Enrollment Trends at UI

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 30,898 where 30,779 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

73.88% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.12% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 619 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 554 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.28 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in UI than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Iowa since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	30,844	23,357	11,227	12,130	7,487	3,671	3,816
2016-17	32,011 1,167	24,476 1,119	11,624 397	12,852 722	7,535 48	3,722 51	3,813 -3
2017-18	32,166 155	24,503 27	11,561 -63	12,942 90	7,663 128	3,729 7	3,934 121
2018-19	31,656 -510	23,989 -514	11,191 -370	12,798 -144	7,667 4	3,676 -53	3,991 57
2019-20	31,240 -416	23,482 -507	10,830 -361	12,652 -146	7,758 91	3,677 1	4,081 90
2020-21	30,318 -922	22,304 -1,178	10,091 -739	12,213 -439	8,014 256	3,700 23	4,314 233
2021-22	29,909 -409	21,608 -696	9,564 -527	12,044 -169	8,301 287	3,828 128	4,473 159
2022-23	30,015 106	21,973 365	9,651 87	12,322 278	8,042 -259	3,665 -163	4,377 -96
2023-24	30,042 27	22,130 157	9,705 54	12,425 103	7,912 -130	3,630 -35	4,282 -95
2024-25	30,779 737	22,738 608	9,900 195	12,838 413	8,041 129	3,612 -18	4,429 147
Average	30,898	23,056	10,534	12,522	7,842	3,691	4,151

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 23,056 where 22,738 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 Iowa 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	23,357	19,911	9,501	10,410	3,446	1,726	1,720
2016-17	24,476	20,868	9,906	10,962	3,608	1,718	1,890
2017-18	24,503	21,222	9,981	11,241	3,281	1,580	1,701
2018-19	23,989	21,690	10,075	11,615	2,299	1,116	1,183
2019-20	23,482	21,212	9,717	11,495	2,270	1,113	1,157
2020-21	22,304	20,227	9,089	11,138	2,077	1,002	1,075
2021-22	21,608	19,748	8,709	11,039	1,860	855	1,005
2022-23	21,973	20,255	8,866	11,389	1,718	785	933
2023-24	22,130	20,622	9,045	11,577	1,508	660	848
2024-25	22,738	21,255	9,208	12,047	1,483	692	791
Average	23,056	23,056	9,410	11,291	23,056	1,125	1,230

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,842 where 8,041 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 Iowa 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	7,487	4,709	2,302	2,407	2,778	1,369	1,409
2016-17	7,535	4,756	2,318	2,438	2,779	1,404	1,375
2017-18	7,663	4,750	2,282	2,468	2,913	1,447	1,466
2018-19	7,667	4,742	2,244	2,498	2,925	1,432	1,493
2019-20	7,758	5,452	2,564	2,888	2,306	1,113	1,193
2020-21	8,014	4,958	2,211	2,747	3,056	1,489	1,567
2021-22	8,301	5,106	2,276	2,830	3,195	1,552	1,643
2022-23	8,042	5,051	2,213	2,838	2,991	1,452	1,539
2023-24	7,912	4,980	2,191	2,789	2,932	1,439	1,493
2024-25	8,041	5,112	2,194	2,918	2,929	1,418	1,511
Average	7,842	7,842	2,280	2,682	7,842	1,412	1,469

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.24%. The percentage was 66.65% 10 years ago and UI still has a high percentage of white students. 4.94% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.89% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 66.65% to 71.24%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.01% to 4.94%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.11% to 2.89%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.43% to 8.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4812 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5485 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Iowa 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	50	1,238	959	1,984	28	20,558	720
2016-17	54	1,380	1,030	2,148	28	21,682	832
2017-18	57	1,452	1,031	2,196	24	22,315	925
2018-19	56	1,446	974	2,238	24	22,334	977
2019-20	61	1,425	940	2,283	20	22,338	998
2020-21	119	1,463	901	2,317	20	21,895	1,019
2021-22	45	1,548	949	2,370	19	21,504	1,029
2022-23	42	1,531	925	2,454	20	21,637	1,040
2023-24	40	1,504	891	2,497	18	21,508	1,073
2024-25	52	1,522	890	2,529	15	21,926	1,090
Average	58	1,451	949	2,302	22	21,770	970