Student Population at Eastern Kentucky University

Eastern Kentucky University has a total of 14,324 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 12,072 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,252 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 11,534 White, 966 Black, and 209 Asian students out of a total of 14,324 are attending at Eastern Kentucky University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, EKU has 774 students under 18 years old and 38 students over 65 years old. There are 10,244 students under 25 years old, and 4,080 students over 25 years old out of 14,324 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 774 students are younger than 18 and 19 students are older than 65. EKU has 9,697 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,375 students aged 25 and over.

It has 547 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,705 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 Kentucky University, 4,278 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,931 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,062 students lived in Kentucky or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,216 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 12,072 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 920 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.62%.687 students have transferred in as full-time status and 233 students transferred in as part-time status.