Indiana University has enrolled another record-breaking cohort of new students in 2025, with 10,127 freshmen or “beginner students” at IU Bloomington and 16,636 beginner students across the university system.

The record-breaking freshman class also contributed to IU Bloomington’s largest student enrollment to date; there are about 200 more students on campus this year than the 48,424 enrolled last year.

The freshman class includes students from all 92 of Indiana’s counties , as well as 48 other states and Washington, D.C.

Besides putting a number to the new faces on campus, IU’s annual enrollment headcount also shows how student demographics are changing in terms of racial diversity, state and country of origin, and the number of in-state and first-generation students – groups IU ha

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