The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) released its fall enrollment report for the state’s public universities for the fall semester of the 2024-25 academic year. Illinois public universities also achieved progress across a range of key variables including:

Increased undergraduate enrollment by 2%,

Increased new full-time transfer student enrollment by 5.1%,

Increased African American undergraduate enrollment by 2.8%,

Increased Latino undergraduate enrollment by 1.4%, and

Increased freshmen enrollment by 0.6%, the fourth consecutive year of growth.

There are an additional 2,993 students across all state universities this fall, which represents an overall enrollment increase of 1.6% and a total overall enrollment of 185,590 students – the highest overall enrollment in eight years. Fall 2024 undergraduate enrollment at Illinois public universities increased by 2% compared to the previous year, increasing for the second consecutive year, and freshmen enrollment at Illinois public universities increased by 0.6% compared to the fall semester of the prior academic year. Enrollment of Latino students also increased in two key areas. Overall and undergraduate enrollment of Latino students at state universities increased 2.3% and 1.4% year-over-year, respectively. The report, IBHE First Look – Fall Enrollment 2024-25 – Illinois Public Universities, is available online.

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