Illinois Institute of Technology Student Population

How many students at IIT? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 8,834 students have enrolled in Illinois Institute of Technology with 3,135 undergraduate and 5,699 graduate students.

By gender, 5,473 male and 3,361 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,607 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).

1,765 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,108 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Illinois Institute of Technology has a total of 8,834 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 3,135 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,699 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,473 male and 3,361 female students (the male-female ratio is 62:38) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,665 White, 270 Black, and 604 Asian students out of a total of 8,834 are attending at Illinois Institute of Technology. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Illinois Institute of Technology is highly diverse with a diversity index of 94.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
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Student Age Distribution

By age, IIT has 210 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 5,247 students under 25 years old, and 3,316 students over 25 years old out of 8,563 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 209 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. IIT has 3,001 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 315 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at IIT, 1 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. It has 2,246 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,001 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

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• Undergraduate
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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 Illinois Institute of Technology, 1,765 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,108 students are enrolled in some online courses.

270 students who live in Illinois or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,495 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,135 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 168 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.36%.158 students have transferred in as full-time status and 10 students transferred in as part-time status.