Enrollment Trends at ESU

The student population at Emporia State University is 5,324 (2,740 undergraduate and 2,584 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 709 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at ESU is 51.47% which is decreased by 1,133 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 424 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.03 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

2,520 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 41.81% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,830 where 5,324 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

51.47% of total students is undergraduate students and 48.53% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,133 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 424 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.03 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in ESU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,033	3,873	1,532	2,341	2,160	703	1,457
2014-15	6,114 81	3,924 51	1,580 48	2,344 3	2,190 30	696 -7	1,494 37
2015-16	6,094 -20	3,864 -60	1,527 -53	2,337 -7	2,230 40	698 2	1,532 38
2016-17	5,887 -207	3,702 -162	1,420 -107	2,282 -55	2,185 -45	685 -13	1,500 -32
2017-18	5,732 -155	3,605 -97	1,357 -63	2,248 -34	2,127 -58	662 -23	1,465 -35
2018-19	5,796 64	3,569 -36	1,326 -31	2,243 -5	2,227 100	626 -36	1,601 136
2019-20	5,877 81	3,405 -164	1,252 -74	2,153 -90	2,472 245	691 65	1,781 180
2020-21	5,828 -49	3,181 -224	1,135 -117	2,046 -107	2,647 175	770 79	1,877 96
2021-22	5,615 -213	2,948 -233	1,036 -99	1,912 -134	2,667 20	785 15	1,882 5
2022-23	5,324 -291	2,740 -208	1,014 -22	1,726 -186	2,584 -83	745 -40	1,839 -43
Average	5,830	3,481	1,318	2,163	2,349	706	1,643

Emporia State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,481 where 2,740 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 Emporia State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,873	3,445	1,353	2,092	428	179	249
2014-15	3,924	3,527	1,394	2,133	397	186	211
2015-16	3,864	3,579	1,408	2,171	285	119	166
2016-17	3,702	3,431	1,305	2,126	271	115	156
2017-18	3,605	3,340	1,255	2,085	265	102	163
2018-19	3,569	3,293	1,240	2,053	276	86	190
2019-20	3,405	3,101	1,135	1,966	304	117	187
2020-21	3,181	2,909	1,038	1,871	272	97	175
2021-22	2,948	2,676	950	1,726	272	86	186
2022-23	2,740	2,542	935	1,607	198	79	119
Average	3,481	3,481	1,201	1,983	3,481	117	180

Emporia State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,349 where 2,584 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 Emporia State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,160	342	112	230	1,818	591	1,227
2014-15	2,190	312	111	201	1,878	585	1,293
2015-16	2,230	497	178	319	1,733	520	1,213
2016-17	2,185	453	163	290	1,732	522	1,210
2017-18	2,127	411	146	265	1,716	516	1,200
2018-19	2,227	422	115	307	1,805	511	1,294
2019-20	2,472	408	110	298	2,064	581	1,483
2020-21	2,647	433	116	317	2,214	654	1,560
2021-22	2,667	551	163	388	2,116	622	1,494
2022-23	2,584	638	204	434	1,946	541	1,405
Average	2,349	2,349	142	305	2,349	564	1,338

Emporia State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.99%. The percentage was 73.58% 10 years ago and ESU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.31% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Emporia State 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	19	37	271	329	7	4,439	236
2014-15	29	52	272	339	7	4,415	286
2015-16	28	56	250	338	6	4,310	297
2016-17	19	50	237	307	5	3,779	298
2017-18	19	44	197	293	2	3,457	299
2018-19	18	44	170	293	2	3,226	375
2019-20	19	42	175	263	2	3,135	382
2020-21	22	95	191	547	35	3,987	221
2021-22	24	87	197	335	3	3,831	396
2022-23	38	83	176	295	5	3,620	344
Average	24	59	214	334	7	3,820	313

Emporia State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,520 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 47% of total students. The number of online students has increased 41.81% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Emporia State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,114	1,777	814	3,523
2015-16	6,094	1,857	761	3,476
2016-17	5,887	1,800	946	3,141
2017-18	5,732	1,793	1,098	2,841
2018-19	5,796	1,995	1,169	2,632
2019-20	5,877	2,248	1,190	2,439
2020-21	5,828	2,511	1,315	2,002
2021-22	5,615	2,639	1,298	1,678
2022-23	5,324	2,520	1,434	1,370
Average	5,807	2,127	1,114	2,567

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