Student Population at EKU

The following chart compares EKU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Kentucky.

The enrollment is close to the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Kentucky average (15,259 students).

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

By gender, there are 6,077 male and 9,596 female students attending EKU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.63 to 1 and the ratio is than 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 EKU.

By age, there are 11,309 students whose age under twenty five and 2,967 students whose age is over thirty years old at Eastern Kentucky University.

Especially, 1,023 students are younger than eighteen and 34 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Eastern Kentucky University, 11,394 students (72.70% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 5,246 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, 4,147 students live in Kentucky where Eastern Kentucky University is located in and 1,050 students have enrolled from other states.