Idaho Colleges Enrollment Trends

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 97,207, and 109,210 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 91.26% are undergraduate students and 8.74% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 27,236, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 1,415.

The female to male ratio is 1.33 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Idaho Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Idaho Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	80,559	72,426	33,138	39,288	8,133	3,732	4,401
2013-14	83,439 2,880	75,259 2,833	34,059 921	41,200 1,912	8,180 47	3,734 2	4,446 45
2014-15	92,219 8,780	84,228 8,969	37,955 3,896	46,273 5,073	7,991 -189	3,700 -34	4,291 -155
2015-16	97,786 5,567	89,894 5,666	40,455 2,500	49,439 3,166	7,892 -99	3,617 -83	4,275 -16
2016-17	100,901 3,115	92,332 2,438	41,044 589	51,288 1,849	8,569 677	3,735 118	4,834 559
2017-18	107,864 6,963	99,616 7,284	43,434 2,390	56,182 4,894	8,248 -321	3,622 -113	4,626 -208
2018-19	99,291 -8,573	90,811 -8,805	39,492 -3,942	51,319 -4,863	8,480 232	3,617 -5	4,863 237
2019-20	97,317 -1,974	88,356 -2,455	38,272 -1,220	50,084 -1,235	8,961 481	3,837 220	5,124 261
2020-21	99,046 1,729	89,849 1,493	38,915 643	50,934 850	9,197 236	3,893 56	5,304 180
2021-22	101,643 2,597	91,848 1,999	39,648 733	52,200 1,266	9,795 598	4,077 184	5,718 414
2022-23	109,210 7,567	99,662 7,814	42,853 3,205	56,809 4,609	9,548 -247	3,918 -159	5,630 -88
Average	97,207	88,571	39,024	49,547	8,636	3,771	4,865

Student Population Changes of Idaho Colleges

Idaho Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 88,571. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 27,236 from 72,426 to 99,662.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Idaho Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	72,426	49,027	23,256	25,771	23,399	9,882	13,517
2013-14	75,259	47,153	22,329	24,824	28,106	11,730	16,376
2014-15	84,228	47,888	22,987	24,901	36,340	14,968	21,372
2015-16	89,894	48,254	23,149	25,105	41,640	17,306	24,334
2016-17	92,332	47,481	22,492	24,989	44,851	18,552	26,299
2017-18	99,616	47,739	22,172	25,567	51,877	21,262	30,615
2018-19	90,811	48,786	22,535	26,251	42,025	16,957	25,068
2019-20	88,356	48,833	22,437	26,396	39,523	15,835	23,688
2020-21	89,849	48,357	21,944	26,413	41,492	16,971	24,521
2021-22	91,848	47,789	21,559	26,230	44,059	18,089	25,970
2022-23	99,662	48,812	21,766	27,046	50,850	21,087	29,763
Average	88,571	88,571	22,421	25,772	88,571	16,604	23,775

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Idaho Colleges

Idaho Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 8,636. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 1,415 from 8,133 to 9,548.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Idaho Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,133	3,975	1,938	2,037	4,158	1,794	2,364
2013-14	8,180	4,016	2,012	2,004	4,164	1,722	2,442
2014-15	7,991	4,076	2,012	2,064	3,915	1,688	2,227
2015-16	7,892	3,980	1,934	2,046	3,912	1,683	2,229
2016-17	8,569	4,080	1,936	2,144	4,489	1,799	2,690
2017-18	8,248	4,275	1,986	2,289	3,973	1,636	2,337
2018-19	8,480	4,493	2,019	2,474	3,987	1,598	2,389
2019-20	8,961	5,179	2,284	2,895	3,782	1,553	2,229
2020-21	9,197	5,352	2,350	3,002	3,845	1,543	2,302
2021-22	9,795	5,750	2,522	3,228	4,045	1,555	2,490
2022-23	9,548	5,329	2,322	3,007	4,219	1,596	2,623
Average	8,636	8,636	2,120	2,472	8,636	1,652	2,393

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Idaho Colleges

Idaho Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.33%. The percentage was 78.82% 10 years ago and Idaho Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 1.81% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.92% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Idaho Colleges over the past 11 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	783	1,338	923	5,772	407	63,499	1,356
2013-14	615	1,221	973	5,868	372	63,823	3,077
2014-15	599	1,124	890	5,641	275	61,911	3,019
2015-16	562	1,183	918	5,919	313	62,632	3,360
2016-17	609	1,362	968	6,648	384	66,268	3,934
2017-18	591	1,400	986	7,279	416	67,406	4,332
2018-19	612	1,476	995	7,663	421	68,965	5,105
2019-20	640	1,577	1,007	7,829	401	69,780	5,513
2020-21	587	1,655	992	7,582	498	69,768	6,077
2021-22	605	2,231	2,381	10,140	653	70,779	7,694
2022-23	634	1,976	2,102	16,778	507	74,619	3,547
Average	622	1,504	1,194	7,920	422	67,223	4,274

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Idaho Colleges

Idaho Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

34,178 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 31% of total students. The number of online students has increased 212.41% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Idaho Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	80,559	10,940	17,728	51,891
2013-14	83,439	16,582	17,704	49,153
2014-15	92,219	25,597	18,982	47,640
2015-16	97,786	31,179	20,309	46,298
2016-17	100,901	32,156	22,968	45,777
2017-18	107,864	38,317	24,462	45,085
2018-19	99,291	28,668	25,424	45,199
2019-20	97,317	25,743	25,019	46,555
2020-21	99,046	35,234	39,001	24,811
2021-22	101,643	33,688	32,913	35,042
2022-23	109,210	34,178	33,487	41,545
Average	97,207	28,389	25,272	43,545

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Idaho Colleges

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Enrollment Trends for Idaho Colleges