Enrollment Trends at EOU

The student population at Eastern Oregon University is 2,894 (2,502 undergraduate and 392 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 594 (17.03%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at EOU is 86.45% which is decreased by 626 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 32 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 63 male students for every 100 female students, up from 58 in 2015.
1,567 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 5.88% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,977 where 2,894 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,488 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,674 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,488 to 2,894 students, a net loss of 594 (17%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,488	3,128	1,177	1,951	360	109	251
2016-17	3,176 -312	2,873 -255	1,128 -49	1,745 -206	303 -57	96 -13	207 -44
2017-18	3,016 -160	2,737 -136	1,076 -52	1,661 -84	279 -24	85 -11	194 -13
2018-19	2,978 -38	2,744 7	1,106 30	1,638 -23	234 -45	86 1	148 -46
2019-20	3,067 89	2,867 123	1,146 40	1,721 83	200 -34	66 -20	134 -14
2020-21	2,853 -214	2,586 -281	1,028 -118	1,558 -163	267 67	83 17	184 50
2021-22	2,825 -28	2,540 -46	1,017 -11	1,523 -35	285 18	85 2	200 16
2022-23	2,674 -151	2,415 -125	979 -38	1,436 -87	259 -26	86 1	173 -27
2023-24	2,798 124	2,515 100	1,075 96	1,440 4	283 24	84 -2	199 26
2024-25	2,894 96	2,502 -13	1,021 -54	1,481 41	392 109	99 15	293 94
Average	2,977	2,691	1,075	1,615	286	88	198

Eastern Oregon University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,691 where 2,502 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 Oregon University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,128	1,696	641	1,055	1,432	536	896
2016-17	2,873	1,691	699	992	1,182	429	753
2017-18	2,737	1,668	671	997	1,069	405	664
2018-19	2,744	1,689	674	1,015	1,055	432	623
2019-20	2,867	1,639	648	991	1,228	498	730
2020-21	2,586	1,541	604	937	1,045	424	621
2021-22	2,540	1,514	621	893	1,026	396	630
2022-23	2,415	1,479	620	859	936	359	577
2023-24	2,515	1,480	659	821	1,035	416	619
2024-25	2,502	1,492	643	849	1,010	378	632
Average	2,691	2,691	648	941	2,691	427	675

Eastern Oregon University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 286 where 392 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 Oregon University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	360	86	30	56	274	79	195
2016-17	303	104	40	64	199	56	143
2017-18	279	94	28	66	185	57	128
2018-19	234	78	41	37	156	45	111
2019-20	200	78	33	45	122	33	89
2020-21	267	133	44	89	134	39	95
2021-22	285	118	45	73	167	40	127
2022-23	259	108	37	71	151	49	102
2023-24	283	102	39	63	181	45	136
2024-25	392	201	47	154	191	52	139
Average	286	286	38	72	286	50	127

Eastern Oregon University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.49%. The percentage was 74.43% 10 years ago and EOU still has a high percentage of white students. 0.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.76% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.10% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.43% to 68.49%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.86% to 0.93%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.24% to 1.76%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.82% to 14.10%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5067 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4418 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern Oregon 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	70	65	78	168	37	2,596	82
2016-17	68	55	78	213	41	2,393	130
2017-18	54	48	64	307	58	2,216	130
2018-19	55	55	58	312	87	2,156	137
2019-20	56	51	66	363	109	2,134	160
2020-21	59	46	59	399	82	1,905	142
2021-22	55	39	66	395	74	1,933	115
2022-23	41	30	48	380	65	1,848	120
2023-24	42	26	52	433	59	1,916	144
2024-25	49	27	51	408	68	1,982	162
Average	55	44	62	338	68	2,108	132

Eastern Oregon University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,567 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 54% of total students. The number of online students has increased 5.88% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern Oregon University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,488	1,480	695	1,313
2016-17	3,176	1,434	626	1,116
2017-18	3,016	1,364	541	1,111
2018-19	2,978	1,341	646	991
2019-20	3,067	1,496	582	989
2020-21	2,853	1,752	869	232
2021-22	2,825	1,624	519	682
2022-23	2,674	1,520	467	687
2023-24	2,798	1,472	445	881
2024-25	2,894	1,567	463	864
Average	2,977	1,505	585	887

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Enrollment Trends at EOU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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