Eastern Kentucky University Student Population

How many students at EKU? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 15,673 students have enrolled in Eastern Kentucky University with 13,448 undergraduate and 2,225 graduate students.

By gender, 6,077 male and 9,596 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (13,360 students on average - public Doctoral / Research University).

5,246 students are enrolled exclusively, and 6,148 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 Kentucky University has a total of 15,673 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 13,448 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,225 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,077 male and 9,596 female students (the male-female ratio is 39:61) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 12,461 White, 1,051 Black, and 189 Asian students out of a total of 15,673 are attending at Eastern Kentucky University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Eastern Kentucky University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 35.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, EKU has 1,023 students under 18 years old and 34 students over 65 years old. There are 11,309 students under 25 years old, and 4,364 students over 25 years old out of 15,673 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,023 students are younger than 18 and 17 students are older than 65. EKU has 10,714 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,734 students aged 25 and over.

It has 595 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,630 students aged 25 and over.

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• 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 Kentucky University, 5,246 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,148 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,147 students who live in Kentucky or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,099 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 13,448 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,008 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.50%.709 students have transferred in as full-time status and 299 students transferred in as part-time status.