University of Idaho Student Population

How many students at UIdaho?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of Idaho has a total enrollment of 12,286 students, including 9,574 undergraduate and 2,712 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 6,101 male students (49.7%) and 6,185 female students (50.3%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 8,751 White students (71.2%) and 1,007 Hispanic students (8.2%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 9,574 undergraduate students (77.9%) and 2,712 graduate students (22.1%).
• Class Delivery: 1,510 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 4,018 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - UIdaho's body is smaller.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 6,101 male (49.66%) and 6,185 female (50.34%) students are attending University of Idaho. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 98.64.

By class level, 9,574 (77.93%) are undergraduate students and 2,712 (22.07%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 49.76% are male and 50.24% are female, while among graduate students, 49.30% are male and 50.70% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,751 White, 159 Black, and 179 Asian students out of a total of 12,286 are attending at University of Idaho. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Idaho is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 48.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UIdaho has 1,636 students under 18 years old and 33 students over 65 years old. There are 9,587 students under 25 years old, and 2,697 students over 25 years old out of 12,286 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,636 students are younger than 18 and 16 students are older than 65. UIdaho has 8,829 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 743 students aged 25 and over.

It has 758 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,954 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of Idaho, 1,510 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,018 students are enrolled in some online courses.

812 students who live in Idaho or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 698 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,574 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 483 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.04%.423 students have transferred in as full-time status and 60 students transferred in as part-time status.