Enrollment Trends at UIU

The student population at Upper Iowa University is 3,072 (2,463 undergraduate and 609 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,106 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UIU is 80.18% which is decreased by 2,182 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 76 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.46 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,114 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 17.18% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,411 where 3,072 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,182 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 76 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.46 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UIU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,178	4,645	1,889	2,756	533	185	348
2013-14	5,304 126	4,632 -13	1,853 -36	2,779 23	672 139	195 10	477 129
2014-15	5,162 -142	4,439 -193	1,851 -2	2,588 -191	723 51	216 21	507 30
2015-16	4,797 -365	4,111 -328	1,565 -286	2,546 -42	686 -37	220 4	466 -41
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 0	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
Average	4,411	3,778	1,495	2,283	633	205	429

Upper Iowa University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,778 where 2,463 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 Upper Iowa University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,645	3,008	1,320	1,688	1,637	569	1,068
2013-14	4,632	2,981	1,220	1,761	1,651	633	1,018
2014-15	4,439	2,684	1,181	1,503	1,755	670	1,085
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
Average	3,778	3,778	877	1,247	3,778	617	1,036

Upper Iowa University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 633 where 609 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 Upper Iowa University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	533	520	181	339	13	4	9
2013-14	672	670	194	476	2	1	1
2014-15	723	720	215	505	3	1	2
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
Average	633	633	176	362	633	29	66

Upper Iowa University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.02%. The percentage was 67.61% 10 years ago and UIU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.78% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.02% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Upper Iowa University 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	27	64	830	192	4	3,501	30
2013-14	26	60	950	207	9	3,644	57
2014-15	24	67	887	236	12	3,447	82
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
Average	18	70	773	228	11	2,855	73

Upper Iowa University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,114 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 69% of total students. The number of online students has increased 17.18% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Upper Iowa University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,162	1,804	708	2,650
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
Average	4,227	2,032	751	1,445

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