Enrollment Trends at ESU

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,537 where 4,557 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

52.58% of total students is undergraduate students and 47.42% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,468 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 69 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.07 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in ESU than male students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,182 where 2,396 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 Emporia State University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,355 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 Emporia State University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 64.17%. The percentage was 70.73% 10 years ago and ESU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.77% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.56% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.73% to 64.17%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.92% to 1.27%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.10% to 3.77%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.55% to 10.56%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5731 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4926 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

2,347 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 52% of total students. The number of online students has increased 26.39% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Emporia State University from 2015 to 2025.