Gender Diversity
Based on the 2021-2022 data, the undergraduate student population at Illinois Tech is greatly skewed towards men students, with 67.5% of undergraduate students being men and 32.5% being women. The total number of full-time, first-year undergraduate students is 2,998, with 973 women and 2,025 men.
On the other hand, the graduate student population at Illinois Tech is largely skewed towards men students, with 59.8% of undergraduate students being men and 40.2% being women. The total number of full-time, graduate students is 3,488, with 1,402 women and 2,086 men.
Undergraduate Students
- men 67.5% 2,025 students
- women 32.5% 973 students
Graduate Students
- men 59.8% 2,086 students
- women 40.2% 1,402 students
Racial Diversity
2021-2022 Academic Year
The largest ethnic group among the students is White, comprising 37.6% of the undergraduates population , with a total of 1,126 students.
Following closely behind are Hispanic students, constituting 18.6% of the student body, with 557 students. Asian students represent 16.5% of the population, with 496 students, while African American students account for 4.2%, with 126 students. Mixed race students account for 3.8% of the undergraduate student body, comprising 114 students. Finally, Hawaiian students have the smallest representation at 0.0% , with 1 students.
International students make up 15.7% of the undergraduate population, totaling 471 students.
There is also a notable percentage of students with an unknown race, making up 3.5% of the population, totaling 106 students.
The statistics/chart presented below provide an overview of the racial composition of all students (including undergraduate, graduate and transfer-in students) offering insights into the diversity present within Illinois Tech.
Undergraduate Students
- White 37.6% 1,126 students
- Hispanic 18.6% 557 students
- Asian 16.5% 496 students
- International students 15.7% 471 students
- African American 4.2% 126 students
- Mixed race 3.8% 114 students
- Unknown race 3.5% 106 students
- Hawaiian 0.0% 1 students
Graduate Students
- International students 56.3% 1,961 students
- White 25.2% 879 students
- Asian 5.4% 187 students
- Hispanic 5.2% 181 students
- African American 4.0% 139 students
- Unknown race 2.5% 88 students
- Mixed race 1.3% 46 students
- Hawaiian 0.1% 2 students
Transfer Students
- White 33.3% 49 students
- Hispanic 23.1% 34 students
- Asian 17.7% 26 students
- International students 17.0% 25 students
- African American 6.1% 9 students
- Unknown race 2.0% 3 students
- Mixed race 0.7% 1 students
- Hawaiian 0.0% 0 students
Students Age Diversity
- 20-21 38% 1,152 students
- 18-19 32% 945 students
- 22-24 20% 591 students
- 25-29 5% 162 students
- 30-34 2% 60 students
- 35-39 1% 36 students
- 40-49 1% 18 students
- 50-64 0% 7 students
- 25-29 35% 1,238 students
- 22-24 29% 1,006 students
- 30-34 17% 586 students
- 35-39 9% 307 students
- 40-49 6% 216 students
- 20-21 2% 79 students
- 50-64 1% 51 students
- 18-19 0% 1 students
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