Eastern Illinois University Student Population

How many students at EIU? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 8,505 students have enrolled in Eastern Illinois University with 6,785 undergraduate and 1,720 graduate students.

By gender, 3,624 male and 4,881 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,283 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,051 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Eastern Illinois University has a total of 8,505 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 6,785 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,720 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,624 male and 4,881 female students (the male-female ratio is 43:57) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,151 White, 968 Black, and 319 Asian students out of a total of 8,505 are attending at Eastern Illinois University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Eastern Illinois University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 60.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, EIU has 2,567 students under 18 years old and 18 students over 65 years old. There are 6,785 students under 25 years old, and 1,720 students over 25 years old out of 8,505 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 2,567 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. EIU has 6,161 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 624 students aged 25 and over.

It has 624 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,096 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Eastern Illinois University, 1,283 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,051 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,085 students who live in Illinois or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 198 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,785 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 501 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.38%.407 students have transferred in as full-time status and 94 students transferred in as part-time status.