Enrollment Trends at Eastern

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,598 where 8,727 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

28.65% of total students is undergraduate students and 71.35% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 316 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 4,906 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Eastern than male students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,981 where 2,500 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 University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,617 where 6,227 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 University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 47.07% and the percentage of black students is 21.76% at Eastern University. 6.30% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 12.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 49.30% to 47.07%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.71% to 6.30%. Black student enrollment decreased from 26.08% to 21.76%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 12.50% to 12.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7116 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6730 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

6,327 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 73% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,755.43% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern University from 2015 to 2025.