University of Northern Iowa Student Population

How many students at UNI? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 9,278 students have enrolled in University of Northern Iowa with 7,711 undergraduate and 1,567 graduate students.

By gender, 3,374 male and 5,904 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,482 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,792 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

University of Northern Iowa has a total of 9,278 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 7,711 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,567 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,374 male and 5,904 female students (the male-female ratio is 36:64) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,691 White, 309 Black, and 149 Asian students out of a total of 9,278 are attending at University of Northern Iowa. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Northern Iowa is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 30.7% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UNI has 27 students under 18 years old and 11 students over 65 years old. There are 7,315 students under 25 years old, and 1,944 students over 25 years old out of 9,278 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 27 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. UNI has 6,987 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 705 students aged 25 and over.

It has 328 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,239 students aged 25 and over.

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• 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 Northern Iowa, 1,482 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,792 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,379 students who live in Iowa or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 103 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,711 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 762 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.88%.625 students have transferred in as full-time status and 137 students transferred in as part-time status.