Enrollment Trends at IUPUI

The student population at Indiana University-Indianapolis is 22,534 (14,504 undergraduate and 8,030 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 7,571 (25.15%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at IUPUI is 64.36% which is decreased by 7,481 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 90 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 53 male students for every 100 female students, down from 78 in 2015.
3,022 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 51.18% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 27,991 where 22,534 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 30,105 to 22,534 students, a loss of 7,571 (25.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	30,105	21,985	9,599	12,386	8,120	3,624	4,496
2016-17	29,804 -301	21,748 -237	9,503 -96	12,245 -141	8,056 -64	3,611 -13	4,445 -51
2017-18	29,791 -13	21,610 -138	9,427 -76	12,183 -62	8,181 125	3,637 26	4,544 99
2018-19	29,579 -212	21,246 -364	8,944 -483	12,302 119	8,333 152	3,538 -99	4,795 251
2019-20	29,537 -42	21,173 -73	8,802 -142	12,371 69	8,364 31	3,442 -96	4,922 127
2020-21	29,390 -147	20,966 -207	8,477 -325	12,489 118	8,424 60	3,320 -122	5,104 182
2021-22	27,690 -1,700	19,197 -1,769	7,777 -700	11,420 -1,069	8,493 69	3,166 -154	5,327 223
2022-23	25,979 -1,711	17,727 -1,470	7,195 -582	10,532 -888	8,252 -241	3,084 -82	5,168 -159
2023-24	25,497 -482	17,037 -690	6,842 -353	10,195 -337	8,460 208	3,154 70	5,306 138
2024-25	22,534 -2,963	14,504 -2,533	4,912 -1,930	9,592 -603	8,030 -430	2,912 -242	5,118 -188
Average	27,991	19,719	8,148	11,572	8,271	3,349	4,923

Indiana University-Indianapolis Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 19,719 where 14,504 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-Indianapolis since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	21,985	17,051	7,368	9,683	4,934	2,231	2,703
2016-17	21,748	17,389	7,523	9,866	4,359	1,980	2,379
2017-18	21,610	17,521	7,469	10,052	4,089	1,958	2,131
2018-19	21,246	17,555	7,230	10,325	3,691	1,714	1,977
2019-20	21,173	17,630	7,190	10,440	3,543	1,612	1,931
2020-21	20,966	17,311	6,865	10,446	3,655	1,612	2,043
2021-22	19,197	15,922	6,360	9,562	3,275	1,417	1,858
2022-23	17,727	14,971	5,954	9,017	2,756	1,241	1,515
2023-24	17,037	14,314	5,636	8,678	2,723	1,206	1,517
2024-25	14,504	12,160	3,939	8,221	2,344	973	1,371
Average	19,719	19,719	6,553	9,629	19,719	1,594	1,943

Indiana University-Indianapolis Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 8,271 where 8,030 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-Indianapolis since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,120	4,575	2,130	2,445	3,545	1,494	2,051
2016-17	8,056	4,659	2,181	2,478	3,397	1,430	1,967
2017-18	8,181	4,784	2,241	2,543	3,397	1,396	2,001
2018-19	8,333	4,820	2,203	2,617	3,513	1,335	2,178
2019-20	8,364	4,991	2,301	2,690	3,373	1,141	2,232
2020-21	8,424	4,946	2,131	2,815	3,478	1,189	2,289
2021-22	8,493	5,097	2,110	2,987	3,396	1,056	2,340
2022-23	8,252	5,033	2,093	2,940	3,219	991	2,228
2023-24	8,460	5,389	2,237	3,152	3,071	917	2,154
2024-25	8,030	5,095	2,114	2,981	2,935	798	2,137
Average	8,271	8,271	2,174	2,765	8,271	1,175	2,158

Indiana University-Indianapolis Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.28%. The percentage was 69.55% 10 years ago and IUPUI still has a high percentage of white students. 8.08% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.13% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.55% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.55% to 56.28%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.46% to 8.08%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.32% to 11.13%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.57% to 12.55%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6459 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5014 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-Indianapolis 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	28	1,342	2,807	1,677	24	20,938	1,015
2016-17	26	1,390	2,828	1,847	21	20,413	1,042
2017-18	28	1,497	2,717	2,002	18	20,121	1,149
2018-19	23	1,614	2,612	2,171	13	19,842	1,223
2019-20	28	1,742	2,681	2,436	8	19,367	1,255
2020-21	23	1,830	2,740	2,701	7	19,143	1,325
2021-22	17	1,864	2,576	2,778	7	17,488	1,291
2022-23	17	1,898	2,428	2,841	4	15,703	1,268
2023-24	17	1,923	2,555	2,968	3	14,723	1,283
2024-25	17	1,820	2,509	2,829	7	12,683	1,163
Average	22	1,692	2,645	2,425	11	18,042	1,201

Indiana University-Indianapolis Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,022 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 51.18% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Indiana University-Indianapolis from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	30,105	1,999	7,808	20,298
2016-17	29,804	1,947	8,650	19,207
2017-18	29,791	2,103	9,082	18,606
2018-19	29,579	2,233	9,387	17,959
2019-20	29,537	2,373	9,788	17,376
2020-21	29,390	8,459	17,603	3,328
2021-22	27,690	3,576	11,579	12,535
2022-23	25,979	3,059	10,903	12,017
2023-24	25,497	3,154	10,825	11,518
2024-25	22,534	3,022	9,340	10,172
Average	27,991	3,193	10,497	14,302

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Enrollment Trends at IUPUI

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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