Enrollment Trends at EMU

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.

68.54% of total students is undergraduate students and 31.46% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 430 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 189 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in EMU than male students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.