Enrollment Trends at UNI

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,337 where 9,278 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

83.11% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.89% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,458 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 245 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.75 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UNI than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Northern Iowa since 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,816 where 7,711 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 University of Northern Iowa since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,521 where 1,567 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 University of Northern Iowa since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 82.90%. The percentage was 82.36% 10 years ago and UNI still has a high percentage of white students. 1.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.33% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.76% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 82.36% to 82.90%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.11% to 1.61%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.94% to 3.33%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.16% to 5.76%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3074 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.3193 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Northern Iowa over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

1,482 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 113.54% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Northern Iowa from 2015 to 2025.