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ISU Student Population

Total Enrollment 30,380
Undergraduate 25,628
Graduate 4,752
Men 16,525
Women 13,855

ISU Student Population

There are 30,380 students including 25,628 undergraduate and 4,752 graduate students at Iowa State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 27,515 full-time and 2,865 part-time students with gender distribution of 16,525 male and 13,855 female students.
Iowa State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 972 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Iowa State University has a total enrollment of 30,380 with a gender distribution of 54.39% male (16,525 students) and 45.61% female (13,855 students). There are 14,119 male and 11,509 female students in undergraduate school and 2,406 male and 2,346 female students are attending graduate school at Iowa State University.
Student Population By Gender
Iowa State University
TotalMenWomen
Total30,38016,52513,855
Undergraduate25,62814,11911,509
Graduate4,7522,4062,346
Full-time27,51514,92112,594
Part-time2,8651,6041,261
[Chart] Iowa State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Iowa State University has 27,515 full-time and 2,865 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 24,445 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,183 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,070 students are full-time and 1,682 are part-time students.
Student Population By Attendance Status
Iowa State University
TotalFull-timePart-time
Total30,38027,5152,865
Undergraduate25,62824,4451,183
Graduate4,7523,0701,682
Men16,52514,9211,604
Women13,85512,5941,261
[Chart] Iowa State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Iowa State University, 972 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 17,472 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 30,380 students.
In undergraduate schools, 16,930 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,514 students are attending some online courses.
2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Iowa State University
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total30,38025,6284,752
Online Exclusively972381591
In Some Online Classes17,47216,549923
Not In Online Classes11,9368,6983,238
[Chart] Iowa State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Iowa State University. There are 41 American Indian/Native American, 21,122 White, 721 Black/African American, 1,244 Asian, 1,994 Hispanic, 16 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,206 students with other races.
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Iowa State University
TotalMenWomen
Total30,38016,52513,855
American Indian/Native American412417
Asian1,244723521
Black/African American721394327
Hispanic1,9941,023971
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1679
White21,12211,3709,752
Two More888488400
Race Un-Known1,483718765
[Chart] Iowa State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution