Enrollment Trends at Eastern Michigan

The student population at Eastern Michigan University is 14,018 (11,617 undergraduate and 2,401 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 9,500 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Eastern Michigan is 82.87% which is decreased by 7,310 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 2,190 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.60 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,928 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 108.84% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 19,593 where 14,018 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.87% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.13% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 7,310 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 2,190 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.60 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Eastern Michigan than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	23,518	18,927	7,980	10,947	4,591	1,621	2,970
2013-14	23,447 -71	19,189 262	8,047 67	11,142 195	4,258 -333	1,510 -111	2,748 -222
2014-15	22,401 -1,046	18,340 -849	7,578 -469	10,762 -380	4,061 -197	1,461 -49	2,600 -148
2015-16	21,824 -577	17,951 -389	7,364 -214	10,587 -175	3,873 -188	1,404 -57	2,469 -131
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
Average	19,593	16,193	6,578	9,615	3,400	1,173	2,227

Eastern Michigan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 16,193 where 11,617 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 Michigan University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	18,927	13,256	5,649	7,607	5,671	2,331	3,340
2013-14	19,189	13,542	5,727	7,815	5,647	2,320	3,327
2014-15	18,340	13,101	5,356	7,745	5,239	2,222	3,017
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
Average	16,193	16,193	4,688	6,877	16,193	1,890	2,738

Eastern Michigan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,400 where 2,401 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 Michigan University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,591	1,009	352	657	3,582	1,269	2,313
2013-14	4,258	951	341	610	3,307	1,169	2,138
2014-15	4,061	1,015	358	657	3,046	1,103	1,943
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
Average	3,400	3,400	306	625	3,400	867	1,603

Eastern Michigan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.11%. The percentage was 64.13% 10 years ago and Eastern Michigan still has a high percentage of white students. 3.43% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.39% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern Michigan 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	91	562	4,717	723	22	15,083	459
2013-14	75	574	4,547	797	17	15,243	638
2014-15	52	565	4,059	830	15	14,859	704
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
Average	57	548	3,486	1,001	14	12,513	663

Eastern Michigan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,928 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 108.84% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern Michigan University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	22,401	1,402	3,717	17,282
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
Average	18,728	3,067	5,337	10,324

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