Student Population at Eastern Kentucky University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
14,324	12,072	2,252

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 14,324 students have enrolled in Eastern Kentucky University with 12,072 undergraduate and 2,252 graduate students.

By gender, 5,588 male and 8,736 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (12,612 students in average - public Doctoral / Research University).

4,278 students are enrolled exclusively, and 5,931 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

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Student Population by Gender

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 gender, 5,588 male and 8,736 female students (the male-female ratio is 39:61) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,324	12,072	2,252
Men	5,588	4,914	674
Women	8,736	7,158	1,578

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	31	10	21
Asian	209	80	129
Black	966	408	558
Hispanic	672	287	385
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	16	7	9
White	11,534	4,420	7,114
Two or more races	631	226	405
Race Unknown	121	57	64

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	30	10	20
Asian	165	64	101
Black	799	348	451
Hispanic	593	261	332
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	13	6	7
White	9,746	3,926	5,820
Two or more races	546	198	348
Race Unknown	91	39	52

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	0	1
Asian	44	16	28
Black	167	60	107
Hispanic	79	26	53
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	1,788	494	1,294
Two or more races	85	28	57
Race Unknown	30	18	12

Student Age Distribution

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.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	774	487	287
18-19	4,036	2,500	1,536
20-21	3,310	1,981	1,329
22-24	2,124	1,234	890
25-29	1,385	876	509
30-34	873	530	343
35-39	653	393	260
40-49	784	497	287
50-64	347	210	137
Over 65	38	28	10

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	774	487	287
18-19	4,036	2,500	1,536
20-21	3,274	1,948	1,326
22-24	1,613	866	747
25-29	879	516	363
30-34	539	298	241
35-39	390	236	154
40-49	390	214	176
50-64	158	80	78
Over 65	19	13	6

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

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.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	14,324	4,278	5,931
Undergraduate	12,072	2,938	5,478
Graduate	2,252	1,340	453

Online Student Population by Locality
	Kentucky Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	3,062	1,172	44
Undergraduate	2,269	651	18
Graduate	793	521	26

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

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.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	8,828
Transfer-in Full-time	687
Regular Part-time	2,324
Transfer-in Part-time	233

Student Population at Eastern Kentucky University

Student Population by Gender

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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