Enrollment Trends at EMU

The student population at Eastern Mennonite University is 1,154 (791 undergraduate and 363 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 619 (34.91%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at EMU is 68.54% which is decreased by 430 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 189 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 57 male students for every 100 female students, up from 52 in 2015.
226 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -7.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,437 where 1,154 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 1,773 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,154 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,773 to 1,154 students, a net loss of 619 (34.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Eastern Mennonite University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,773	1,221	432	789	552	177	375
2016-17	1,745 -28	1,259 38	435 3	824 35	486 -66	155 -22	331 -44
2017-18	1,530 -215	1,098 -161	407 -28	691 -133	432 -54	144 -11	288 -43
2018-19	1,444 -86	1,040 -58	378 -29	662 -29	404 -28	119 -25	285 -3
2019-20	1,358 -86	978 -62	375 -3	603 -59	380 -24	107 -12	273 -12
2020-21	1,394 36	896 -82	354 -21	542 -61	498 118	110 3	388 115
2021-22	1,342 -52	958 62	388 34	570 28	384 -114	80 -30	304 -84
2022-23	1,334 -8	892 -66	373 -15	519 -51	442 58	80	362 58
2023-24	1,292 -42	863 -29	357 -16	506 -13	429 -13	83 3	346 -16
2024-25	1,154 -138	791 -72	349 -8	442 -64	363 -66	69 -14	294 -52
Average	1,437	1,000	385	615	437	112	325

Eastern Mennonite University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,000 where 791 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Eastern Mennonite University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,221	1,087	388	699	134	44	90
2016-17	1,259	1,081	391	690	178	44	134
2017-18	1,098	942	365	577	156	42	114
2018-19	1,040	849	343	506	191	35	156
2019-20	978	828	326	502	150	49	101
2020-21	896	812	324	488	84	30	54
2021-22	958	824	338	486	134	50	84
2022-23	892	783	318	465	109	55	54
2023-24	863	773	315	458	90	42	48
2024-25	791	735	321	414	56	28	28
Average	1,000	1,000	343	529	1,000	42	86

Eastern Mennonite University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 437 where 363 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Eastern Mennonite University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	552	136	68	68	416	109	307
2016-17	486	129	58	71	357	97	260
2017-18	432	125	48	77	307	96	211
2018-19	404	126	47	79	278	72	206
2019-20	380	115	40	75	265	67	198
2020-21	498	103	33	70	395	77	318
2021-22	384	83	25	58	301	55	246
2022-23	442	93	29	64	349	51	298
2023-24	429	105	32	73	324	51	273
2024-25	363	105	29	76	258	40	218
Average	437	437	41	71	437	72	254

Eastern Mennonite University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.06%. The percentage was 73.83% 10 years ago and EMU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.00% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.39% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.83% to 58.06%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.71% to 1.82%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.40% to 13.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.15% to 12.39%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6293 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4430 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern Mennonite University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	3	48	149	109	0	1,309	35
2016-17	4	35	130	112	1	1,277	39
2017-18	5	33	119	92	1	1,078	42
2018-19	3	37	117	91	2	1,011	50
2019-20	2	31	110	92	3	947	59
2020-21	2	31	100	91	5	1,002	61
2021-22	0	31	125	86	2	934	55
2022-23	2	28	120	99	1	903	52
2023-24	2	32	135	113	2	831	39
2024-25	1	21	150	143	1	670	37
Average	2	33	126	103	2	996	47

Eastern Mennonite University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

226 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -7.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern Mennonite University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,773	243	55	1,475
2016-17	1,745	288	60	1,397
2017-18	1,530	248	112	1,170
2018-19	1,444	246	130	1,068
2019-20	1,358	208	115	1,035
2020-21	1,394	420	600	374
2021-22	1,342	306	151	885
2022-23	1,334	323	68	943
2023-24	1,292	289	70	933
2024-25	1,154	226	68	860
Average	1,437	280	143	1,014

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Enrollment Trends at EMU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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