Enrollment Statistics at Illinois Colleges

Student Population at Illinois Colleges

At Illinois colleges, there are 734,976 students including 573,818 undergraduate and 161,158 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 427,125 full-time and 307,851 part-time students.By gender, 41.40% male and 58.60% female students enrolled in Illinois colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
Illinois Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	734,976	304,252	430,724
Undergraduate	573,818	242,215	331,603
Graduate	161,158	62,037	99,121
By Attending Status
Full-time	427,125	188,256	238,869
Part-time	307,851	115,996	191,855

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - Illinois Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

Illinois colleges have a total of 427,125 full-time students and 307,851 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 335,815 students are attending classes with full-time status and 238,003 are part-time students. In graduate school, 91,310 students are full-time and 69,848 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Illinois Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	734,976	427,125	307,851
Undergraduate	573,818	335,815	238,003
Graduate	161,158	91,310	69,848

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - Illinois Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For Illinois colleges, 166,911 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 195,582 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 734,976 students. In undergraduate schools, 271,145 students enrolled in online courses and 91,348 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
Illinois Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	734,976	573,818	161,158
Online Exclusively	166,911	102,958	63,953
In Some Online Classes	195,582	168,187	27,395
Not In Online Classes	372,483	302,673	69,810

[Chart] Illinois Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Illinois colleges. There are 306,898 Caucasian, 98,562 Black/African American, 56,166 Asian, and 163,056 Hispanic students in Illinois colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
Illinois Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	734,976	304,252	430,724
American Indian/Native American	1,710	715	995
Asian	56,166	25,712	30,454
Black/African American	98,562	32,686	65,876
Hispanic	163,056	63,732	99,324
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	1,042	449	593
White	306,898	127,422	179,476
Two More	23,581	9,909	13,672
Un-Known	28,090	11,925	16,165

[Chart] Illinois Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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