Enrollment Trends at Eastern Michigan

The student population at Eastern Michigan University is 12,631 (10,470 undergraduate and 2,161 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 9,193 (42.12%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Eastern Michigan is 82.89% which is decreased by 7,481 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,712 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 66 male students for every 100 female students, down from 67 in 2015.
2,172 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 56.26% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 17,211 where 12,631 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 21,824 to 12,631 students, a loss of 9,193 (42.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	21,824	17,951	7,364	10,587	3,873	1,404	2,469
2016-17	21,246 -578	17,682 -269	7,178 -186	10,504 -83	3,564 -309	1,249 -155	2,315 -154
2017-18	20,525 -721	17,217 -465	7,001 -177	10,216 -288	3,308 -256	1,141 -108	2,167 -148
2018-19	19,123 -1,402	16,022 -1,195	6,376 -625	9,646 -570	3,101 -207	1,044 -97	2,057 -110
2019-20	17,784 -1,339	14,872 -1,150	5,883 -493	8,989 -657	2,912 -189	996 -48	1,916 -141
2020-21	16,294 -1,490	13,572 -1,300	5,345 -538	8,227 -762	2,722 -190	898 -98	1,824 -92
2021-22	15,340 -954	12,730 -842	4,958 -387	7,772 -455	2,610 -112	833 -65	1,777 -47
2022-23	14,018 -1,322	11,617 -1,113	4,647 -311	6,970 -802	2,401 -209	745 -88	1,656 -121
2023-24	13,324 -694	11,129 -488	4,506 -141	6,623 -347	2,195 -206	689 -56	1,506 -150
2024-25	12,631 -693	10,470 -659	4,313 -193	6,157 -466	2,161 -34	693 4	1,468 -38
Average	17,211	14,326	5,757	8,569	2,885	969	1,916

Eastern Michigan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 14,326 where 10,470 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 Michigan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	17,951	13,079	5,286	7,793	4,872	2,078	2,794
2016-17	17,682	12,880	5,192	7,688	4,802	1,986	2,816
2017-18	17,217	12,410	5,036	7,374	4,807	1,965	2,842
2018-19	16,022	11,428	4,556	6,872	4,594	1,820	2,774
2019-20	14,872	10,572	4,225	6,347	4,300	1,658	2,642
2020-21	13,572	9,630	3,774	5,856	3,942	1,571	2,371
2021-22	12,730	9,038	3,506	5,532	3,692	1,452	2,240
2022-23	11,617	8,282	3,263	5,019	3,335	1,384	1,951
2023-24	11,129	8,054	3,201	4,853	3,075	1,305	1,770
2024-25	10,470	7,880	3,309	4,571	2,590	1,004	1,586
Average	14,326	14,326	4,135	6,191	14,326	1,622	2,379

Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,885 where 2,161 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 Michigan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,873	1,036	352	684	2,837	1,052	1,785
2016-17	3,564	1,002	327	675	2,562	922	1,640
2017-18	3,308	926	297	629	2,382	844	1,538
2018-19	3,101	930	289	641	2,171	755	1,416
2019-20	2,912	875	285	590	2,037	711	1,326
2020-21	2,722	867	278	589	1,855	620	1,235
2021-22	2,610	872	264	608	1,738	569	1,169
2022-23	2,401	757	226	531	1,644	519	1,125
2023-24	2,195	724	221	503	1,471	468	1,003
2024-25	2,161	742	253	489	1,419	440	979
Average	2,885	2,885	279	594	2,885	690	1,322

Eastern Michigan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.83%. The percentage was 65.56% 10 years ago and Eastern Michigan still has a high percentage of white students. 3.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.76% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.79% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.56% to 57.83%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.67% to 3.61%. Black student enrollment decreased from 18.13% to 16.76%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.28% to 8.79%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6263 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5336 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern Michigan 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	60	583	3,956	935	14	14,307	778
2016-17	64	578	3,874	985	13	13,779	769
2017-18	55	559	3,550	1,033	18	13,277	768
2018-19	51	566	3,262	988	13	12,202	708
2019-20	44	548	2,911	1,117	14	11,166	643
2020-21	55	505	2,632	1,167	10	10,101	595
2021-22	46	504	2,536	1,223	9	9,338	619
2022-23	35	481	2,297	1,213	14	8,286	609
2023-24	37	468	2,210	1,164	7	7,674	550
2024-25	38	456	2,117	1,110	9	7,305	584
Average	49	525	2,935	1,094	12	10,744	662

Eastern Michigan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,172 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 56.26% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern Michigan University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	21,824	1,390	4,350	16,084
2016-17	21,246	1,450	4,316	15,480
2017-18	20,525	1,683	4,490	14,352
2018-19	19,123	1,916	4,524	12,683
2019-20	17,784	2,141	6,817	8,826
2020-21	16,294	10,692	5,159	443
2021-22	15,340	3,999	8,247	3,094
2022-23	14,018	2,928	6,414	4,676
2023-24	13,324	2,310	5,548	5,466
2024-25	12,631	2,172	5,524	4,935
Average	17,211	3,068	5,539	8,604

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Enrollment Trends at Eastern Michigan

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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