Enrollment Trends at IUE

The student population at Indiana University-East is 3,203 (2,951 undergraduate and 252 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,513 (32.08%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at IUE is 92.13% which is decreased by 1,611 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 98 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, down from 57 in 2015.
2,254 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 27.78% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,595 where 3,203 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 4,716 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,985 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,716 to 3,203 students, a net loss of 1,513 (32.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,716	4,562	1,678	2,884	154	32	122
2016-17	4,479 -237	4,287 -275	1,544 -134	2,743 -141	192 38	46 14	146 24
2017-18	3,490 -989	3,292 -995	1,201 -343	2,091 -652	198 6	40 -6	158 12
2018-19	3,722 232	3,379 87	1,222 21	2,157 66	343 145	79 39	264 106
2019-20	3,766 44	3,500 121	1,264 42	2,236 79	266 -77	82 3	184 -80
2020-21	3,434 -332	3,200 -300	1,123 -141	2,077 -159	234 -32	75 -7	159 -25
2021-22	3,111 -323	2,887 -313	1,000 -123	1,887 -190	224 -10	72 -3	152 -7
2022-23	3,039 -72	2,786 -101	972 -28	1,814 -73	253 29	80 8	173 21
2023-24	2,985 -54	2,746 -40	945 -27	1,801 -13	239 -14	80	159 -14
2024-25	3,203 218	2,951 205	1,005 60	1,946 145	252 13	84 4	168 9
Average	3,595	3,359	1,195	2,164	236	67	169

Indiana University-East Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,359 where 2,951 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-East since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,562	1,964	667	1,297	2,598	1,011	1,587
2016-17	4,287	1,868	607	1,261	2,419	937	1,482
2017-18	3,292	1,887	656	1,231	1,405	545	860
2018-19	3,379	1,986	645	1,341	1,393	577	816
2019-20	3,500	2,031	640	1,391	1,469	624	845
2020-21	3,200	1,916	598	1,318	1,284	525	759
2021-22	2,887	1,666	495	1,171	1,221	505	716
2022-23	2,786	1,590	497	1,093	1,196	475	721
2023-24	2,746	1,582	492	1,090	1,164	453	711
2024-25	2,951	1,702	531	1,171	1,249	474	775
Average	3,359	3,359	583	1,236	3,359	613	927

Indiana University-East Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 236 where 252 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-East since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	154	36	10	26	118	22	96
2016-17	192	25	8	17	167	38	129
2017-18	198	12	4	8	186	36	150
2018-19	343	15	2	13	328	77	251
2019-20	266	41	9	32	225	73	152
2020-21	234	8	1	7	226	74	152
2021-22	224	12	5	7	212	67	145
2022-23	253	20	4	16	233	76	157
2023-24	239	23	5	18	216	75	141
2024-25	252	39	8	31	213	76	137
Average	236	236	6	18	236	61	151

Indiana University-East Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.68%. The percentage was 79.07% 10 years ago and IUE still has a high percentage of white students. 3.12% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.46% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.52% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.07% to 73.68%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.23% to 3.12%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.31% to 6.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.42% to 7.52%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4436 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3724 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-East 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	14	58	156	114	2	3,729	105
2016-17	12	54	173	116	2	3,777	115
2017-18	14	37	173	134	1	2,947	98
2018-19	10	46	189	150	0	2,917	103
2019-20	7	53	197	168	3	2,866	138
2020-21	3	52	196	197	0	2,642	128
2021-22	3	50	173	173	0	2,415	112
2022-23	4	74	168	205	1	2,308	131
2023-24	1	83	165	207	3	2,261	144
2024-25	3	100	207	241	3	2,360	167
Average	7	61	180	171	2	2,822	124

Indiana University-East Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,254 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 71% of total students. The number of online students has increased 27.78% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Indiana University-East from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,716	1,764	885	2,067
2016-17	4,479	1,803	835	1,841
2017-18	3,490	1,822	799	869
2018-19	3,722	2,136	767	819
2019-20	3,766	2,214	775	777
2020-21	3,434	2,514	813	107
2021-22	3,111	2,069	555	487
2022-23	3,039	2,031	550	458
2023-24	2,985	2,067	528	390
2024-25	3,203	2,254	570	379
Average	3,595	2,067	708	819

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Enrollment Trends at IUE

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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