Enrollment Trends at EIU

The student population at Eastern Illinois University is 8,857 (6,916 undergraduate and 1,941 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,560 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at EIU is 78.09% which is decreased by 2,059 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 499 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,382 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 186.13% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,499 where 8,857 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.09% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.91% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,059 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 499 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in EIU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Eastern Illinois University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,417	8,975	3,659	5,316	1,442	559	883
2013-14	9,775 -642	8,347 -628	3,368 -291	4,979 -337	1,428 -14	559 0	869 -14
2014-15	8,913 -862	7,640 -707	3,044 -324	4,596 -383	1,273 -155	490 -69	783 -86
2015-16	8,520 -393	7,202 -438	2,900 -144	4,302 -294	1,318 45	507 17	811 28
2016-17	7,415 -1,105	5,957 -1,245	2,335 -565	3,622 -680	1,458 140	598 91	860 49
2017-18	7,030 -385	5,568 -389	2,249 -86	3,319 -303	1,462 4	534 -64	928 68
2018-19	7,526 496	6,012 444	2,559 310	3,453 134	1,514 52	505 -29	1,009 81
2019-20	7,806 280	6,229 217	2,648 89	3,581 128	1,577 63	517 12	1,060 51
2020-21	8,626 820	6,969 740	2,872 224	4,097 516	1,657 80	531 14	1,126 66
2021-22	8,608 -18	6,903 -66	2,805 -67	4,098 1	1,705 48	640 109	1,065 -61
2022-23	8,857 249	6,916 13	2,824 19	4,092 -6	1,941 236	897 257	1,044 -21
Average	8,499	6,974	2,842	4,132	1,525	576	949

Eastern Illinois University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,974 where 6,916 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Eastern Illinois University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,975	7,906	3,273	4,633	1,069	386	683
2013-14	8,347	7,327	3,002	4,325	1,020	366	654
2014-15	7,640	6,676	2,727	3,949	964	317	647
2015-16	7,202	6,255	2,544	3,711	947	356	591
2016-17	5,957	5,133	2,050	3,083	824	285	539
2017-18	5,568	4,319	1,754	2,565	1,249	495	754
2018-19	6,012	4,091	1,681	2,410	1,921	878	1,043
2019-20	6,229	3,990	1,649	2,341	2,239	999	1,240
2020-21	6,969	4,082	1,600	2,482	2,887	1,272	1,615
2021-22	6,903	3,984	1,585	2,399	2,919	1,220	1,699
2022-23	6,916	4,014	1,592	2,422	2,902	1,232	1,670
Average	6,974	6,974	2,132	3,120	6,974	710	1,012

Eastern Illinois University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,525 where 1,941 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Eastern Illinois University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,442	619	257	362	823	302	521
2013-14	1,428	686	282	404	742	277	465
2014-15	1,273	716	286	430	557	204	353
2015-16	1,318	656	269	387	662	238	424
2016-17	1,458	783	353	430	675	245	430
2017-18	1,462	677	244	433	785	290	495
2018-19	1,514	676	233	443	838	272	566
2019-20	1,577	671	241	430	906	276	630
2020-21	1,657	615	219	396	1,042	312	730
2021-22	1,705	730	343	387	975	297	678
2022-23	1,941	948	518	430	993	379	614
Average	1,525	1,525	295	412	1,525	281	537

Eastern Illinois University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.32%. The percentage was 73.52% 10 years ago and EIU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.98% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern Illinois University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	27	94	1,580	399	9	7,659	153
2013-14	21	87	1,587	437	6	6,997	166
2014-15	21	80	1,500	444	6	6,230	169
2015-16	20	92	1,441	471	4	5,831	181
2016-17	20	76	1,226	449	5	4,904	153
2017-18	19	118	1,119	583	6	4,489	156
2018-19	15	168	1,117	792	5	4,755	149
2019-20	18	224	1,145	915	6	4,799	152
2020-21	14	274	1,132	1,162	6	5,229	173
2021-22	10	300	1,106	1,161	7	5,054	184
2022-23	12	295	1,150	1,191	6	4,900	190
Average	18	164	1,282	728	6	5,532	166

Eastern Illinois University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,382 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 186.13% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern Illinois University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,913	483	916	7,514
2015-16	8,520	576	1,119	6,825
2016-17	7,415	599	1,402	5,414
2017-18	7,030	779	1,525	4,726
2018-19	7,526	985	1,510	5,031
2019-20	7,806	1,086	1,553	5,167
2020-21	8,626	1,706	3,716	3,204
2021-22	8,608	1,459	2,449	4,700
2022-23	8,857	1,382	2,433	5,042
Average	8,145	1,006	1,847	5,291

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