Graduate Student Population in Illinois

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,581 graduate students enrolled in 3 graduate schools in Illinois. By gender, there are 1,203 male students (46.61%) and 1,378 female students (53.39%) enrolled in graduate programs.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the most graduate students of 21,796 and Chamberlain University-Illinois has the second most graduate students of 15,026 in Illinois.
By attending status, 1,276 students enrolled as full-time and 1,305 students enrolled as part-time for graduate programs.
The following table shows the 2023 graduate students population by gender and attending status at Illinois graduate schools. You can view and compare the graduate student population along with tuition and other admission information at Illinois colleges at Illinois Graduate School Comparison page.
Graduate Student Population By Gender and Attending Status at Illinois graduate schools (2022-2023)
TotalMenWomen
Total2,5811,2031,378
Full-time1,276576700
Part-time1,305627678

Population by Race/Ethnicity

For the academic year 2022-2023, of the 3 enrolled students in Illinois graduate schools, 3 were American Indian/Native American (0.12%), 271 were Asian (10.50%), 247 were Black/African American (9.57%), 143 were Hispanic (5.54%), 6 were Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0.23%), 1,153 were White (44.67%), 73 were Two More (2.83%), and 29 were Un-Known (1.12%).
The number of non-resident alien students is 656 (25.42%). The following table shows the 2023 graduate school students population by race/ethnicity and state at Illinois graduate schools.
Graduate Student Population By Race/Ethnicity at Illinois graduate schools (2022-2023)
TotalMenWomen
Total2,5811,2031,378
American Indian/Native American312
Asian271103168
Black/African American24791156
Hispanic1435984
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander624
White1,153528625
Two More732647
Un-Known291415
Non-resident Alien656379277
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