Enrollment Trends at IUN

The student population at Indiana University-Northwest is 3,041 (2,778 undergraduate and 263 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,807 (48.00%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at IUN is 91.35% which is decreased by 2,708 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 99 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 36 male students for every 100 female students, down from 51 in 2015.
805 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 103.80% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,988 where 3,041 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 5,848 to 3,041 students, a loss of 2,807 (48%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,848	5,486	1,852	3,634	362	113	249
2016-17	5,591 -257	5,244 -242	1,792 -60	3,452 -182	347 -15	113	234 -15
2017-18	4,055 -1,536	3,700 -1,544	1,099 -693	2,601 -851	355 8	109 -4	246 12
2018-19	3,959 -96	3,534 -166	1,051 -48	2,483 -118	425 70	138 29	287 41
2019-20	3,877 -82	3,454 -80	978 -73	2,476 -7	423 -2	115 -23	308 21
2020-21	3,801 -76	3,414 -40	943 -35	2,471 -5	387 -36	91 -24	296 -12
2021-22	3,460 -341	3,063 -351	819 -124	2,244 -227	397 10	102 11	295 -1
2022-23	3,198 -262	2,860 -203	727 -92	2,133 -111	338 -59	79 -23	259 -36
2023-24	3,045 -153	2,787 -73	745 18	2,042 -91	258 -80	71 -8	187 -72
2024-25	3,041 -4	2,778 -9	732 -13	2,046 4	263 5	80 9	183 -4
Average	3,988	3,632	1,074	2,558	356	101	254

Indiana University-Northwest Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,632 where 2,778 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-Northwest since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,486	2,957	957	2,000	2,529	895	1,634
2016-17	5,244	2,776	898	1,878	2,468	894	1,574
2017-18	3,700	2,608	794	1,814	1,092	305	787
2018-19	3,534	2,515	778	1,737	1,019	273	746
2019-20	3,454	2,515	726	1,789	939	252	687
2020-21	3,414	2,476	698	1,778	938	245	693
2021-22	3,063	2,206	597	1,609	857	222	635
2022-23	2,860	1,975	512	1,463	885	215	670
2023-24	2,787	1,930	539	1,391	857	206	651
2024-25	2,778	2,040	565	1,475	738	167	571
Average	3,632	3,632	706	1,693	3,632	367	865

Indiana University-Northwest Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 356 where 263 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-Northwest since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	362	94	40	54	268	73	195
2016-17	347	100	34	66	247	79	168
2017-18	355	119	52	67	236	57	179
2018-19	425	126	52	74	299	86	213
2019-20	423	123	41	82	300	74	226
2020-21	387	90	19	71	297	72	225
2021-22	397	102	28	74	295	74	221
2022-23	338	99	19	80	239	60	179
2023-24	258	82	22	60	176	49	127
2024-25	263	79	22	57	184	58	126
Average	356	356	33	69	356	68	186

Indiana University-Northwest Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.78% and the percentage of black students is 20.75% at Indiana University-Northwest. 2.76% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 27.89% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 49.30% to 42.78%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.98% to 2.76%. Black student enrollment increased from 15.08% to 20.75%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.62% to 27.89%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6935 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7056 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Indiana University-Northwest 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	15	116	882	972	2	2,883	137
2016-17	7	122	768	996	1	2,652	121
2017-18	7	112	746	876	0	2,136	114
2018-19	7	113	628	905	0	2,109	107
2019-20	2	107	640	900	2	2,008	146
2020-21	3	106	637	950	2	1,905	126
2021-22	3	106	595	897	1	1,670	135
2022-23	1	95	584	866	1	1,483	114
2023-24	2	85	583	853	0	1,360	123
2024-25	3	84	631	848	1	1,301	133
Average	5	105	669	906	1	1,951	126

Indiana University-Northwest Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

805 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 103.80% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Indiana University-Northwest from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,848	395	1,644	3,809
2016-17	5,591	358	1,688	3,545
2017-18	4,055	378	1,666	2,011
2018-19	3,959	461	1,747	1,751
2019-20	3,877	462	1,747	1,668
2020-21	3,801	1,278	2,167	356
2021-22	3,460	696	1,755	1,009
2022-23	3,198	735	1,590	873
2023-24	3,045	765	1,403	877
2024-25	3,041	805	1,520	716
Average	3,988	633	1,693	1,662

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Enrollment Trends at IUN

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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