Eastern Michigan University Student Population

How many students at Eastern Michigan? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 12,631 students have enrolled in Eastern Michigan University with 10,470 undergraduate and 2,161 graduate students.

By gender, 5,006 male and 7,625 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,875 students on average - public Research University (high research activity)).

2,172 students are enrolled exclusively, and 5,524 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 Michigan University has a total of 12,631 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 10,470 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,161 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,006 male and 7,625 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,305 White, 2,117 Black, and 456 Asian students out of a total of 12,631 are attending at Eastern Michigan University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Eastern Michigan University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 62.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Eastern Michigan has 425 students under 18 years old and 18 students over 65 years old. There are 8,919 students under 25 years old, and 3,710 students over 25 years old out of 12,631 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 425 students are younger than 18 and 14 students are older than 65. Eastern Michigan has 8,412 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,056 students aged 25 and over.

It has 507 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,654 students aged 25 and over.

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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 Michigan University, 2,172 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,524 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,975 students who live in Michigan or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 197 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 10,470 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 886 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.46%.547 students have transferred in as full-time status and 339 students transferred in as part-time status.