University Profile
Student Enrollment Set forth below are both headcount and full-time equivalent enrollments of the University for the past five academic years, based upon fall semester registrations. Also shown is the distinction between full and part-time students and change in student profile.
Enrollment- Headcount/FTE
Fall | Undergrad | Graduate | Total | Undergrad | Graduate | Total |
Headcount | Full-Time Equivalent* | |||||
2009 | 5,398 | 1,837 | 7,235 | 4,029 | 1,163 | 5,192 |
2010 | 5,675 | 1,687 | 7,362 | 4,277 | 1,187 | 5,464 |
2011 | 5,280 | 1,602 | 6,882 | 4,031 | 1,218 | 5,249 |
2012 | 4,618 | 1,489 | 6,107 | 3,454 | 1,154 | 4,608 |
2013 |
4,340
|
1,361
|
5,701
|
3,236
|
1,081
|
4,316 |
2014 |
3,912
|
1,299
|
5,211
|
2,891
|
1,050
|
3,941 |
2015 |
3,461
|
1,306
|
4,767
|
2,578
|
1,056
|
3,634 |
2016 |
2,352
|
1,226
|
3,578
|
1,741
|
1,013
|
2,754 |
2017 |
2,029
|
1,072
|
3,101
|
1,505
|
887
|
2,392 |
2018 |
2,027
|
937
|
2,964
|
1,506
|
768
|
2,274 |
* Based on the Illinois Board of Higher Education definition of full-time equivalency. Undergrad student full-time equivalent is computed as the total number of Fall term full-time semester credit hours divided by 15. Graduate student full-time equivalent is computed as the total number of Fall term full-time semester credit hours divided by 12.
Enrollment- Full-Time/Part-Time
Fall | Undergrad | Graduate | Total | Undergrad | Graduate | Total |
Full-Time | Part-Time | |||||
2009 | 3,545 | 661 | 4,206 | 1,853 | 1,176 | 3,029 |
2010 | 3,836 | 730 | 4,566 | 1,839 | 957 | 2,796 |
2011 | 3,585 | 861 | 4,446 | 1,695 | 741 | 2,436 |
2012 | 3,012 | 467 | 3,479 | 1,606 | 1,022 | 2,628 |
2013 | 2,852 | 738 | 3,590 | 1,488 | 623 | 2,111 |
2014 | 2,498 | 736 | 3,234 | 1,414 | 563 | 1,977 |
2015 | 2,261 | 736 | 2,997 | 1,201 | 569 | 1,770 |
2016 | 1,464 | 774 | 2,238 | 888 | 452 | 1,340 |
2017 | 1,297 | 645 | 1,942 | 732 | 427 | 1,159 |
2018 | 1,287 | 523 | 1,810 | 740 | 414 | 1,154 |
* Full-time enrollment for undergraduates is based on 12 hours and graduates is 9 hours. Part-time enrollment is anything less than the numbers noted respectively for each category.
Student Profile
Year | Men | Women | Minority | Non-Minority |
Avg. Age (includues Gradates) |
Avg. Age of Freshmen |
Average ACT Scores |
2009 | 29% | 71% | 91% | 9% | 30 | 22 | 17.7 |
2010 | 30% | 70% | 92% | 7% | 31 | 23 | 17.3 |
2011 | 29% | 71% | 94% | 6% | 31 | 22 | 18.0 |
2012 | 29% | 71% | 88% | 12% | 31 | 22 | 18.2 |
2013** | 29% | 70% | 94% | 6% | 32 | 24 | 18.4 |
2014 | 30% | 70% | 94% | 6% | 32 | 23 | 18.9 |
2015 | 31% | 69% | 95% | 5% | 32 | 22 | 18.6 |
2016 | 34% | 66% | 93% | 7% | 36 | 23 | 18.8 |
2017 | 33% | 67% | 92% | 8% | 32 | 22 | 18.4 |
2018 | 32% | 68% | 92% | 8% | 36 | 23 | 18.6 |
* This denotes the average age of all freshman students including new freshman first
time students.
** Also note that 1% of the CSU population did not identify their gender.
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Revised by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness & Research