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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 College by Race/Ethnicity Table 2-4: Enrollment by Age Table 2-5: Age Distribution by College Table 2-6: Race/Ethnicity by Gender by Age Distribution Table 2-7: Current Residence by College Table 2-8: Geographic Origins of Students Table 2-9: Demographic Profile by Race/Ethnicity Table 2-10: Demographic Profile by Level
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Table 2-9
Demographic Percent of Total Race/Ethnicity
Fall 2024/25

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African AmericanAm Indian/AK NativeAsianHispanicMultiracialNative HI/Pac IslandU.S. NonresidentWhiteUnknownTotal

Total Students1,879172,3664,321819132,5548,69554621,210

College
College of Communication5.1%5.9%1.5%4.4%6.7%7.7%1.3%5.9%2.0%4.4%
College of Education12.6%5.9%2.7%6.6%4.9%23.1%1.7%7.4%5.9%6.4%
College of Law3.3%1.8%1.9%2.3%0.7%4.0%4.8%2.8%
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences10.6%5.9%5.6%13.1%14.3%2.9%13.3%10.3%10.8%
College of Science and Health17.1%11.8%17.8%19.1%18.1%3.9%14.3%24.7%15.1%
Driehaus College of Business18.0%23.5%33.6%27.1%17.9%23.1%33.4%22.5%29.1%25.6%
Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media24.2%29.4%34.5%21.5%27.4%38.5%54.0%24.8%18.1%28.6%
School of Continuing and Professional Studies6.1%5.9%0.8%3.6%2.6%0.2%2.1%3.1%2.4%
School of Music0.6%1.2%1.3%2.7%7.7%1.4%2.4%1.1%1.7%
The Theatre School2.5%11.8%0.4%1.5%3.2%0.5%3.2%0.9%2.1%

Class
Freshman14.7%23.5%16.0%19.8%19.4%7.7%7.0%15.3%6.6%15.2%
Sophomore13.1%11.8%16.8%19.0%20.0%15.4%6.1%16.2%10.4%15.4%
Junior14.1%17.6%19.9%20.3%18.3%4.5%19.6%14.5%17.3%
Senior18.2%23.5%23.2%23.2%22.6%23.1%4.7%24.7%15.8%20.9%
Non-Degree0.9%0.2%0.6%0.4%0.4%0.8%1.1%0.6%
Student at Large0.1%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.1%2.7%0.2%
Certificate0.5%0.5%0.3%0.5%0.5%0.7%0.5%0.6%
Master's31.3%23.5%21.3%14.5%16.5%46.2%74.9%20.2%29.1%26.8%
Doctoral4.7%1.2%1.3%1.5%7.7%1.7%1.7%2.7%1.8%
Nursing Doctorate0.1%0.3%0.2%0.4%0.3%14.7%0.6%
Executive Doctorate0.6%0.2%0.1%0.4%0.0%0.2%0.5%0.2%
Master of Legal Studies1.6%0.2%0.6%0.1%0.2%1.1%0.4%
LLM0.1%0.0%0.2%0.2%0.0%

Gender
Male37.8%35.3%47.1%40.3%38.9%53.8%55.7%43.9%42.7%44.2%
Female61.2%58.8%52.2%58.9%59.6%46.2%44.1%54.9%45.8%54.6%
Non-Binary0.2%0.1%0.1%0.5%0.4%0.4%0.2%
Unidentified0.7%5.9%0.6%0.7%1.0%0.2%0.8%11.2%1.0%

Enrollment Status
Full-Time77.8%82.4%89.6%88.4%90.4%61.5%93.2%88.1%78.0%87.8%
Part-Time22.2%17.6%10.4%11.6%9.6%38.5%6.8%11.9%22.0%12.2%

Entry Status
New_Freshmen10.8%23.5%14.1%15.3%15.0%5.1%12.5%4.6%12.1%
New_Transfer5.7%11.8%5.9%6.6%5.7%7.7%1.0%4.7%5.7%4.9%
New_Grad10.0%5.9%7.1%4.7%7.1%7.7%22.9%7.5%13.7%9.1%
New_Law1.5%0.5%0.8%1.3%0.2%1.3%2.0%1.0%
New_LLM_No_Prior_DPU0.0%0.2%0.0%
New_Non_Degree0.2%0.1%0.3%0.3%0.3%3.3%0.3%
Returning1.4%0.8%0.8%0.9%0.2%0.6%0.7%0.7%
Continuing70.4%58.8%71.4%71.4%70.0%84.6%70.4%73.1%69.8%71.8%

Degree Status
Degree Seeking98.5%100.0%99.3%99.0%99.1%100.0%99.1%98.4%95.6%98.7%
Non-Degree Seeking1.5%0.7%1.0%0.9%0.9%1.6%4.4%1.3%

Residence*
Suburban30.5%58.8%66.0%41.3%36.5%46.2%13.4%42.6%37.4%40.0%
Chicago41.5%29.4%17.1%41.4%22.7%23.1%67.4%19.2%31.9%31.7%
Elsewhere in Illinois2.3%1.1%1.2%2.4%0.7%2.5%1.1%1.8%
Out-of-State25.4%11.8%14.8%16.0%38.3%30.8%4.5%35.5%19.4%24.2%
Out-of-Country0.2%1.1%0.1%13.6%0.1%9.5%2.1%
Unknown0.1%0.5%0.7%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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