Enrollment Trends at EOU

The student population at Eastern Oregon University is 2,674 (2,415 undergraduate and 259 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,483 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at EOU is 90.31% which is decreased by 1,339 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 144 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.51 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,520 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1.13% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,189 where 2,674 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

90.31% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.69% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,339 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 144 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.51 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in EOU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,157	3,754	1,468	2,286	403	123	280
2014-15	3,653 -504	3,348 -406	1,225 -243	2,123 -163	305 -98	87 -36	218 -62
2015-16	3,488 -165	3,128 -220	1,177 -48	1,951 -172	360 55	109 22	251 33
2016-17	3,176 -312	2,873 -255	1,128 -49	1,745 -206	303 -57	96 -13	207 -44
2017-18	3,016 -160	2,737 -136	1,076 -52	1,661 -84	279 -24	85 -11	194 -13
2018-19	2,978 -38	2,744 7	1,106 30	1,638 -23	234 -45	86 1	148 -46
2019-20	3,067 89	2,867 123	1,146 40	1,721 83	200 -34	66 -20	134 -14
2020-21	2,853 -214	2,586 -281	1,028 -118	1,558 -163	267 67	83 17	184 50
2021-22	2,825 -28	2,540 -46	1,017 -11	1,523 -35	285 18	85 2	200 16
2022-23	2,674 -151	2,415 -125	979 -38	1,436 -87	259 -26	86 1	173 -27
Average	3,189	2,899	1,135	1,764	290	91	199

Eastern Oregon University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,899 where 2,415 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 Oregon University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,754	2,140	886	1,254	1,614	582	1,032
2014-15	3,348	1,895	736	1,159	1,453	489	964
2015-16	3,128	1,696	641	1,055	1,432	536	896
2016-17	2,873	1,691	699	992	1,182	429	753
2017-18	2,737	1,668	671	997	1,069	405	664
2018-19	2,744	1,689	674	1,015	1,055	432	623
2019-20	2,867	1,639	648	991	1,228	498	730
2020-21	2,586	1,541	604	937	1,045	424	621
2021-22	2,540	1,514	621	893	1,026	396	630
2022-23	2,415	1,479	620	859	936	359	577
Average	2,899	2,899	680	1,015	2,899	455	749

Eastern Oregon University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 290 where 259 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 Oregon University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	403	58	22	36	345	101	244
2014-15	305	99	38	61	206	49	157
2015-16	360	86	30	56	274	79	195
2016-17	303	104	40	64	199	56	143
2017-18	279	94	28	66	185	57	128
2018-19	234	78	41	37	156	45	111
2019-20	200	78	33	45	122	33	89
2020-21	267	133	44	89	134	39	95
2021-22	285	118	45	73	167	40	127
2022-23	259	108	37	71	151	49	102
Average	290	290	36	60	290	55	139

Eastern Oregon University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.11%. The percentage was 77.80% 10 years ago and EOU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.12% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.80% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern Oregon 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	91	92	107	257	50	3,234	29
2014-15	83	77	99	229	36	2,777	47
2015-16	70	65	78	168	37	2,596	82
2016-17	68	55	78	213	41	2,393	130
2017-18	54	48	64	307	58	2,216	130
2018-19	55	55	58	312	87	2,156	137
2019-20	56	51	66	363	109	2,134	160
2020-21	59	46	59	399	82	1,905	142
2021-22	55	39	66	395	74	1,933	115
2022-23	41	30	48	380	65	1,848	120
Average	63	56	72	302	64	2,319	109

Eastern Oregon University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,520 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 57% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1.13% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern Oregon University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,653	1,503	809	1,341
2015-16	3,488	1,480	695	1,313
2016-17	3,176	1,434	626	1,116
2017-18	3,016	1,364	541	1,111
2018-19	2,978	1,341	646	991
2019-20	3,067	1,496	582	989
2020-21	2,853	1,752	869	232
2021-22	2,825	1,624	519	682
2022-23	2,674	1,520	467	687
Average	3,081	1,502	639	940

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