Enrollment Trends at Eastern

The student population at Eastern University is 5,769 (1,848 undergraduate and 3,921 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,506 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Eastern is 32.03% which is decreased by 853 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,359 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,927 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,175.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,846 where 5,769 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

32.03% of total students is undergraduate students and 67.97% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 853 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,359 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.44 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 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,263	2,701	836	1,865	1,562	534	1,028
2013-14	4,004 -259	2,541 -160	758 -78	1,783 -82	1,463 -99	515 -19	948 -80
2014-15	3,762 -242	2,402 -139	689 -69	1,713 -70	1,360 -103	479 -36	881 -67
2015-16	3,505 -257	2,184 -218	648 -41	1,536 -177	1,321 -39	416 -63	905 24
2016-17	3,420 -85	2,082 -102	625 -23	1,457 -79	1,338 17	409 -7	929 24
2017-18	3,291 -129	1,887 -195	585 -40	1,302 -155	1,404 66	431 22	973 44
2018-19	3,256 -35	1,885 -2	601 16	1,284 -18	1,371 -33	421 -10	950 -23
2019-20	3,100 -156	1,752 -133	550 -51	1,202 -82	1,348 -23	374 -47	974 24
2020-21	3,504 404	1,879 127	599 49	1,280 78	1,625 277	550 176	1,075 101
2021-22	4,429 925	1,726 -153	554 -45	1,172 -108	2,703 1,078	1,102 552	1,601 526
2022-23	5,769 1,340	1,848 122	669 115	1,179 7	3,921 1,218	1,696 594	2,225 624
Average	3,846	2,081	647	1,434	1,765	630	1,135

Eastern University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,081 where 1,848 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 University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,701	2,179	705	1,474	522	131	391
2013-14	2,541	2,076	659	1,417	465	99	366
2014-15	2,402	1,992	590	1,402	410	99	311
2015-16	2,184	1,851	579	1,272	333	69	264
2016-17	2,082	1,760	556	1,204	322	69	253
2017-18	1,887	1,462	498	964	425	87	338
2018-19	1,885	1,463	511	952	422	90	332
2019-20	1,752	1,328	467	861	424	83	341
2020-21	1,879	1,299	441	858	580	158	422
2021-22	1,726	1,237	447	790	489	107	382
2022-23	1,848	1,281	534	747	567	135	432
Average	2,081	2,081	544	1,086	2,081	102	348

Eastern University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,765 where 3,921 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 University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,562	775	274	501	787	260	527
2013-14	1,463	732	276	456	731	239	492
2014-15	1,360	632	245	387	728	234	494
2015-16	1,321	566	184	382	755	232	523
2016-17	1,338	507	161	346	831	248	583
2017-18	1,404	482	157	325	922	274	648
2018-19	1,371	371	117	254	1,000	304	696
2019-20	1,348	364	107	257	984	267	717
2020-21	1,625	488	184	304	1,137	366	771
2021-22	2,703	747	318	429	1,956	784	1,172
2022-23	3,921	1,029	458	571	2,892	1,238	1,654
Average	1,765	1,765	226	383	1,765	404	752

Eastern University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.96% and the percentage of black students is 22.81% at Eastern University. 5.43% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern 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	12	85	1,140	360	3	2,153	23
2013-14	18	80	1,031	423	4	1,983	15
2014-15	17	75	1,012	420	4	1,830	17
2015-16	11	60	914	438	3	1,728	28
2016-17	5	69	857	489	1	1,613	40
2017-18	1	71	743	425	1	1,603	63
2018-19	5	63	727	448	3	1,603	68
2019-20	3	63	697	393	1	1,523	61
2020-21	4	89	783	398	1	1,639	83
2021-22	5	184	957	456	7	2,142	106
2022-23	11	313	1,316	589	5	2,709	142
Average	8	105	925	440	3	1,866	59

Eastern University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,927 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 68% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,175.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,762	308	264	3,190
2015-16	3,505	341	316	2,848
2016-17	3,420	451	361	2,608
2017-18	3,291	634	421	2,236
2018-19	3,256	776	344	2,136
2019-20	3,100	945	414	1,741
2020-21	3,504	2,227	943	334
2021-22	4,429	2,567	707	1,155
2022-23	5,769	3,927	603	1,239
Average	3,782	1,353	486	1,943

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