How Student Population Changes at ETSU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 14,179 where 13,483 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.28% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.72% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,713 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 63 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.67 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in ETSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at East Tennessee State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15,133	12,267	5,308	6,959	2,866	1,030	1,836
2013-14	14,691 -442	11,820 -447	5,099 -209	6,721 -238	2,871 5	1,023 -7	1,848 12
2014-15	14,434 -257	11,550 -270	4,984 -115	6,566 -155	2,884 13	1,081 58	1,803 -45
2015-16	14,334 -100	11,392 -158	5,018 34	6,374 -192	2,942 58	1,093 12	1,849 46
2016-17	14,022 -312	11,065 -327	4,856 -162	6,209 -165	2,957 15	1,123 30	1,834 -15
2017-18	14,353 331	11,323 258	4,970 114	6,353 144	3,030 73	1,082 -41	1,948 114
2018-19	14,317 -36	11,268 -55	4,793 -177	6,475 122	3,049 19	1,029 -53	2,020 72
2019-20	14,191 -126	11,153 -115	4,555 -238	6,598 123	3,038 -11	1,003 -26	2,035 15
2020-21	13,713 -478	10,705 -448	4,249 -306	6,456 -142	3,008 -30	963 -40	2,045 10
2021-22	13,303 -410	10,316 -389	3,952 -297	6,364 -92	2,987 -21	918 -45	2,069 24
2022-23	13,483 180	10,554 238	4,091 139	6,463 99	2,929 -58	957 39	1,972 -97
Average	14,179	11,219	4,716	6,503	2,960	1,027	1,933

Student Population Changes of East Tennessee State University

East Tennessee State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 11,219 where 10,554 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at East Tennessee State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,267	10,234	4,509	5,725	2,033	799	1,234
2013-14	11,820	9,727	4,201	5,526	2,093	898	1,195
2014-15	11,550	9,574	4,188	5,386	1,976	796	1,180
2015-16	11,392	9,455	4,176	5,279	1,937	842	1,095
2016-17	11,065	9,371	4,095	5,276	1,694	761	933
2017-18	11,323	9,641	4,230	5,411	1,682	740	942
2018-19	11,268	9,533	4,070	5,463	1,735	723	1,012
2019-20	11,153	9,228	3,804	5,424	1,925	751	1,174
2020-21	10,705	8,812	3,550	5,262	1,893	699	1,194
2021-22	10,316	8,396	3,224	5,172	1,920	728	1,192
2022-23	10,554	8,480	3,333	5,147	2,074	758	1,316
Average	11,219	11,219	3,944	5,370	11,219	772	1,133

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of East Tennessee State University

East Tennessee State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,960 where 2,929 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at East Tennessee State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,866	1,807	753	1,054	1,059	277	782
2013-14	2,871	1,850	769	1,081	1,021	254	767
2014-15	2,884	1,803	816	987	1,081	265	816
2015-16	2,942	1,857	801	1,056	1,085	292	793
2016-17	2,957	1,840	813	1,027	1,117	310	807
2017-18	3,030	1,891	779	1,112	1,139	303	836
2018-19	3,049	1,982	755	1,227	1,067	274	793
2019-20	3,038	1,943	723	1,220	1,095	280	815
2020-21	3,008	1,871	654	1,217	1,137	309	828
2021-22	2,987	1,883	644	1,239	1,104	274	830
2022-23	2,929	1,796	640	1,156	1,133	317	816
Average	2,960	2,960	741	1,125	2,960	287	808

Graduate Enrollment Changes of East Tennessee State University

East Tennessee State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.80%. The percentage was 84.88% 10 years ago and ETSU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.36% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at East Tennessee State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	52	215	910	302	12	12,845	338
2013-14	48	216	814	285	10	12,419	333
2014-15	38	232	860	290	9	11,967	341
2015-16	33	237	909	293	10	11,625	350
2016-17	29	223	852	285	12	11,346	340
2017-18	32	237	935	353	13	11,504	370
2018-19	24	253	910	379	13	11,548	447
2019-20	24	257	888	395	9	11,453	514
2020-21	18	258	901	463	8	10,793	512
2021-22	13	272	878	488	4	10,120	488
2022-23	9	317	857	494	1	9,950	401
Average	29	247	883	366	9	11,415	403

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of East Tennessee State University

East Tennessee State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,026 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 54.66% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at East Tennessee State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,434	1,310	4,158	8,966
2015-16	14,334	1,305	4,174	8,855
2016-17	14,022	1,229	4,526	8,267
2017-18	14,353	1,628	5,002	7,723
2018-19	14,317	2,060	5,895	6,362
2019-20	14,191	2,270	5,716	6,205
2020-21	13,713	2,026	6,142	5,545
2021-22	13,303	2,306	5,872	5,125
2022-23	13,483	2,026	6,142	5,315
Average	14,017	1,796	5,292	6,929

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of East Tennessee State University

Enrollment Trends at ETSU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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