Enrollment Trends at ISU

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,125 where 7,895 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

78.83% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.17% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 5,033 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 656 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 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 Indiana State University since 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,171 where 6,224 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 Indiana State University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,954 where 1,671 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 Indiana State University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 66.46%. The percentage was 65.78% 10 years ago and ISU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.94% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.57% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 65.78% to 66.46%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.31% to 1.94%. Black student enrollment decreased from 16.78% to 15.57%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.37% to 6.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5273 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5368 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

2,163 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 27% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3.34% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Indiana State University from 2015 to 2025.