Enrollment: Explore the Data

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94,861

SYSTEM ENROLLMENT, REPRESENTING 52% OF THE STATE’S PUBLIC UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT

NEARLY 1 IN 3

UNDERGRADUATES IDENTIFY AS
AN UNDERREPRESENTED
MINORITY

NEARLY 2X

2022 FIRST GENERATION STUDENT ENROLLMENT COMPARED TO 10 YEARS AGO

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Enrollment counts can be categorized by the following:

University

Chicago, Springfield, or Urbana-Champaign

Term

Fall Term

Level¹

Undergraduate, Graduate, or Professional

Status¹

Full-time or Part-time based on the number of enrolled credit hours and the level of the student. Full-time status is based on the following;
Undergraduate: A student enrolled for 12 or more credit hours per semester.
Graduate: A student enrolled for 9 or more credit hours or a student involved in thesis/dissertation preparation considered full-time by the institution.
Professional: A student enrolled for 12 or more credit hours per semester.

Race/Ethnicity^1,2

The U.S. Department of Education racial/ethnic reporting categories. These were revised starting in Fall 2010.

Underrepresented Minorities

Includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Black or African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and two or more races.

Residency

An indicator of where the student resided before first enrollment. For this purpose, residency is based on the address at time of application/admission. Prior to Fall 2016, UIS is based on residency for tuition purposes.

Gender^{1, 2}

Female or Male

First-time Freshmen

Designates first-time freshmen enrollment.

New Transfers

Designates first-time undergraduate transfer enrollment.

First Generation²

Designates first-generation enrollment. Note that this field is incomplete in earlier years. UIUC began collecting this information for Fall 2007, UIS began collecting this information for Fall 2012, and UIC began collecting this information for freshmen only in Fall 2013.

STEM Majors

STEM majors refers to disciplines in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math as determined by The Department of Homeland Security.

In Online Programs

Student enrollment in programs offered online

College

A constituent part of each university

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¹Federally-defined reporting categories
²Self-reported