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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 2025/26

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

Total Students1,884192,3594,438837131,9828,54256320,637

College
College of Communication4.5%5.3%2.2%4.7%5.7%2.0%5.5%2.5%4.5%
College of Education11.7%5.3%2.8%6.9%5.6%23.1%1.9%7.6%4.4%6.6%
College of Law3.4%1.6%2.2%2.0%0.7%4.2%4.8%3.0%
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences12.3%10.5%6.0%12.5%14.0%15.4%3.5%13.1%7.5%11.1%
College of Science and Health17.2%10.5%17.7%18.7%17.6%7.7%5.1%14.4%25.4%15.5%
Driehaus College of Business19.4%26.3%34.9%28.5%18.2%7.7%34.3%23.5%31.6%26.5%
Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media24.3%21.1%32.1%20.6%27.8%38.5%50.2%23.8%19.5%26.7%
School of Continuing and Professional Studies4.8%1.3%3.2%2.4%1.7%2.8%2.2%
School of Music0.6%1.2%1.2%2.9%7.7%1.8%2.5%0.7%1.8%
The Theatre School2.0%21.1%0.3%1.5%3.8%0.5%3.6%0.7%2.3%

Class
Freshman17.4%15.8%14.7%20.7%17.2%23.1%8.6%15.5%11.0%16.0%
Sophomore11.7%21.1%17.3%18.0%17.6%7.7%7.3%15.3%8.3%14.9%
Junior15.2%10.5%19.8%21.0%21.3%23.1%7.9%19.5%15.3%18.3%
Senior16.9%36.8%25.6%24.0%23.3%7.7%7.3%25.3%19.4%22.3%
Non-Degree0.4%0.7%0.3%0.4%0.6%0.6%0.7%0.5%
Student at Large0.2%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%
Certificate0.8%0.4%0.2%1.1%0.6%0.7%1.1%0.6%
Master's30.5%15.8%19.5%13.4%16.8%30.8%65.1%20.5%24.2%24.0%
Doctoral4.4%1.3%1.3%2.0%7.7%2.5%1.8%3.4%2.0%
Nursing Doctorate0.3%0.3%0.2%0.2%0.4%14.7%0.7%
Executive Doctorate0.4%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.5%0.2%
Master of Legal Studies1.8%0.3%0.8%0.1%1.2%0.5%
LLM0.1%0.0%0.1%0.2%0.0%

Gender
Male36.6%47.4%47.7%40.6%36.4%46.2%52.5%44.0%41.9%43.5%
Female62.3%52.6%51.3%58.7%62.5%53.8%47.3%54.9%42.8%55.2%
Non-Binary0.2%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.3%0.7%0.2%
Unidentified0.9%0.9%0.6%0.8%0.2%0.8%14.6%1.1%

Enrollment Status
Full-Time80.6%100.0%89.0%89.8%90.1%76.9%92.4%89.0%79.8%88.5%
Part-Time19.4%11.0%10.2%9.9%23.1%7.6%11.0%20.2%11.5%

Entry Status
New_Freshmen12.6%10.5%13.4%18.2%14.9%23.1%6.6%13.2%9.2%13.6%
New_Transfer7.6%15.8%6.4%7.4%5.9%23.1%1.7%5.8%7.8%6.1%
New_Grad10.1%15.8%5.3%4.1%7.0%12.1%7.7%11.9%7.4%
New_Law1.4%0.6%0.9%0.6%0.2%1.6%1.8%1.1%
New_LLM_No_Prior_DPU0.1%0.0%
New_Non_Degree0.2%0.3%0.2%0.1%0.4%0.4%0.2%0.3%
Returning1.2%0.8%0.6%0.7%0.1%0.5%0.5%0.6%
Continuing66.9%57.9%73.1%68.6%70.7%53.8%79.0%70.8%68.6%70.9%

Degree Status
Degree Seeking98.6%100.0%98.9%99.4%98.6%100.0%98.8%98.6%98.2%98.8%
Non-Degree Seeking1.4%1.1%0.6%1.4%1.2%1.4%1.8%1.2%

Residence*
Suburban30.3%42.1%65.9%43.0%35.6%46.2%12.8%42.6%39.1%41.0%
Chicago42.3%26.3%16.6%40.2%21.0%15.4%45.0%19.0%30.7%28.3%
Elsewhere in Illinois2.2%1.5%1.2%2.7%0.6%2.6%1.2%1.9%
Out-of-State24.7%31.6%15.1%15.6%40.5%38.5%5.6%35.6%17.2%24.8%
Out-of-Country0.5%0.9%0.0%0.1%36.0%0.2%11.4%4.0%
Unknown0.1%0.0%0.4%0.0%

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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