Enrollment Trends at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

The student population at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is 11,107 (8,000 undergraduate and 3,107 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 7,740 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale is 72.03% which is decreased by 6,130 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,610 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

1,883 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 25.18% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 14,626 where 11,107 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

72.03% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.97% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 6,130 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,610 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	18,847	14,130	7,835	6,295	4,717	2,372	2,345
2013-14	17,964 -883	13,306 -824	7,281 -554	6,025 -270	4,658 -59	2,363 -9	2,295 -50
2014-15	17,989 25	13,461 155	7,313 32	6,148 123	4,528 -130	2,358 -5	2,170 -125
2015-16	17,292 -697	13,031 -430	7,078 -235	5,953 -195	4,261 -267	2,136 -222	2,125 -45
2016-17	15,987 -1,305	12,182 -849	6,646 -432	5,536 -417	3,805 -456	1,937 -199	1,868 -257
2017-18	14,554 -1,433	10,987 -1,195	5,887 -759	5,100 -436	3,567 -238	1,798 -139	1,769 -99
2018-19	12,817 -1,737	9,552 -1,435	5,193 -694	4,359 -741	3,265 -302	1,594 -204	1,671 -98
2019-20	11,695 -1,122	8,466 -1,086	4,540 -653	3,926 -433	3,229 -36	1,492 -102	1,737 66
2020-21	11,366 -329	8,299 -167	4,316 -224	3,983 57	3,067 -162	1,453 -39	1,614 -123
2021-22	11,266 -100	8,147 -152	4,189 -127	3,958 -25	3,119 52	1,444 -9	1,675 61
2022-23	11,107 -159	8,000 -147	3,978 -211	4,022 64	3,107 -12	1,462 18	1,645 -30
Average	14,626	10,869	5,841	5,028	3,757	1,855	1,901

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 10,869 where 8,000 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	14,130	12,387	6,819	5,568	1,743	1,016	727
2013-14	13,306	11,803	6,403	5,400	1,503	878	625
2014-15	13,461	11,873	6,407	5,466	1,588	906	682
2015-16	13,031	11,371	6,124	5,247	1,660	954	706
2016-17	12,182	10,554	5,668	4,886	1,628	978	650
2017-18	10,987	9,455	5,000	4,455	1,532	887	645
2018-19	9,552	8,088	4,317	3,771	1,464	876	588
2019-20	8,466	7,150	3,776	3,374	1,316	764	552
2020-21	8,299	6,796	3,431	3,365	1,503	885	618
2021-22	8,147	6,754	3,414	3,340	1,393	775	618
2022-23	8,000	6,715	3,251	3,464	1,285	727	558
Average	10,869	10,869	4,965	4,394	10,869	877	634

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,757 where 3,107 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,717	2,674	1,399	1,275	2,043	973	1,070
2013-14	4,658	2,675	1,371	1,304	1,983	992	991
2014-15	4,528	2,748	1,422	1,326	1,780	936	844
2015-16	4,261	2,589	1,281	1,308	1,672	855	817
2016-17	3,805	2,364	1,193	1,171	1,441	744	697
2017-18	3,567	2,422	1,245	1,177	1,145	553	592
2018-19	3,265	2,298	1,111	1,187	967	483	484
2019-20	3,229	2,227	1,047	1,180	1,002	445	557
2020-21	3,067	1,879	850	1,029	1,188	603	585
2021-22	3,119	1,883	830	1,053	1,236	614	622
2022-23	3,107	2,098	948	1,150	1,009	514	495
Average	3,757	3,757	1,154	1,196	3,757	701	705

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.78%. The percentage was 63.59% 10 years ago and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale still has a high percentage of white students. 2.52% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.99% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	59	361	3,522	1,069	31	11,985	448
2013-14	52	365	3,111	1,101	20	11,359	461
2014-15	46	328	3,115	1,199	18	10,967	474
2015-16	37	321	2,890	1,265	13	10,695	482
2016-17	33	317	2,509	1,224	14	10,039	477
2017-18	39	318	2,182	1,131	12	9,121	476
2018-19	30	297	1,832	1,020	8	8,138	382
2019-20	40	278	1,564	961	11	7,557	329
2020-21	26	285	1,554	961	11	7,301	295
2021-22	23	280	1,613	949	11	7,181	324
2022-23	26	280	1,665	897	12	7,084	335
Average	37	312	2,323	1,071	15	9,221	408

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,883 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 25.18% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	17,989	0	2,244	15,745
2015-16	17,292	0	2,837	14,455
2016-17	15,987	0	3,235	12,752
2017-18	14,554	0	3,460	11,094
2018-19	12,817	2,095	2,504	8,218
2019-20	11,695	2,086	2,331	7,278
2020-21	11,366	1,725	2,592	7,049
2021-22	11,266	1,933	2,640	6,693
2022-23	11,107	1,883	2,809	6,415
Average	13,786	1,080	2,739	9,967

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