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Section 1: Enrollment Trends Section 2: Demographic Characteristics of Students Section 3: Admission Profile of New Students Section 4: Resident Student Statistics Section 5: Degree Recipients Section 6: Student Financial Aid & University Finances Section 7: Faculty & Staff Statistics Section 8: Other University Statistics Section 9: Retention and Graduation Rates

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Table 2-1: Racial Distribution by College Table 2-2: Gender Distribution by College Table 2-3: Gender Distribution by Level Table 2-4: Gender Distribution by College by Race/Ethnicity Table 2-5: Undergraduate Enrollment by Age Table 2-6: Age Distribution by College Table 2-7: Race/Ethnicity by Gender by Age Distribution Table 2-8: Current Residence by College Table 2-9: Geographic Origins of Undergraduate Full Time Students Table 2-10: Undergraduate Demographic Profile by Race/Ethnicity Table 2-11: Graduate Demographic Profile by Race/Ethnicity Table 2-12: Law Student Demographic Profile by Race/Ethnicity Table 2-13: Demographic Profile by Level
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Table 2-10
Undergraduate Demographic Percent of Total Race/Ethnicity
Fall 2019/20

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African AmericanAm Indian/AK NativeAsianHispanicMultiracialNative HI/Pac IslandNonresident AlienWhiteUnknownTotal

Total Undergraduate Students1,121221,4952,770597244647,36235914,214

College
Business16.4%13.6%39.6%24.8%16.4%16.7%42.7%23.7%25.1%25.3%
Communication10.5%13.6%4.2%8.2%9.5%4.2%6.9%11.3%7.2%9.6%
Computing & Digital Media21.7%13.6%29.4%19.0%23.5%37.5%23.5%22.6%25.9%22.7%
Education2.7%4.5%1.7%4.9%3.7%4.2%1.5%3.2%2.8%3.3%
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences15.3%18.2%5.6%15.2%17.1%16.7%10.3%15.9%15.9%14.5%
Music1.2%0.8%1.0%2.2%1.9%2.0%0.8%1.6%
School of Cont & Prof Studies11.2%4.5%1.3%5.0%1.3%0.2%3.4%7.5%4.0%
Science & Health18.8%31.8%16.5%20.3%22.3%20.8%11.4%14.5%13.6%16.4%
Theatre2.1%0.8%1.7%4.0%1.5%3.3%1.1%2.5%

Class
Freshman22.2%18.2%19.9%23.5%23.8%16.7%18.8%20.6%12.0%21.0%
Sophomore20.6%27.3%23.1%20.5%22.8%12.5%17.2%22.0%16.4%21.5%
Junior23.8%31.8%26.1%22.7%22.9%29.2%22.0%24.2%26.7%24.1%
Senior32.3%22.7%29.9%32.6%29.8%41.7%36.0%31.9%34.5%32.0%
Non-Degree0.7%0.4%0.3%0.5%5.8%0.7%2.2%0.8%
Student at Large0.4%0.3%0.3%0.2%0.3%0.3%0.3%
Certificate0.3%0.0%0.2%0.2%7.8%0.3%

Gender
Male42.6%22.7%55.1%41.9%37.0%45.8%59.5%47.3%51.5%46.7%
Female57.4%77.3%44.9%58.1%63.0%54.2%40.5%52.7%48.5%53.3%

Enrollment Status
Full-Time80.5%90.9%93.5%88.3%94.3%95.8%96.8%91.1%76.3%89.9%
Part-Time19.5%9.1%6.5%11.7%5.7%4.2%3.2%8.9%23.7%10.1%

Entry Status
New_Freshmen16.8%9.1%18.3%20.4%21.4%12.5%14.2%18.6%8.9%18.5%
New_Transfer8.9%9.1%11.3%9.3%7.5%12.5%8.2%7.4%7.0%8.3%
Returning1.7%0.3%1.2%0.3%0.6%0.6%1.7%0.8%
Continuing71.8%81.8%69.2%68.7%70.2%75.0%71.3%72.6%73.5%71.3%
New_Non_Degree0.8%0.9%0.4%0.5%5.6%0.8%8.9%1.1%

Degree Status
Degree Seeking98.9%100.0%99.0%99.4%99.3%100.0%94.0%98.8%89.7%98.6%
Non-Degree Seeking1.1%1.0%0.6%0.7%6.0%1.2%10.3%1.4%

Residence*
Suburban36.0%27.3%67.9%44.0%39.4%45.8%10.1%48.3%39.8%46.7%
Chicago38.8%36.4%20.2%40.4%21.4%25.0%81.7%17.4%37.0%26.7%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.3%1.1%1.4%3.2%4.2%0.2%2.7%1.1%2.1%
Out-of-State23.9%31.8%10.2%14.1%35.8%25.0%3.4%31.4%21.7%24.2%
Out-of-Country0.4%0.1%0.2%3.9%0.1%0.3%0.2%
Unknown4.5%0.3%0.6%0.0%0.1%

Note: Percentages are based on the total number of students listed at the top of each column.
* Northwest Indiana is now classified as out of state. Previously it was classified as Chicago Suburbs. Freshman address based on parent's address, Transfer is based on inital address.

 
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