Student Population at EIU

The following chart compares EIU's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Illinois.

EIU has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 4,076 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Illinois average (15,151 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Eastern Illinois University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 3,624 male and 4,881 female students attending EIU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.74 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at EIU.

By age, there are 6,785 students whose age under twenty five and 1,077 students whose age is over thirty years old at Eastern Illinois University.

Especially, 2,567 students are younger than eighteen and 18 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Eastern Illinois University.

At Eastern Illinois University, 3,334 students (39.20% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,283 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 1,085 students live in Illinois where Eastern Illinois University is located in and 182 students have enrolled from other states.