University of Iowa Student Population

How many students at UI?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of Iowa has a total enrollment of 30,779 students, including 22,738 undergraduate and 8,041 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 13,512 male students (43.9%) and 17,267 female students (56.1%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 21,926 White students (71.2%) and 2,529 Hispanic students (8.2%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 22,738 undergraduate students (73.9%) and 8,041 graduate students (26.1%).
• Class Delivery: 3,028 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 13,742 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - UI's body is relatively small.

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, 13,512 male (43.90%) and 17,267 female (56.10%) students are attending University of Iowa. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 78.25.

By class level, 22,738 (73.88%) are undergraduate students and 8,041 (26.12%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 43.54% are male and 56.46% are female, while among graduate students, 44.92% are male and 55.08% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 21,926 White, 890 Black, and 1,522 Asian students out of a total of 30,779 are attending at University of Iowa. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Iowa is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 47.9% 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, UI has 174 students under 18 years old and 29 students over 65 years old. There are 24,249 students under 25 years old, and 6,530 students over 25 years old out of 30,779 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 174 students are younger than 18 and 17 students are older than 65. UI has 21,713 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,025 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,536 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,505 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 Iowa, 3,028 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 13,742 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,928 students who live in Iowa or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,100 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 22,738 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,083 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.76%.995 students have transferred in as full-time status and 88 students transferred in as part-time status.