Student Population at EIU

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

By gender, there are 3,721 male and 5,136 female students attending EIU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.72 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 6,825 students whose age under twenty five and 1,246 students whose age is over thirty years old at Eastern Illinois University.

Especially, 2,300 students are younger than eighteen and 17 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, 3,815 students (43.07% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,382 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, 1,163 students live in Illinois where Eastern Illinois University is located in and 212 students have enrolled from other states.