Enrollment Trends at ISU

The student population at Idaho State University is 12,301 (10,017 undergraduate and 2,284 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,551 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at ISU is 81.43% which is decreased by 1,888 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 337 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.50 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,517 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 79.91% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 12,733 where 12,301 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.43% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.57% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,888 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 337 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.50 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in ISU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Idaho State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	13,852	11,905	5,535	6,370	1,947	886	1,061
2013-14	13,326 -526	11,418 -487	5,315 -220	6,103 -267	1,908 -39	879 -7	1,029 -32
2014-15	13,429 103	11,517 99	5,557 242	5,960 -143	1,912 4	908 29	1,004 -25
2015-16	13,078 -351	11,200 -317	5,320 -237	5,880 -80	1,878 -34	888 -20	990 -14
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
Average	12,733	10,702	4,770	5,933	2,030	874	1,156

Idaho State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 10,702 where 10,017 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Idaho State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,905	7,441	3,657	3,784	4,464	1,878	2,586
2013-14	11,418	7,016	3,462	3,554	4,402	1,853	2,549
2014-15	11,517	7,214	3,754	3,460	4,303	1,803	2,500
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
Average	10,702	10,702	2,978	3,392	10,702	1,792	2,541

Idaho State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,030 where 2,284 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Idaho State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,947	1,260	568	692	687	318	369
2013-14	1,908	1,215	570	645	693	309	384
2014-15	1,912	1,216	596	620	696	312	384
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
Average	2,030	2,030	584	736	2,030	290	421

Idaho State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.01%. The percentage was 76.59% 10 years ago and ISU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.54% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.30% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Idaho State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	159	191	137	1,024	29	10,609	251
2013-14	122	193	123	1,070	36	9,921	290
2014-15	141	179	156	1,122	28	9,640	311
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
Average	152	200	142	1,300	31	9,305	333

Idaho State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,517 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 79.91% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Idaho State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	13,429	1,399	4,623	7,407
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
Average	12,543	1,899	4,509	6,134

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