Enrollment Trends at IUSB

The student population at Indiana University-South Bend is 4,631 (4,083 undergraduate and 548 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,943 (38.86%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at IUSB is 88.17% which is decreased by 2,933 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 10 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 51 male students for every 100 female students, down from 64 in 2015.
756 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 204.84% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,324 where 4,631 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 7,574 students in 2016 and was lowest at 4,326 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 7,574 to 4,631 students, a net loss of 2,943 (38.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,574	7,016	2,768	4,248	558	192	366
2016-17	7,185 -389	6,653 -363	2,626 -142	4,027 -221	532 -26	177 -15	355 -11
2017-18	5,385 -1,800	4,876 -1,777	1,862 -764	3,014 -1,013	509 -23	162 -15	347 -8
2018-19	5,214 -171	4,707 -169	1,727 -135	2,980 -34	507 -2	150 -12	357 10
2019-20	5,092 -122	4,551 -156	1,643 -84	2,908 -72	541 34	149 -1	392 35
2020-21	4,942 -150	4,375 -176	1,550 -93	2,825 -83	567 26	163 14	404 12
2021-22	4,449 -493	3,865 -510	1,366 -184	2,499 -326	584 17	159 -4	425 21
2022-23	4,326 -123	3,753 -112	1,312 -54	2,441 -58	573 -11	131 -28	442 17
2023-24	4,446 120	3,918 165	1,374 62	2,544 103	528 -45	130 -1	398 -44
2024-25	4,631 185	4,083 165	1,420 46	2,663 119	548 20	141 11	407 9
Average	5,324	4,780	1,765	3,015	545	155	389

Indiana University-South Bend Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,780 where 4,083 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-South Bend since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,016	3,851	1,500	2,351	3,165	1,268	1,897
2016-17	6,653	3,815	1,495	2,320	2,838	1,131	1,707
2017-18	4,876	3,767	1,431	2,336	1,109	431	678
2018-19	4,707	3,614	1,314	2,300	1,093	413	680
2019-20	4,551	3,481	1,244	2,237	1,070	399	671
2020-21	4,375	3,350	1,166	2,184	1,025	384	641
2021-22	3,865	2,869	992	1,877	996	374	622
2022-23	3,753	2,848	976	1,872	905	336	569
2023-24	3,918	2,994	1,040	1,954	924	334	590
2024-25	4,083	3,080	1,059	2,021	1,003	361	642
Average	4,780	4,780	1,222	2,145	4,780	543	870

Indiana University-South Bend Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 545 where 548 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-South Bend since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	558	104	35	69	454	157	297
2016-17	532	126	37	89	406	140	266
2017-18	509	106	30	76	403	132	271
2018-19	507	103	29	74	404	121	283
2019-20	541	102	24	78	439	125	314
2020-21	567	127	35	92	440	128	312
2021-22	584	142	32	110	442	127	315
2022-23	573	181	33	148	392	98	294
2023-24	528	175	38	137	353	92	261
2024-25	548	191	45	146	357	96	261
Average	545	545	34	102	545	122	287

Indiana University-South Bend Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.10%. The percentage was 68.00% 10 years ago and IUSB still has a high percentage of white students. 2.12% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.31% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 20.88% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 68.00% to 60.10%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.47% to 2.12%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.54% to 8.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.55% to 20.88%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5848 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5267 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-South Bend 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	22	111	495	572	3	5,150	212
2016-17	17	136	480	699	4	5,234	217
2017-18	14	92	437	574	4	3,839	211
2018-19	9	88	447	586	5	3,632	221
2019-20	6	97	417	675	4	3,452	236
2020-21	7	100	393	716	2	3,286	263
2021-22	4	96	374	685	1	2,925	220
2022-23	7	91	367	785	0	2,734	235
2023-24	9	90	369	881	1	2,753	238
2024-25	6	98	385	967	2	2,783	259
Average	10	100	416	714	3	3,579	231

Indiana University-South Bend Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

756 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 204.84% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Indiana University-South Bend from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	7,574	248	1,787	5,539
2016-17	7,185	239	2,012	4,934
2017-18	5,385	265	2,077	3,043
2018-19	5,214	334	2,088	2,792
2019-20	5,092	366	2,083	2,643
2020-21	4,942	2,421	2,260	261
2021-22	4,449	712	2,224	1,513
2022-23	4,326	664	2,139	1,523
2023-24	4,446	668	2,186	1,592
2024-25	4,631	756	2,294	1,581
Average	5,324	667	2,115	2,542

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Enrollment Trends at IUSB

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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