10 years ago and ISU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.05% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.80% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.84% to 56.13%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.44% to 1.62%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.20% to 1.05%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.04% to 13.80%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6645 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4890 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Idaho State University 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	122	188	157	1,182	24	9,264	326
2016-17	128	204	141	1,311	29	9,419	366
2017-18	152	220	130	1,320	37	9,106	336
2018-19	164	214	138	1,370	32	9,046	329
2019-20	177	207	145	1,429	32	9,086	339
2020-21	171	210	133	1,388	31	8,588	334
2021-22	181	199	146	1,527	31	8,815	376
2022-23	150	190	160	1,553	34	8,858	408
2023-24	159	183	134	1,625	37	8,990	460
2024-25	181	211	137	1,802	42	7,331	370
Average	159	203	142	1,451	33	8,850	364

Idaho State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,515 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 70.39% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Idaho State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	13,078	1,476	4,276	7,326
2016-17	12,916	1,531	4,275	7,110
2017-18	12,493	1,594	4,322	6,577
2018-19	12,363	1,620	4,203	6,540
2019-20	12,402	1,908	4,503	5,991
2020-21	11,766	2,620	5,003	4,143
2021-22	12,135	2,430	4,680	5,025
2022-23	12,301	2,517	4,695	5,089
2023-24	12,614	2,474	4,694	5,446
2024-25	13,061	2,515	4,627	5,919
Average	12,513	2,069	4,528	5,917

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Enrollment Trends at ISU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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