Enrollment Trends at UI

The student population at University of Iowa is 30,015 (21,973 undergraduate and 8,042 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 114 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UI is 73.21% which is decreased by 26 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 88 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

3,200 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 34.34% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 30,728 where 30,015 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.21% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.79% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 26 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 88 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 UI than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	30,129	21,999	10,632	11,367	8,130	3,926	4,204
2013-14	29,748 -381	21,974 -25	10,550 -82	11,424 57	7,774 -356	3,822 -104	3,952 -252
2014-15	29,970 222	22,354 380	10,794 244	11,560 136	7,616 -158	3,715 -107	3,901 -51
2015-16	30,844 874	23,357 1,003	11,227 433	12,130 570	7,487 -129	3,671 -44	3,816 -85
2016-17	32,011 1,167	24,476 1,119	11,624 397	12,852 722	7,535 48	3,722 51	3,813 -3
2017-18	32,166 155	24,503 27	11,561 -63	12,942 90	7,663 128	3,729 7	3,934 121
2018-19	31,656 -510	23,989 -514	11,191 -370	12,798 -144	7,667 4	3,676 -53	3,991 57
2019-20	31,240 -416	23,482 -507	10,830 -361	12,652 -146	7,758 91	3,677 1	4,081 90
2020-21	30,318 -922	22,304 -1,178	10,091 -739	12,213 -439	8,014 256	3,700 23	4,314 233
2021-22	29,909 -409	21,608 -696	9,564 -527	12,044 -169	8,301 287	3,828 128	4,473 159
2022-23	30,015 106	21,973 365	9,651 87	12,322 278	8,042 -259	3,665 -163	4,377 -96
Average	30,728	22,911	10,701	12,209	7,817	3,739	4,078

University of Iowa Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 22,911 where 21,973 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 Iowa since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,999	19,639	9,535	10,104	2,360	1,097	1,263
2013-14	21,974	19,522	9,390	10,132	2,452	1,160	1,292
2014-15	22,354	19,546	9,384	10,162	2,808	1,410	1,398
2015-16	23,357	19,911	9,501	10,410	3,446	1,726	1,720
2016-17	24,476	20,868	9,906	10,962	3,608	1,718	1,890
2017-18	24,503	21,222	9,981	11,241	3,281	1,580	1,701
2018-19	23,989	21,690	10,075	11,615	2,299	1,116	1,183
2019-20	23,482	21,212	9,717	11,495	2,270	1,113	1,157
2020-21	22,304	20,227	9,089	11,138	2,077	1,002	1,075
2021-22	21,608	19,748	8,709	11,039	1,860	855	1,005
2022-23	21,973	20,255	8,866	11,389	1,718	785	933
Average	22,911	22,911	9,468	10,881	22,911	1,233	1,329

University of Iowa Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 7,817 where 8,042 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 Iowa since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,130	4,933	2,378	2,555	3,197	1,548	1,649
2013-14	7,774	4,773	2,288	2,485	3,001	1,534	1,467
2014-15	7,616	4,878	2,386	2,492	2,738	1,329	1,409
2015-16	7,487	4,709	2,302	2,407	2,778	1,369	1,409
2016-17	7,535	4,756	2,318	2,438	2,779	1,404	1,375
2017-18	7,663	4,750	2,282	2,468	2,913	1,447	1,466
2018-19	7,667	4,742	2,244	2,498	2,925	1,432	1,493
2019-20	7,758	5,452	2,564	2,888	2,306	1,113	1,193
2020-21	8,014	4,958	2,211	2,747	3,056	1,489	1,567
2021-22	8,301	5,106	2,276	2,830	3,195	1,552	1,643
2022-23	8,042	5,051	2,213	2,838	2,991	1,452	1,539
Average	7,817	7,817	2,315	2,604	7,817	1,424	1,474

University of Iowa Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.09%. The percentage was 71.48% 10 years ago and UI still has a high percentage of white students. 5.10% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.08% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Iowa 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	81	1,021	817	1,477	34	21,536	419
2013-14	59	1,010	818	1,582	26	20,741	626
2014-15	50	1,056	853	1,730	26	20,118	630
2015-16	50	1,238	959	1,984	28	20,558	720
2016-17	54	1,380	1,030	2,148	28	21,682	832
2017-18	57	1,452	1,031	2,196	24	22,315	925
2018-19	56	1,446	974	2,238	24	22,334	977
2019-20	61	1,425	940	2,283	20	22,338	998
2020-21	119	1,463	901	2,317	20	21,895	1,019
2021-22	45	1,548	949	2,370	19	21,504	1,029
2022-23	42	1,531	925	2,454	20	21,637	1,040
Average	61	1,325	927	2,071	24	21,514	838

University of Iowa Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,200 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 34.34% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Iowa from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	29,970	2,382	8,864	18,724
2015-16	30,844	2,622	10,162	18,060
2016-17	32,011	2,898	5,507	23,606
2017-18	32,166	3,062	6,301	22,803
2018-19	31,656	3,022	12,073	16,561
2019-20	31,240	3,003	12,669	15,568
2020-21	30,318	3,175	12,679	14,464
2021-22	29,909	3,393	12,975	13,541
2022-23	30,015	3,200	14,297	12,518
Average	30,903	2,973	10,614	17,316

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