Fall 2023 Census

  • Online majors made up 40.6% of UIS headcount
  • Online majors are older than their on-campus counterparts:
    • At the undergraduate level by 8.6 years (30.8 vs 22.2)
    • At the masters level by 8.8 years (35.8 vs 27.0)
  • Online majors have an average credit load of 8.1 hours. On-campus majors have an average credit load of 11.5 hours.
  • UIS Online majors reside:
    • in 42 states and DC
    • in 86 counties in Illinois
    • in 17 foreign countries
  • 87.5% of online majors have mailing addresses outside Sangamon County
  • 27.0% of online majors have mailing addresses outside of Illinois
  • 82.8% of UIS students took at least one online course
  • 46.4% of UIS students were registered only in online courses
Chart shows the trend of online majors headcount at UIS since 2004-5 academic year. In 2004-5, there were fewer than 1,500 online students. In 2022-23, there were over 4,000 online students. The number of online students increased every year with the exception of 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20.

Contact COLRS at (217) 206-7317 or colrs@uis.edu for additional data about online programs at UIS.