Enrollment Trends at UIU

The student population at Upper Iowa University is 3,941 (3,054 undergraduate and 887 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 856 (17.84%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UIU is 77.49% which is decreased by 1,057 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 201 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, up from 59 in 2015.
2,959 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 65.77% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,993 where 3,941 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 4,943 students in 2018 and was lowest at 3,031 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,797 to 3,941 students, a net loss of 856 (17.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,797	4,111	1,565	2,546	686	220	466
2016-17	4,758 -39	3,991 -120	1,538 -27	2,453 -93	767 81	227 7	540 74
2017-18	4,943 185	4,271 280	1,634 96	2,637 184	672 -95	216 -11	456 -84
2018-19	4,392 -551	3,741 -530	1,462 -172	2,279 -358	651 -21	217 1	434 -22
2019-20	4,279 -113	3,680 -61	1,401 -61	2,279	599 -52	215 -2	384 -50
2020-21	3,610 -669	3,077 -603	1,187 -214	1,890 -389	533 -66	191 -24	342 -42
2021-22	3,031 -579	2,510 -567	1,011 -176	1,499 -391	521 -12	172 -19	349 7
2022-23	3,072 41	2,463 -47	1,051 40	1,412 -87	609 88	196 24	413 64
2023-24	3,102 30	2,504 41	1,137 86	1,367 -45	598 -11	169 -27	429 16
2024-25	3,941 839	3,054 550	1,458 321	1,596 229	887 289	233 64	654 225
Average	3,993	3,340	1,344	1,996	652	206	447

Upper Iowa University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,340 where 3,054 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 Upper Iowa University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,111	2,455	1,028	1,427	1,656	537	1,119
2016-17	3,991	2,231	880	1,351	1,760	658	1,102
2017-18	4,271	2,107	807	1,300	2,164	827	1,337
2018-19	3,741	1,939	761	1,178	1,802	701	1,101
2019-20	3,680	1,856	729	1,127	1,824	672	1,152
2020-21	3,077	1,572	641	931	1,505	546	959
2021-22	2,510	1,289	551	738	1,221	460	761
2022-23	2,463	1,249	532	717	1,214	519	695
2023-24	2,504	1,156	518	638	1,348	619	729
2024-25	3,054	1,096	468	628	1,958	990	968
Average	3,340	3,340	692	1,004	3,340	653	992

Upper Iowa University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 652 where 887 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 Upper Iowa University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	686	676	219	457	10	1	9
2016-17	767	552	185	367	215	42	173
2017-18	672	505	164	341	167	52	115
2018-19	651	470	162	308	181	55	126
2019-20	599	488	184	304	111	31	80
2020-21	533	438	154	284	95	37	58
2021-22	521	410	129	281	111	43	68
2022-23	609	468	144	324	141	52	89
2023-24	598	478	134	344	120	35	85
2024-25	887	509	138	371	378	95	283
Average	652	652	161	338	652	44	109

Upper Iowa University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.50% and the percentage of black students is 12.08% at Upper Iowa University. 0.96% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.91% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.83% to 42.50%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.44% to 0.96%. Black student enrollment decreased from 17.49% to 12.08%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.90% to 8.91%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7961 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5064 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Upper Iowa University 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	22	69	839	235	14	3,254	75
2016-17	21	71	870	263	8	3,202	94
2017-18	22	80	837	259	13	2,969	79
2018-19	16	73	833	260	16	2,827	92
2019-20	8	67	774	221	16	2,731	81
2020-21	6	49	665	194	12	2,183	84
2021-22	13	50	525	203	13	1,710	62
2022-23	16	116	492	233	9	1,936	63
2023-24	11	57	442	250	8	1,715	80
2024-25	10	38	476	351	8	1,675	98
Average	15	67	675	247	12	2,420	81

Upper Iowa University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,959 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 75% of total students. The number of online students has increased 65.77% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Upper Iowa University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,797	1,785	1,837	1,175
2016-17	4,758	1,796	988	1,974
2017-18	4,943	2,092	425	2,426
2018-19	4,392	2,056	1,178	1,158
2019-20	4,279	2,386	530	1,363
2020-21	3,610	2,278	402	930
2021-22	3,031	1,973	334	724
2022-23	3,072	2,114	354	604
2023-24	3,102	2,330	340	432
2024-25	3,941	2,959	939	43
Average	3,993	2,177	733	1,083

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Enrollment Trends at UIU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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