Emporia State University Student Population and Demographics

ESU Student Population

There are 4,557 students including 2,396 undergraduate and 2,161 graduate students at Emporia State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 2,606 full-time and 1,951 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,483 male and 3,074 female students.

Emporia State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,347 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Emporia State University has a total enrollment of 4,557 with a gender distribution of 32.54% male (1,483 students) and 67.46% female (3,074 students). There are 862 male and 1,534 female students in undergraduate school and 621 male and 1,540 female students are attending graduate school at Emporia State University.

Student Population By Gender
Emporia State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	4,557	1,483	3,074
Undergraduate	2,396	862	1,534
Graduate	2,161	621	1,540
Full-time	2,606	936	1,670
Part-time	1,951	547	1,404

[Chart] Emporia State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Emporia State University has 2,606 full-time and 1,951 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 2,091 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 305 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 515 students are full-time and 1,646 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Emporia State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	4,557	2,606	1,951
Undergraduate	2,396	2,091	305
Graduate	2,161	515	1,646
Men	1,483	936	547
Women	3,074	1,670	1,404

[Chart] Emporia State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Emporia State University, 2,347 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,016 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 4,557 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,282 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,081 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Emporia State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	4,557	2,396	2,161
Online Exclusively	2,347	378	1,969
In Some Online Classes	1,016	904	112
Not In Online Classes	1,194	1,114	80

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Emporia State University. There are 24 American Indian/Native American, 2,924 White, 172 Black/African American, 58 Asian, 481 Hispanic, 6 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 230 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Emporia State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	4,557	1,483	3,074
American Indian/Native American	24	12	12
Asian	58	22	36
Black/African American	172	98	74
Hispanic	481	139	342
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	1	5
White	2,924	894	2,030
Two More	223	88	135
Race Un-Known	495	142	353

[Chart] Emporia State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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