Enrollment Trends at SIUE

The student population at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is 11,893 (8,945 undergraduate and 2,948 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,372 (16.63%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SIUE is 75.21% which is decreased by 2,836 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 464 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 73 male students for every 100 female students, down from 84 in 2015.
1,999 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 250.70% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,087 where 11,893 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 14,265 students in 2016 and was lowest at 11,893 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 14,265 to 11,893 students, a net loss of 2,372 (16.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	14,265	11,781	5,493	6,288	2,484	1,007	1,477
2016-17	14,142 -123	11,720 -61	5,514 21	6,206 -82	2,422 -62	965 -42	1,457 -20
2017-18	13,796 -346	11,402 -318	5,364 -150	6,038 -168	2,394 -28	951 -14	1,443 -14
2018-19	13,281 -515	10,833 -569	5,071 -293	5,762 -276	2,448 54	947 -4	1,501 58
2019-20	13,061 -220	10,400 -433	4,798 -273	5,602 -160	2,661 213	1,026 79	1,635 134
2020-21	12,860 -201	9,942 -458	4,378 -420	5,564 -38	2,918 257	1,099 73	1,819 184
2021-22	13,010 150	9,967 25	4,261 -117	5,706 142	3,043 125	1,158 59	1,885 66
2022-23	12,519 -491	9,321 -646	3,985 -276	5,336 -370	3,198 155	1,274 116	1,924 39
2023-24	12,045 -474	8,975 -346	3,918 -67	5,057 -279	3,070 -128	1,245 -29	1,825 -99
2024-25	11,893 -152	8,945 -30	3,804 -114	5,141 84	2,948 -122	1,209 -36	1,739 -86
Average	13,087	10,329	4,659	5,670	2,759	1,088	1,671

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,329 where 8,945 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,781	9,953	4,661	5,292	1,828	832	996
2016-17	11,720	9,908	4,729	5,179	1,812	785	1,027
2017-18	11,402	9,550	4,554	4,996	1,852	810	1,042
2018-19	10,833	8,979	4,301	4,678	1,854	770	1,084
2019-20	10,400	8,615	4,057	4,558	1,785	741	1,044
2020-21	9,942	8,071	3,638	4,433	1,871	740	1,131
2021-22	9,967	8,089	3,511	4,578	1,878	750	1,128
2022-23	9,321	7,709	3,312	4,397	1,612	673	939
2023-24	8,975	7,530	3,320	4,210	1,445	598	847
2024-25	8,945	7,477	3,188	4,289	1,468	616	852
Average	10,329	10,329	3,927	4,661	10,329	732	1,009

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,759 where 2,948 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,484	1,245	541	704	1,239	466	773
2016-17	2,422	1,229	519	710	1,193	446	747
2017-18	2,394	1,225	490	735	1,169	461	708
2018-19	2,448	1,274	503	771	1,174	444	730
2019-20	2,661	1,268	530	738	1,393	496	897
2020-21	2,918	1,295	510	785	1,623	589	1,034
2021-22	3,043	1,318	531	787	1,725	627	1,098
2022-23	3,198	1,566	688	878	1,632	586	1,046
2023-24	3,070	1,437	620	817	1,633	625	1,008
2024-25	2,948	1,442	659	783	1,506	550	956
Average	2,759	2,759	559	771	2,759	529	900

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.61%. The percentage was 72.37% 10 years ago and SIUE still has a high percentage of white students. 2.48% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.92% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.37% to 58.61%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.86% to 2.48%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.89% to 13.92%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.76% to 5.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6322 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4542 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville 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	31	266	1,982	537	14	10,324	426
2016-17	38	286	1,871	560	18	10,289	430
2017-18	34	299	1,784	593	13	10,042	430
2018-19	31	327	1,699	571	19	9,592	435
2019-20	27	331	1,683	576	18	9,335	457
2020-21	25	352	1,595	637	18	9,149	442
2021-22	19	343	1,706	686	13	8,834	424
2022-23	18	319	1,565	722	16	7,888	418
2023-24	22	327	1,578	698	14	7,286	395
2024-25	23	295	1,655	705	14	6,971	332
Average	27	315	1,712	629	16	8,971	419

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,999 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 250.70% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	14,265	570	1,292	12,403
2016-17	14,142	734	1,884	11,524
2017-18	13,796	854	1,736	11,206
2018-19	13,281	954	1,754	10,573
2019-20	13,061	1,269	2,037	9,755
2020-21	12,860	4,656	7,596	608
2021-22	13,010	2,990	7,500	2,520
2022-23	12,519	1,951	3,927	6,641
2023-24	12,045	1,941	3,493	6,611
2024-25	11,893	1,999	3,314	6,580
Average	13,087	1,792	3,453	7,842

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Enrollment Trends at SIUE

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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