Eastern Kentucky University Student Population and Demographics

EKU Student Population

There are 15,673 students including 13,448 undergraduate and 2,225 graduate students at Eastern Kentucky University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 11,313 full-time and 4,360 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,077 male and 9,596 female students.

Eastern Kentucky University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 5,246 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Eastern Kentucky University has a total enrollment of 15,673 with a gender distribution of 38.77% male (6,077 students) and 61.23% female (9,596 students). There are 5,423 male and 8,025 female students in undergraduate school and 654 male and 1,571 female students are attending graduate school at Eastern Kentucky University.

Student Population By Gender
Eastern Kentucky University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,673	6,077	9,596
Undergraduate	13,448	5,423	8,025
Graduate	2,225	654	1,571
Full-time	11,313	4,455	6,858
Part-time	4,360	1,622	2,738

[Chart] Eastern Kentucky University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Eastern Kentucky University has 11,313 full-time and 4,360 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 10,600 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,848 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 713 students are full-time and 1,512 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Eastern Kentucky University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	15,673	11,313	4,360
Undergraduate	13,448	10,600	2,848
Graduate	2,225	713	1,512
Men	6,077	4,455	1,622
Women	9,596	6,858	2,738

[Chart] Eastern Kentucky University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Eastern Kentucky University, 5,246 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,148 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 15,673 students.

In undergraduate schools, 9,564 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,830 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Eastern Kentucky University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,673	13,448	2,225
Online Exclusively	5,246	3,878	1,368
In Some Online Classes	6,148	5,686	462
Not In Online Classes	4,279	3,884	395

[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 33 American Indian/Native American, 12,461 White, 1,051 Black/African American, 189 Asian, 852 Hispanic, 14 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 359 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Eastern Kentucky University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,673	6,077	9,596
American Indian/Native American	33	15	18
Asian	189	70	119
Black/African American	1,051	457	594
Hispanic	852	355	497
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	3	11
White	12,461	4,727	7,734
Two More	782	284	498
Race Un-Known	142	75	67

[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	15,673	13,448	2,225
Under 18	1,023	1,023	0
Age 18-19	4,379	4,379	0
Age 20-21	3,660	3,607	53
Age 22-24	2,247	1,705	542
Age 25-29	1,397	920	477
Age 30-34	932	630	302
Age 35-39	704	440	264
Age 40-49	944	540	404
Age 50-64	353	187	166
Over 64	34	17	17
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Eastern Kentucky University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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