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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 2-11
Graduate Demographic Profile Percent of Total by Race/Ethnicity
Fall 2020/21

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African AmericanAm Indian/AK NativeAsianHispanicMultiracialNative HI/Pac IslandNonresident AlienWhiteUnknownTotal

Total Graduate Students9771268293117597503,2493217,106

College
Business22.8%33.3%35.9%31.7%23.4%33.3%30.7%32.5%42.7%31.4%
Communication3.8%0.4%2.5%2.3%1.2%2.2%0.3%2.1%
Computing & Digital Media23.6%16.7%40.0%22.9%25.1%33.3%52.1%23.4%21.2%27.9%
Education23.6%25.0%6.2%18.8%14.3%11.1%3.7%14.9%7.8%14.3%
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences10.3%8.3%4.0%11.1%17.7%4.4%10.4%6.2%9.2%
Music0.3%0.6%1.2%1.1%3.7%2.0%1.6%
School of Cont & Prof Studies3.1%8.3%0.8%2.3%0.5%0.9%0.9%
Science & Health11.7%8.3%12.9%10.8%13.1%22.2%4.1%13.8%20.9%12.3%
Theatre0.7%0.3%0.6%0.3%0.3%

Class
Non-Degree3.5%1.0%1.0%0.1%1.3%2.2%1.4%
Student at Large0.1%0.3%0.1%0.3%0.1%
Certificate0.5%0.4%0.9%2.0%1.7%0.3%1.2%
Master's84.4%91.7%93.4%90.4%92.6%100.0%90.7%89.6%76.0%88.9%
Doctoral10.3%8.3%2.6%6.9%6.9%6.8%5.0%5.6%6.0%
Nursing Doctorate0.4%1.5%0.6%0.3%1.4%15.0%1.6%
Executive Doctorate0.7%0.7%0.2%0.6%0.1%1.0%0.6%0.7%

Gender
Male37.3%41.7%46.6%39.1%37.1%77.8%51.2%44.8%47.4%43.8%
Female62.7%58.3%53.4%60.9%62.9%22.2%48.8%55.2%52.6%56.2%

Enrollment Status
Full-Time65.6%50.0%65.4%69.9%66.3%55.6%87.3%67.5%61.7%69.1%
Part-Time34.4%50.0%34.6%30.1%33.7%44.4%12.7%32.5%38.3%30.9%

Entry Status
New_Grad26.5%25.0%26.5%29.9%28.6%11.1%17.9%27.9%32.7%27.0%
Returning1.4%1.2%0.8%1.1%0.6%1.2%0.8%
Continuing72.1%75.0%72.3%69.4%70.3%88.9%82.1%71.5%66.0%72.2%

Degree Status
Degree Seeking95.9%100.0%98.2%98.2%100.0%100.0%97.9%97.0%97.2%97.3%
Non-Degree Seeking4.1%1.8%1.8%2.1%3.0%2.8%2.7%

Original Residence*
Suburban26.4%25.0%51.2%33.2%34.9%33.3%12.5%39.2%26.5%34.3%
Chicago50.5%58.3%27.3%47.7%32.0%33.3%58.7%33.1%32.4%39.5%
Elsewhere in Illinois1.5%1.6%1.5%1.7%0.7%2.8%0.3%2.0%
Out-of-State21.0%16.7%18.5%16.8%31.4%33.3%16.8%24.5%13.7%21.3%
Out-of-Country0.3%1.2%0.3%7.3%0.2%9.3%1.5%
Unknown0.3%0.3%0.5%4.0%0.1%17.8%1.4%

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.

 
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