Enrollment Trends at UIUC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 52,432 where 59,238 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

62.70% of total students is undergraduate students and 37.30% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,772 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 9,624 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.86 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in UIUC than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	45,842	33,368	18,729	14,639	12,474	6,480	5,994
2016-17	46,951 1,109	33,932 564	18,670 -59	15,262 623	13,019 545	6,800 320	6,219 225
2017-18	48,216 1,265	33,955 23	18,578 -92	15,377 115	14,261 1,242	7,575 775	6,686 467
2018-19	49,702 1,486	33,915 -40	18,385 -193	15,530 153	15,787 1,526	8,522 947	7,265 579
2019-20	51,605 1,903	34,120 205	18,352 -33	15,768 238	17,485 1,698	9,532 1,010	7,953 688
2020-21	52,679 1,074	33,683 -437	18,161 -191	15,522 -246	18,996 1,511	10,524 992	8,472 519
2021-22	56,607 3,928	34,779 1,096	18,808 647	15,971 449	21,828 2,832	12,170 1,646	9,658 1,186
2022-23	56,916 309	35,120 341	18,821 13	16,299 328	21,796 -32	12,179 9	9,617 -41
2023-24	56,563 -353	35,564 444	18,810 -11	16,754 455	20,999 -797	11,692 -487	9,307 -310
2024-25	59,238 2,675	37,140 1,576	19,404 594	17,736 982	22,098 1,099	12,421 729	9,677 370
Average	52,432	34,558	18,672	15,886	17,874	9,790	8,085

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 34,558 where 37,140 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	33,368	31,989	17,790	14,199	1,379	939	440
2016-17	33,932	32,540	17,767	14,773	1,392	903	489
2017-18	33,955	32,613	17,718	14,895	1,342	860	482
2018-19	33,915	32,757	17,633	15,124	1,158	752	406
2019-20	34,120	32,854	17,570	15,284	1,266	782	484
2020-21	33,683	32,107	17,139	14,968	1,576	1,022	554
2021-22	34,779	33,481	17,963	15,518	1,298	845	453
2022-23	35,120	33,813	17,996	15,817	1,307	825	482
2023-24	35,564	34,468	18,132	16,336	1,096	678	418
2024-25	37,140	36,104	18,751	17,353	1,036	653	383
Average	34,558	34,558	17,846	15,427	34,558	826	459

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 17,874 where 22,098 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,474	9,767	5,155	4,612	2,707	1,325	1,382
2016-17	13,019	9,913	5,225	4,688	3,106	1,575	1,531
2017-18	14,261	10,237	5,418	4,819	4,024	2,157	1,867
2018-19	15,787	10,556	5,578	4,978	5,231	2,944	2,287
2019-20	17,485	11,168	5,957	5,211	6,317	3,575	2,742
2020-21	18,996	11,167	6,010	5,157	7,829	4,514	3,315
2021-22	21,828	13,119	7,257	5,862	8,709	4,913	3,796
2022-23	21,796	13,233	7,356	5,877	8,563	4,823	3,740
2023-24	20,999	12,650	6,910	5,740	8,349	4,782	3,567
2024-25	22,098	13,506	7,496	6,010	8,592	4,925	3,667
Average	17,874	17,874	6,236	5,295	17,874	3,553	2,789

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.38% and the percentage of black students is 4.81% at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 19.15% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 11.44% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 46.17% to 35.38%. Asian enrollment grew from 14.24% to 19.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.92% to 4.81%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.03% to 11.44%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8216 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7571 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	42	6,527	2,254	3,682	33	21,163	1,156
2016-17	37	6,994	2,421	4,079	29	21,019	1,216
2017-18	26	7,400	2,503	4,461	29	20,931	1,282
2018-19	26	7,611	2,614	4,882	36	21,070	1,400
2019-20	20	8,019	2,829	5,358	28	21,285	1,477
2020-21	18	8,685	3,015	5,947	25	21,746	1,575
2021-22	25	9,946	3,016	6,297	32	22,134	1,685
2022-23	25	10,117	2,956	6,138	29	21,268	1,650
2023-24	25	10,594	2,806	6,203	25	20,701	1,781
2024-25	27	11,345	2,848	6,779	21	20,961	1,977
Average	27	8,724	2,726	5,383	29	21,228	1,520