Eastern Kentucky University Student Population and Demographics

EKU Student Population

There are 14,324 students including 12,072 undergraduate and 2,252 graduate students at Eastern Kentucky University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 10,169 full-time and 4,155 part-time students with gender distribution of 5,588 male and 8,736 female students. Eastern Kentucky University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,278 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Eastern Kentucky University has a total enrollment of 14,324 with a gender distribution of 39.01% male (5,588 students) and 60.99% female (8,736 students). There are 4,914 male and 7,158 female students in undergraduate school and 674 male and 1,578 female students are attending graduate school at Eastern Kentucky University.

Student Population By Gender
Eastern Kentucky University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	14,324	5,588	8,736
Undergraduate	12,072	4,914	7,158
Graduate	2,252	674	1,578
Full-time	10,169	3,992	6,177
Part-time	4,155	1,596	2,559

[Chart] Eastern Kentucky University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Eastern Kentucky University has 10,169 full-time and 4,155 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 9,515 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,557 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 654 students are full-time and 1,598 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Eastern Kentucky University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	14,324	10,169	4,155
Undergraduate	12,072	9,515	2,557
Graduate	2,252	654	1,598
Men	5,588	3,992	1,596
Women	8,736	6,177	2,559

[Chart] Eastern Kentucky University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Eastern Kentucky University, 4,278 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,931 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 14,324 students. In undergraduate schools, 8,416 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,793 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Eastern Kentucky University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,324	12,072	2,252
Online Exclusively	4,278	2,938	1,340
In Some Online Classes	5,931	5,478	453
Not In Online Classes	4,115	3,656	459

[Chart] Eastern Kentucky University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Eastern Kentucky University. There are 31 American Indian/Native American, 11,534 White, 966 Black/African American, 209 Asian, 672 Hispanic, 16 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 283 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Eastern Kentucky University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	14,324	5,588	8,736
American Indian/Native American	31	10	21
Asian	209	80	129
Black/African American	966	408	558
Hispanic	672	287	385
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	7	9
White	11,534	4,420	7,114
Two More	631	226	405
Race Un-Known	121	57	64

[Chart] Eastern Kentucky UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Eastern Kentucky University.

Age Distribution
Eastern Kentucky University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,324	12,072	2,252
Under 18	774	774	0
Age 18-19	4,036	4,036	0
Age 20-21	3,310	3,274	36
Age 22-24	2,124	1,613	511
Age 25-29	1,385	879	506
Age 30-34	873	539	334
Age 35-39	653	390	263
Age 40-49	784	390	394
Age 50-64	347	158	189
Over 64	38	19	19
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Eastern Kentucky University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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