Enrollment Trends at IU

The student population at Indiana University-Bloomington is 48,424 (38,093 undergraduate and 10,331 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 90 (0.19%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at IU is 78.67% which is decreased by 271 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 181 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 101 male students for every 100 female students, up from 99 in 2015.
3,249 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 49.45% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 46,003 where 48,424 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 49,695 students in 2017 and was lowest at 43,064 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 48,514 to 48,424 students, a net loss of 90 (0.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	48,514	38,364	18,688	19,676	10,150	5,462	4,688
2016-17	49,695 1,181	39,184 820	19,200 512	19,984 308	10,511 361	5,720 258	4,791 103
2017-18	43,710 -5,985	33,429 -5,755	16,894 -2,306	16,535 -3,449	10,281 -230	5,575 -145	4,706 -85
2018-19	43,503 -207	33,301 -128	16,752 -142	16,549 14	10,202 -79	5,445 -130	4,757 51
2019-20	43,260 -243	33,084 -217	16,753 1	16,331 -218	10,176 -26	5,348 -97	4,828 71
2020-21	43,064 -196	32,986 -98	16,516 -237	16,470 139	10,078 -98	5,348	4,730 -98
2021-22	45,328 2,264	34,253 1,267	17,152 636	17,101 631	11,075 997	5,883 535	5,192 462
2022-23	47,005 1,677	35,660 1,407	17,953 801	17,707 606	11,345 270	6,055 172	5,290 98
2023-24	47,527 522	36,833 1,173	18,492 539	18,341 634	10,694 -651	5,500 -555	5,194 -96
2024-25	48,424 897	38,093 1,260	19,082 590	19,011 670	10,331 -363	5,196 -304	5,135 -59
Average	46,003	35,519	17,748	17,771	10,484	5,553	4,931

Indiana University-Bloomington Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 35,519 where 38,093 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 University-Bloomington since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	38,364	31,728	15,877	15,851	6,636	2,811	3,825
2016-17	39,184	32,005	16,131	15,874	7,179	3,069	4,110
2017-18	33,429	32,212	16,234	15,978	1,217	660	557
2018-19	33,301	32,109	16,156	15,953	1,192	596	596
2019-20	33,084	31,981	16,133	15,848	1,103	620	483
2020-21	32,986	31,632	15,807	15,825	1,354	709	645
2021-22	34,253	33,160	16,619	16,541	1,093	533	560
2022-23	35,660	34,665	17,393	17,272	995	560	435
2023-24	36,833	35,871	17,959	17,912	962	533	429
2024-25	38,093	37,127	18,563	18,564	966	519	447
Average	35,519	35,519	16,687	16,562	35,519	1,061	1,209

Indiana University-Bloomington Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 10,484 where 10,331 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 University-Bloomington since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,150	6,275	3,449	2,826	3,875	2,013	1,862
2016-17	10,511	6,393	3,534	2,859	4,118	2,186	1,932
2017-18	10,281	6,293	3,394	2,899	3,988	2,181	1,807
2018-19	10,202	6,202	3,280	2,922	4,000	2,165	1,835
2019-20	10,176	6,148	3,244	2,904	4,028	2,104	1,924
2020-21	10,078	5,952	3,157	2,795	4,126	2,191	1,935
2021-22	11,075	6,912	3,692	3,220	4,163	2,191	1,972
2022-23	11,345	7,258	3,877	3,381	4,087	2,178	1,909
2023-24	10,694	6,779	3,558	3,221	3,915	1,942	1,973
2024-25	10,331	6,574	3,408	3,166	3,757	1,788	1,969
Average	10,484	10,484	3,459	3,019	10,484	2,094	1,912

Indiana University-Bloomington Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.58%. The percentage was 65.11% 10 years ago and IU still has a high percentage of white students. 9.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.34% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.15% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.11% to 61.58%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.43% to 9.75%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.92% to 4.34%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.55% to 8.15%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6003 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5695 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Indiana University-Bloomington 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	65	2,150	1,903	2,209	20	31,589	1,472
2016-17	54	2,518	2,097	2,538	20	33,498	1,593
2017-18	44	2,335	1,929	2,442	17	28,916	1,534
2018-19	44	2,534	1,921	2,615	16	28,669	1,704
2019-20	39	2,687	1,908	2,827	11	28,375	1,782
2020-21	29	3,010	1,997	3,134	9	28,390	1,894
2021-22	21	3,519	1,932	3,317	13	29,424	2,051
2022-23	26	3,957	1,951	3,560	11	29,611	2,140
2023-24	15	4,291	1,955	3,736	15	29,606	2,341
2024-25	32	4,721	2,104	3,946	15	29,818	2,435
Average	37	3,172	1,970	3,032	15	29,790	1,895

Indiana University-Bloomington Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,249 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 49.45% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Indiana University-Bloomington from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	48,514	2,174	2,246	44,094
2016-17	49,695	2,615	3,586	43,494
2017-18	43,710	2,671	4,819	36,220
2018-19	43,503	2,788	5,026	35,689
2019-20	43,260	2,855	5,535	34,870
2020-21	43,064	16,304	23,767	2,993
2021-22	45,328	3,963	18,013	23,352
2022-23	47,005	3,617	16,361	27,027
2023-24	47,527	3,379	17,497	26,651
2024-25	48,424	3,249	17,945	27,230
Average	46,003	4,362	11,480	30,162

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Enrollment Trends at IU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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