Student Population at Eastern Illinois University

Eastern Illinois University has a total of 8,857 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 6,916 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,941 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 4,900 White, 1,150 Black, and 295 Asian students out of a total of 8,857 are attending at Eastern Illinois University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, EIU has 2,300 students under 18 years old and 17 students over 65 years old. There are 6,825 students under 25 years old, and 2,032 students over 25 years old out of 8,857 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 2,300 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. EIU has 6,148 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 768 students aged 25 and over.

It has 677 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,264 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Eastern Illinois University, 1,382 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,433 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,163 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 219 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 6,916 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 605 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.75%.514 students have transferred in as full-time status and 91 students transferred in as part-time status.