Enrollment Statistics at Iowa Colleges

Student Population at Iowa Colleges

At Iowa colleges, there are 208,398 students including 180,820 undergraduate and 27,578 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 130,243 full-time and 78,155 part-time students.By gender, 44.61% male and 55.39% female students enrolled in Iowa colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
Iowa Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	208,398	92,971	115,427
Undergraduate	180,820	81,441	99,379
Graduate	27,578	11,530	16,048
By Attending Status
Full-time	130,243	61,063	69,180
Part-time	78,155	31,908	46,247

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - Iowa Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

Iowa colleges have a total of 130,243 full-time students and 78,155 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 113,746 students are attending classes with full-time status and 67,074 are part-time students. In graduate school, 16,497 students are full-time and 11,081 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Iowa Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	208,398	130,243	78,155
Undergraduate	180,820	113,746	67,074
Graduate	27,578	16,497	11,081

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - Iowa Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For Iowa colleges, 38,753 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 66,665 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 208,398 students. In undergraduate schools, 92,096 students enrolled in online courses and 13,322 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
Iowa Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	208,398	180,820	27,578
Online Exclusively	38,753	29,140	9,613
In Some Online Classes	66,665	62,956	3,709
Not In Online Classes	102,980	88,724	14,256

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Iowa colleges. There are 143,461 Caucasian, 11,739 Black/African American, 6,375 Asian, and 17,729 Hispanic students in Iowa colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
Iowa Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	208,398	92,971	115,427
American Indian/Native American	803	396	407
Asian	6,375	2,989	3,386
Black/African American	11,739	5,494	6,245
Hispanic	17,729	7,621	10,108
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	313	149	164
White	143,461	62,058	81,403
Two More	6,648	2,903	3,745
Un-Known	12,337	5,950	6,387

[Chart] Iowa Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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