Enrollment Trends at EKU

The student population at Eastern Kentucky University is 14,324 (12,072 undergraduate and 2,252 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,787 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at EKU is 84.28% which is decreased by 1,819 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 32 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.56 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

4,278 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 44.23% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,632 where 14,324 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.28% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.72% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,819 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 32 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.56 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in EKU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Eastern Kentucky University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16,111	13,891	6,109	7,782	2,220	840	1,380
2014-15	16,305 194	13,939 48	6,162 53	7,777 -5	2,366 146	770 -70	1,596 216
2015-16	16,844 539	14,327 388	6,146 -16	8,181 404	2,517 151	826 56	1,691 95
2016-17	16,881 37	14,293 -34	6,172 26	8,121 -60	2,588 71	842 16	1,746 55
2017-18	16,612 -269	14,143 -150	6,035 -137	8,108 -13	2,469 -119	767 -75	1,702 -44
2018-19	15,815 -797	13,398 -745	5,650 -385	7,748 -360	2,417 -52	777 10	1,640 -62
2019-20	14,980 -835	12,662 -736	5,392 -258	7,270 -478	2,318 -99	727 -50	1,591 -49
2020-21	14,465 -515	12,070 -592	5,086 -306	6,984 -286	2,395 77	726 -1	1,669 78
2021-22	13,984 -481	11,684 -386	4,749 -337	6,935 -49	2,300 -95	689 -37	1,611 -58
2022-23	14,324 340	12,072 388	4,914 165	7,158 223	2,252 -48	674 -15	1,578 -33
Average	15,632	13,248	5,642	7,606	2,384	764	1,620

Eastern Kentucky University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 13,248 where 12,072 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 Eastern Kentucky University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13,891	10,969	4,900	6,069	2,922	1,209	1,713
2014-15	13,939	11,166	4,928	6,238	2,773	1,234	1,539
2015-16	14,327	11,332	4,914	6,418	2,995	1,232	1,763
2016-17	14,293	11,010	4,821	6,189	3,283	1,351	1,932
2017-18	14,143	10,744	4,628	6,116	3,399	1,407	1,992
2018-19	13,398	10,451	4,458	5,993	2,947	1,192	1,755
2019-20	12,662	9,908	4,175	5,733	2,754	1,217	1,537
2020-21	12,070	9,572	3,936	5,636	2,498	1,150	1,348
2021-22	11,684	9,250	3,680	5,570	2,434	1,069	1,365
2022-23	12,072	9,515	3,785	5,730	2,557	1,129	1,428
Average	13,248	13,248	4,423	5,969	13,248	1,219	1,637

Eastern Kentucky University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,384 where 2,252 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 Eastern Kentucky University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,220	682	244	438	1,538	596	942
2014-15	2,366	784	250	534	1,582	520	1,062
2015-16	2,517	816	270	546	1,701	556	1,145
2016-17	2,588	812	267	545	1,776	575	1,201
2017-18	2,469	741	242	499	1,728	525	1,203
2018-19	2,417	715	229	486	1,702	548	1,154
2019-20	2,318	662	200	462	1,656	527	1,129
2020-21	2,395	682	186	496	1,713	540	1,173
2021-22	2,300	708	207	501	1,592	482	1,110
2022-23	2,252	654	207	447	1,598	467	1,131
Average	2,384	2,384	230	495	2,384	534	1,125

Eastern Kentucky University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.52%. The percentage was 83.34% 10 years ago and EKU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.46% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.74% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern Kentucky University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	51	161	880	289	15	13,427	328
2014-15	49	142	967	333	19	13,545	357
2015-16	47	147	972	391	16	13,949	379
2016-17	40	136	918	428	16	14,214	411
2017-18	35	134	938	450	15	13,920	456
2018-19	34	152	884	463	12	13,278	464
2019-20	32	160	843	531	13	12,438	434
2020-21	22	171	860	585	13	11,777	516
2021-22	21	200	867	614	13	11,364	560
2022-23	31	209	966	672	16	11,534	631
Average	36	161	910	476	15	12,945	454

Eastern Kentucky University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,278 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 30% of total students. The number of online students has increased 44.23% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern Kentucky University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	16,305	2,966	3,264	10,075
2015-16	16,844	3,455	4,913	8,476
2016-17	16,881	3,680	4,950	8,251
2017-18	16,612	3,731	3,256	9,625
2018-19	15,815	3,578	3,554	8,683
2019-20	14,980	3,573	3,088	8,319
2020-21	14,465	3,912	4,603	5,950
2021-22	13,984	4,255	5,888	3,841
2022-23	14,324	4,278	5,931	4,115
Average	15,579	3,714	4,383	7,482

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