East Tennessee State University Student Population and Demographics

ETSU Student Population

There are 13,728 students including 10,829 undergraduate and 2,899 graduate students at East Tennessee State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 10,614 full-time and 3,114 part-time students with gender distribution of 5,310 male and 8,418 female students.

East Tennessee State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,762 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

East Tennessee State University has a total enrollment of 13,728 with a gender distribution of 38.68% male (5,310 students) and 61.32% female (8,418 students). There are 4,313 male and 6,516 female students in undergraduate school and 997 male and 1,902 female students are attending graduate school at East Tennessee State University.

Student Population By Gender
East Tennessee State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	13,728	5,310	8,418
Undergraduate	10,829	4,313	6,516
Graduate	2,899	997	1,902
Full-time	10,614	4,109	6,505
Part-time	3,114	1,201	1,913

[Chart] East Tennessee State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

East Tennessee State University has 10,614 full-time and 3,114 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 8,878 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,951 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,736 students are full-time and 1,163 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
East Tennessee State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	13,728	10,614	3,114
Undergraduate	10,829	8,878	1,951
Graduate	2,899	1,736	1,163
Men	5,310	4,109	1,201
Women	8,418	6,505	1,913

[Chart] East Tennessee State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At East Tennessee State University, 2,762 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,586 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 13,728 students.

In undergraduate schools, 7,917 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,431 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
East Tennessee State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	13,728	10,829	2,899
Online Exclusively	2,762	1,659	1,103
In Some Online Classes	6,586	6,258	328
Not In Online Classes	4,380	2,912	1,468

[Chart] East Tennessee State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at East Tennessee State University. There are 1 American Indian/Native American, 9,732 White, 806 Black/African American, 346 Asian, 571 Hispanic, and 701 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
East Tennessee State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	13,728	5,310	8,418
American Indian/Native American	1	1	0
Asian	346	126	220
Black/African American	806	327	479
Hispanic	571	220	351
White	9,732	3,704	6,028
Two More	387	133	254
Race Un-Known	1,441	568	873

[Chart] East Tennessee State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at East Tennessee State University.

Age Distribution
East Tennessee State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	13,728	10,829	2,899
Under 18	808	808	0
Age 18-19	3,727	3,722	5
Age 20-21	3,582	3,496	86
Age 22-24	2,372	1,417	955
Age 25-29	1,354	554	800
Age 30-34	635	295	340
Age 35-39	451	203	248
Age 40-49	535	219	316
Age 50-64	236	94	142
Over 64	28	21	7
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] East Tennessee State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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