Enrollment Trends at UIC

The student population at University of Illinois Chicago is 33,747 (21,807 undergraduate and 11,940 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 5,872 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UIC is 64.62% which is increased by 5,129 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 743 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

4,049 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 248.15% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 30,733 where 33,747 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

64.62% of total students is undergraduate students and 35.38% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 5,129 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 743 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in UIC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Illinois Chicago since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	27,875	16,678	8,093	8,585	11,197	4,612	6,585
2013-14	28,038 163	16,671 -7	8,274 181	8,397 -188	11,367 170	4,586 -26	6,781 196
2014-15	27,969 -69	16,718 47	8,328 54	8,390 -7	11,251 -116	4,631 45	6,620 -161
2015-16	29,048 1,079	17,575 857	8,770 442	8,805 415	11,473 222	4,924 293	6,549 -71
2016-17	29,120 72	17,959 384	8,934 164	9,025 220	11,161 -312	4,785 -139	6,376 -173
2017-18	30,539 1,419	19,448 1,489	9,631 697	9,817 792	11,091 -70	4,752 -33	6,339 -37
2018-19	31,683 1,144	20,783 1,335	10,110 479	10,673 856	10,900 -191	4,548 -204	6,352 13
2019-20	32,324 641	21,641 858	10,439 329	11,202 529	10,683 -217	4,385 -163	6,298 -54
2020-21	33,518 1,194	21,921 280	10,473 34	11,448 246	11,597 914	4,685 300	6,912 614
2021-22	34,199 681	22,279 358	10,437 -36	11,842 394	11,920 323	4,752 67	7,168 256
2022-23	33,747 -452	21,807 -472	10,226 -211	11,581 -261	11,940 20	4,743 -9	7,197 29
Average	30,733	19,407	9,429	9,979	11,325	4,673	6,652

University of Illinois Chicago Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 19,407 where 21,807 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 University of Illinois Chicago since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	16,678	15,381	7,443	7,938	1,297	650	647
2013-14	16,671	15,402	7,592	7,810	1,269	682	587
2014-15	16,718	15,459	7,662	7,797	1,259	666	593
2015-16	17,575	16,176	7,988	8,188	1,399	782	617
2016-17	17,959	16,517	8,154	8,363	1,442	780	662
2017-18	19,448	17,961	8,805	9,156	1,487	826	661
2018-19	20,783	19,254	9,324	9,930	1,529	786	743
2019-20	21,641	20,195	9,688	10,507	1,446	751	695
2020-21	21,921	20,023	9,485	10,538	1,898	988	910
2021-22	22,279	20,071	9,370	10,701	2,208	1,067	1,141
2022-23	21,807	19,728	9,222	10,506	2,079	1,004	1,075
Average	19,407	19,407	8,612	9,221	19,407	817	757

University of Illinois Chicago Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 11,325 where 11,940 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 University of Illinois Chicago since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,197	7,690	3,392	4,298	3,507	1,220	2,287
2013-14	11,367	7,837	3,409	4,428	3,530	1,177	2,353
2014-15	11,251	7,804	3,453	4,351	3,447	1,178	2,269
2015-16	11,473	8,107	3,763	4,344	3,366	1,161	2,205
2016-17	11,161	7,992	3,679	4,313	3,169	1,106	2,063
2017-18	11,091	7,966	3,644	4,322	3,125	1,108	2,017
2018-19	10,900	7,863	3,493	4,370	3,037	1,055	1,982
2019-20	10,683	7,649	3,359	4,290	3,034	1,026	2,008
2020-21	11,597	8,032	3,453	4,579	3,565	1,232	2,333
2021-22	11,920	8,416	3,559	4,857	3,504	1,193	2,311
2022-23	11,940	8,332	3,430	4,902	3,608	1,313	2,295
Average	11,325	11,325	3,512	4,459	11,325	1,161	2,193

University of Illinois Chicago Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.24% and the percentage of black students is 8.15% at University of Illinois Chicago. 18.05% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Illinois Chicago 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	31	5,096	2,245	4,901	100	12,103	595
2013-14	35	5,205	2,197	5,162	93	11,676	633
2014-15	29	5,229	2,194	5,435	63	11,211	618
2015-16	26	5,331	2,283	6,036	49	10,964	695
2016-17	28	5,424	2,331	6,587	21	10,531	772
2017-18	27	5,696	2,405	7,486	24	10,324	808
2018-19	28	5,786	2,471	8,135	21	10,324	857
2019-20	22	5,890	2,506	8,495	12	9,935	875
2020-21	22	6,042	2,708	9,014	13	10,487	934
2021-22	24	6,232	2,751	9,416	9	10,154	985
2022-23	23	6,093	2,750	9,473	7	9,531	962
Average	27	5,639	2,440	7,285	37	10,658	794

University of Illinois Chicago Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,049 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 248.15% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Illinois Chicago from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	27,969	1,163	3,834	22,972
2015-16	29,048	1,224	3,689	24,135
2016-17	29,120	1,138	3,570	24,412
2017-18	30,539	1,076	5,328	24,135
2018-19	31,683	1,099	5,751	24,833
2019-20	32,324	1,110	6,609	24,605
2020-21	33,518	26,134	6,795	589
2021-22	34,199	11,850	19,768	2,581
2022-23	33,747	4,049	20,091	9,607
Average	31,350	5,427	8,382	17,541

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