Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 18.9-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 232 Title IV programs, 71 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 159 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing71 · 30.6%
- No Data159 · 68.5%
- Failing2 · 0.9%
Severity spectrum
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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 10
Action history · 14
- Jul 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
- Oct 2023Renewal of AccreditationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIET) - Coordinated Program in Dietetics
- Dec 2022Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTM) - Programs leading to a Master's Degree
- Aug 2022Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic QualityAmerican Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTM) - Programs leading to a Master's Degree
- Mar 2022Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 4,515 students received $24.4M in Pell grants, alongside $74.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 5,148 borrowers who entered repayment, 123 (2.3%) defaulted within three years.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at Eastern Michigan
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 12
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus30
- Public property5
Includes 19 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Hoyt1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- Pittman2 firesMachinery/IndustrialDamage $10,000-$24,999
- Pittman2 firesBurned name tag on door.Damage $0-$99
- Wise1 fireMachinery/IndustrialDamage $0-$99
- Westview1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Eastern Michigan vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Eastern Michigan selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 Michigan University | 46% | — | 12,631 | $15,407 | R2 Research |
| 59% | 89.8% | 14,488 | $17,597 | R2 Research | |
| 58% | 87.8% | 15,768 | $9,120 | R2 Research | |
| 58% | 84.6% | 16,744 | $15,273 | R2 Research | |
| 68% | 92.4% | 7,403 | $14,182 | R2 Research | |
| 51% | 91.3% | 14,074 | $14,764 | R2 Research | |
| Peer group median | 58% | 89.8% | 14,281 | $15,019 |
Institutions like Eastern Michigan
Explore the federal data for institutions in Eastern Michigan's comparison group.
- R2 ResearchMichigan
Central Michigan University
Grad rate59%Admit rate89.8%Enrollment14,488Net price$17,597View data - R2 ResearchMichigan
Oakland University
Grad rate58%Admit rate87.8%Enrollment15,768Net price$9,120View data - R2 ResearchMichigan
Western Michigan University
Grad rate58%Admit rate84.6%Enrollment16,744Net price$15,273View data - R2 ResearchMichigan
Michigan Technological University
Grad rate68%Admit rate92.4%Enrollment7,403Net price$14,182View data - R2 ResearchOhio
Cleveland State University
Grad rate51%Admit rate91.3%Enrollment14,074Net price$14,764View data
Eastern Michigan Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Institutional Research & Information Management (IRIM) at Eastern Michigan University provides various resources including data management tools, dashboards, and access to institutional data. The page features links to common data sets, academic schedules, and external data resources for higher education research. Contact information for IRIM is available along with a link to request custom data.
Visit IR office pageCommon Data Set
Eastern Michigan's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
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