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Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois·Public, 4-year or above·Great Lakes·eiu.edu
6-yr Graduation
47%
+1.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
8,505
peer median 6,033
Avg net price
$14,093
+$1.5k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
12,539
12,539 candidates competed
Admitted
8,194
65.3% acceptance rate
Enrolled
804
9.8% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
47%+1.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
27%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
47%
Full-time retention
72%

Pell equity

18.0pp gap
Pell recipients
40%
Non-Pell
58%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 18.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 82 Title IV programs, 37 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 43 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
82
Passing
37
45.1% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
2
2.4% of portfolio
Fail rate
2.4%
+1.8pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

82programs
  • Passing37 · 45.1%
  • No Data43 · 52.4%
  • Failing2 · 2.4%

Severity spectrum

Critical
1
Severe
0
Recoverable
1
At Risk
2
Watch
7
Safe
28
No data
43

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

39
History
Master's Degree · History
-15.8%
$45,346 vs $53,884
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-4.8%
$58,856 vs $61,854
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+0.2%
$61,989 vs $61,854
Political Science and Government
Master's Degree · Social Sciences
+0.2%
$63,359 vs $63,250
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
+11.1%
$51,527 vs $46,391
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Master's Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+13.6%
$58,533 vs $51,545
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+14.7%
$39,923 vs $34,808
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+16.6%
$40,597 vs $34,808

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

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Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-4.8%
−$2,998
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+0.2%
+$135
Political Science and Government
Master's Degree · Social Sciences
+0.2%
+$109

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

35
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
64%
$39,730 debt · $61,989 earn
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
59%
$23,443 debt · $39,923 earn
Music
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
58%
$28,432 debt · $49,236 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
53%
$26,000 debt · $49,556 earn
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
52%
$25,611 debt · $48,925 earn
Parks Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
52%
$25,640 debt · $49,424 earn
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
50%
$24,583 debt · $49,209 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
50%
$21,500 debt · $43,190 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1915Next review Aug 2035

Programmatic accreditations · 9

Action history · 15

  1. May 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary Withdrawal
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIETI) - Dietetic Internship
  2. Feb 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
  3. Jan 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  4. Oct 2024Voluntary Withdrawal Received
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIETI) - Dietetic Internship
  5. Jun 2024Voluntary Withdrawal Received
    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Didactic Program in Dietetics

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$11,412
$30–48k$9,774
$48–75k$12,371
$75–110k$19,132
$110k+$21,672

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$14,093
+$1,522vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $12,571
Federal loans
34.9%
In-state tuition
$13,403
Out-of-state
$15,879

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 2,251 students received $13.1M in Pell grants, alongside $21.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
2,251
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$13.1M
$13,058,071 total
Direct Loans
$21.2M
4,048 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
’20
2k
’21
2k
’22
2k
’23
2k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$6.3M
1,628 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$6.5M
1,744 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$5.3M
408 loan awards
Parent PLUS$2.9M
253 loan awards
Grad PLUS$152K
15 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,783 borrowers who entered repayment, 43 (2.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.4%
+0.1pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,783
Defaulted
43
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
7.2%
2017
8.3%
2018
6.1%
2019
2.4%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Eastern Illinois

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs80
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,601 total completions
01Engineering Tech
34921.8%
02Education
28217.6%
03Business
19612.2%
04Health Professions
1479.2%
05Communication
1277.9%
06Parks/Recreation
1157.2%
07Psychology
1086.7%
08Biological Sciences
966.0%
09Visual/Performing Arts
935.8%
10Liberal Arts
885.5%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
8,505
12-mo unduplicated
10,734
Undergraduate
8,274
Graduate
2,460

Gender split

Men
43%4,628
Women
57%6,106

Race / ethnicity composition

White
57.1%
Black
18.4%
Hispanic
10.3%
Unknown
6.6%
Two or more
3.2%
Non-resident
2.8%
Asian
1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
464
314 M · 150 W
Women athletes
32.3%
Athletic aid
$4.5M
Total student aid
Budget
$19.0M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$3.0M
$1.5M
Recruiting expense
$150K
$78K
Head-coach salaries
$76K
$49K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 11

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
129 M · 81 W
$879K
Football
125 M · —
$4.5M
Soccer
38 M · 29 W
$684K
Swimming
22 M · 23 W
$287K
Baseball
41 M · —
$890K
Basketball
15 M · 16 W
$2.4M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
3.50
31 offenses · 8,857 students

3-year trend

1.282 yrs ago1.741 yr ago3.50Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
57
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
36
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
31

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
10
Rape
9
Fondling
5
Burglary
3
Aggravated assault
3
Robbery
1

By location

31total
  • On campus31

Includes 18 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

6
Domestic violence
3
Dating violence
10
Stalking
19 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons11
Drugs142
Liquor036

Residence-hall fires

  • Greek Court3 fires
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Greek Court3 fires
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Greek Court3 fires
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Andrews Hall1 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99
  • Stevenson Tower1 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
14.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
387

Eastern Illinois vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Eastern Illinois selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectEastern Illinois University
47%—8,505$14,093Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Western Illinois University
45%71.2%6,332$11,592Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Northeastern Illinois University
22%74.6%5,734$13,550Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
University of Illinois Springfield
52%85.9%4,628$8,916Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Governors State University
21%48.3%4,397$9,477Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
71%75.5%10,446$15,374Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median46%74.6%6,033$12,571

Frequently asked questions about Eastern Illinois University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Eastern Illinois.

What is the graduation rate at Eastern Illinois University?

Eastern Illinois University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 47% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Eastern Illinois University?

Eastern Illinois University reports a total enrollment of 8,505 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Eastern Illinois University?

The average net price at Eastern Illinois University is $14,093 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Eastern Illinois University?

Eastern Illinois University's yield rate is 9.8%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Eastern Illinois University located?

Eastern Illinois University is located in Charleston, Illinois 61920.

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