GENDER AND ETHNIC GROUP OF STUDENTS

Forty-two percent of Indiana University's students are male, 58 percent female. The proportion of women ranges from a high of 69.5 percent on the Kokomo campus to a low of 53 percent on the Bloomington campus. Ten years ago, 56 percent of Indiana University's students were female; in Fall 1976-77, 48 percent were female.
Eleven percent of all students fit minority ethnic group classifications as defined by the United States Office of Civil Rights. The highest proportions of minority students are found on the Northwest campus (34 percent) and the Indianapolis campus (13 percent). The Northwest campus has both the greatest percentage of African-American students (24 percent of the total student population) and the greatest percentage of Hispanic students (9 percent). The largest percentage of Asian students is found on the Bloomington campus (3 percent).

TOTAL STUDENT HEADCOUNT ENROLLMENT BY CAMPUS, ETHNIC GROUP, AND GENDER
Fall Semester, 1996-97
African-AmericanAll
CampusAmericanIndianAsianHispanicOthersTotal
Bloomington
Male 508 42 481 348 14,805 16,184
Female 759 39 600 354 16,764 18,516
Total 1,267 81 1,081 702 31,569 34,700
Indianapolis
Male 780 22 357 157 9,970 11,286
Female 1,564 50 342 192 13,577 15,725
Total 2,344 72 699 349 23,547 27,011
East
Male 23 3 4 5 705 740
Female 56 4 3 5 1,543 1,611
Total 79 7 7 10 2,248 2,351
Fort Wayne
Male 91 7 35 43 2,073 2,249
Female 171 9 42 58 3,332 3,612
Total 262 16 77 101 5,405 5,861
Kokomo
Male 27 7 14 13 843 904
Female 74 12 27 16 1,932 2,061
Total 101 19 41 29 2,775 2,965
Northwest
Male 251 4 29 147 1,266 1,697
Female 965 8 34 300 2,145 3,452
Total 1,216 12 63 447 3,411 5,149
South Bend
Male 120 9 33 47 2,341 2,550
Female 274 12 54 71 4,127 4,538
Total 394 21 87 118 6,468 7,088
Southeast
Male 34 5 12 13 1,984 2,048
Female 99 11 17 21 3,200 3,348
Total 133 16 29 34 5,184 5,396
Total University
Male 1,834 99 965 773 33,987 37,658
Female 3,962 145 1,119 1,017 46,620 52,863
Total 5,796 244 2,084 1,790 80,607 90,521
NOTE: "All Others" includes white, foreign, and unclassified students.
SOURCE: University Budget Office
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Last Updated: 25 November 1996
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