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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Baptist
Location Saint Davids, PA
Population 4,500,000
Website https://www.eastern.edu/about/student-consumer-information
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,540 (45%)
Days Without Precipitation 248 (54%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,777
Men / Women 44% / 56%
From State 54%
From Region 34%
Athletes 40.5%

Racial/Ethnic

White 43%
Black 27%
Hispanic 18%
Mixed 5%
Asian 2%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 32.1% 32.1% 2012 Men: 29.0% 29.0% 2013 Men: 37.7% 37.7% 2014 Men: 29.6% 29.6% 2015 Men: 37.1% 37.1% 2016 Men: 33.5% 33.5% 2017 Men: 36.5% 36.5% 2018 Men: 36.2% 36.2% 2019 Men: 37.8% 37.8% 2020 Men: 35.8% 35.8% 2021 Men: 37.8% 37.8% 2022 Men: 54.3% 54.3% 2023 Men: 54.1% 54.1% 2024 Men: 47.2% 47.2%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2012 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2011 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2012 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2014 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2015 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2017 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2018 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2019 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2020 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2021 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2023 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2024 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2011 Black: 11.0% 11.0% 2012 Black: 9.1% 9.1% 2013 Black: 15.9% 15.9% 2014 Black: 17.1% 17.1% 2015 Black: 10.4% 10.4% 2016 Black: 15.1% 15.1% 2017 Black: 14.7% 14.7% 2018 Black: 14.0% 14.0% 2019 Black: 12.2% 12.2% 2020 Black: 15.9% 15.9% 2021 Black: 12.8% 12.8% 2022 Black: 11.8% 11.8% 2023 Black: 11.1% 11.1% 2024 Black: 15.2% 15.2% 2011 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2012 Hispanic: 11.1% 11.1% 2013 Hispanic: 11.0% 11.0% 2014 Hispanic: 16.2% 16.2% 2015 Hispanic: 16.8% 16.8% 2016 Hispanic: 18.9% 18.9% 2017 Hispanic: 16.6% 16.6% 2018 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2019 Hispanic: 17.3% 17.3% 2020 Hispanic: 18.3% 18.3% 2021 Hispanic: 21.7% 21.7% 2022 Hispanic: 21.6% 21.6% 2023 Hispanic: 19.1% 19.1% 2024 Hispanic: 22.5% 22.5% 2011 White: 78.7% 78.7% 2012 White: 76.3% 76.3% 2013 White: 65.8% 65.8% 2014 White: 62.2% 62.2% 2015 White: 67.1% 67.1% 2016 White: 58.8% 58.8% 2017 White: 61.2% 61.2% 2018 White: 62.9% 62.9% 2019 White: 60.7% 60.7% 2020 White: 51.0% 51.0% 2021 White: 61.0% 61.0% 2022 White: 55.9% 55.9% 2023 White: 54.3% 54.3% 2024 White: 49.5% 49.5% 2011 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2015 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2017 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2018 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2019 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2020 International: 4.6% 4.6% 2021 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2022 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2023 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2024 International: 1.0% 1.0%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2021 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2022 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2023 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2024 Asian: 2.5% 2.5% 2025 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2020 Black: 14.7% 14.7% 2021 Black: 16.4% 16.4% 2022 Black: 17.6% 17.6% 2023 Black: 23.6% 23.6% 2024 Black: 25.2% 25.2% 2025 Black: 26.8% 26.8% 2020 Hispanic: 17.8% 17.8% 2021 Hispanic: 17.1% 17.1% 2022 Hispanic: 17.0% 17.0% 2023 Hispanic: 15.1% 15.1% 2024 Hispanic: 16.2% 16.2% 2025 Hispanic: 18.3% 18.3% 2020 White: 52.6% 52.6% 2021 White: 52.3% 52.3% 2022 White: 50.8% 50.8% 2023 White: 48.9% 48.9% 2024 White: 46.2% 46.2% 2025 White: 43.1% 43.1% 2020 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2021 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2022 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2023 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2024 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2025 International: 1.5% 1.5%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Eastern University 317 30% / 70% 1% $58,370 50 92%
Computer Science 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $75,617 81 —
Data Science 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $72,459 78 —
Chemistry 2 — 50% / 50% 0% — — —
Mathematics 9 — 89% / 11% 0% $62,880 61 —
Biochemistry 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $59,017 52 —
Biology 10 — 20% / 80% 0% $58,476 50 —
Environmental Science 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,518 24 —
Exercise Science 9 — 44% / 56% 0% $52,059 31 —
Health Sciences 9 — 33% / 67% 0% $60,227 55 —
Nursing 36 — 22% / 78% 0% $88,367 91 96%
Nursing Education — — — — $88,367 91 —
Accounting and Finance 7 — 100% / 0% 0% $72,338 77 96%
Business Administration 41 — 54% / 46% 7% $67,011 69 92%
Entrepreneurship — — — — $63,390 62 —
Marketing 2 — 50% / 50% 50% $61,218 57 100%
Organizational Leadership 8 — 12% / 88% 0% $67,011 69 92%
Bible/Biblical Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,250 23 —
Communication 8 — 38% / 62% 0% $42,380 10 90%
Communication Management and Strategic Communications 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $55,923 43 —
English Literature 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $46,790 17 —
History 7 — 43% / 57% 0% $46,218 16 —
Liberal Arts 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Missions/Missionary Studies — — — — $49,232 23 —
Philosophy 3 — 33% / 67% 0% — — —
Political Science 5 — 40% / 60% 0% $56,768 45 —
Psychology 30 — 20% / 80% 0% $43,194 11 92%
Social Work 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,897 17 96%
Sociology 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,118 18 —
Spanish 2 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Theology 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $49,328 23 —
Youth Ministry 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $51,332 29 100%
Early Childhood Education 36 — 3% / 97% 0% $50,409 26 86%
Early Childhood and Family Studies 31 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,478 19 —
Middle School Education 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $50,409 26 86%
Special Education 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $59,441 53 93%
Dance — — — — $37,200 5 —
Music 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $39,145 6 —
Visual and Performing Arts — — — — $37,424 5 —
Criminal Justice 12 — 50% / 50% 0% $52,604 33 —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $41,020
ROI Percentile 50th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 66%
4-Year Graduation Rate 50%
6-Year Graduation Rate 54%
Transfer-Out Rate 11%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 65.6% 65.6% 2012 Graduated: 60.1% 60.1% 2013 Graduated: 54.7% 54.7% 2014 Graduated: 61.3% 61.3% 2015 Graduated: 61.1% 61.1% 2016 Graduated: 58.1% 58.1% 2017 Graduated: 63.5% 63.5% 2018 Graduated: 60.6% 60.6% 2019 Graduated: 59.1% 59.1% 2020 Graduated: 57.6% 57.6% 2021 Graduated: 60.4% 60.4% 2022 Graduated: 59.0% 59.0% 2023 Graduated: 56.0% 56.0% 2024 Graduated: 54.0% 54.0%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 62.1% 62.1% 2012 Men: 55.1% 55.1% 2013 Men: 47.6% 47.6% 2014 Men: 53.6% 53.6% 2015 Men: 51.5% 51.5% 2016 Men: 60.5% 60.5% 2017 Men: 64.4% 64.4% 2018 Men: 56.5% 56.5% 2019 Men: 50.4% 50.4% 2020 Men: 51.5% 51.5% 2021 Men: 57.3% 57.3% 2022 Men: 52.4% 52.4% 2023 Men: 49.6% 49.6% 2024 Men: 53.7% 53.7% 2011 Women: 67.3% 67.3% 2012 Women: 62.5% 62.5% 2013 Women: 58.3% 58.3% 2014 Women: 65.1% 65.1% 2015 Women: 66.4% 66.4% 2016 Women: 57.0% 57.0% 2017 Women: 63.1% 63.1% 2018 Women: 63.1% 63.1% 2019 Women: 63.0% 63.0% 2020 Women: 60.4% 60.4% 2021 Women: 62.3% 62.3% 2022 Women: 62.4% 62.4% 2023 Women: 59.8% 59.8% 2024 Women: 54.2% 54.2%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 42.9% 42.9% 2012 Black: 37.8% 37.8% 2013 Black: 48.1% 48.1% 2014 Black: 43.6% 43.6% 2015 Black: 52.9% 52.9% 2016 Black: 45.6% 45.6% 2017 Black: 49.3% 49.3% 2018 Black: 40.3% 40.3% 2019 Black: 43.4% 43.4% 2020 Black: 35.4% 35.4% 2021 Black: 47.9% 47.9% 2022 Black: 40.0% 40.0% 2023 Black: 45.0% 45.0% 2024 Black: 49.2% 49.2% 2011 Hispanic: 64.5% 64.5% 2012 Hispanic: 63.6% 63.6% 2013 Hispanic: 50.9% 50.9% 2014 Hispanic: 61.8% 61.8% 2015 Hispanic: 54.9% 54.9% 2016 Hispanic: 31.8% 31.8% 2017 Hispanic: 60.0% 60.0% 2018 Hispanic: 48.4% 48.4% 2019 Hispanic: 49.3% 49.3% 2020 Hispanic: 53.3% 53.3% 2021 Hispanic: 50.6% 50.6% 2022 Hispanic: 48.4% 48.4% 2023 Hispanic: 46.4% 46.4% 2024 Hispanic: 41.1% 41.1% 2011 White: 69.7% 69.7% 2012 White: 63.1% 63.1% 2013 White: 57.5% 57.5% 2014 White: 67.0% 67.0% 2015 White: 64.6% 64.6% 2016 White: 70.8% 70.8% 2017 White: 70.2% 70.2% 2018 White: 68.0% 68.0% 2019 White: 67.3% 67.3% 2020 White: 63.6% 63.6% 2021 White: 67.1% 67.1% 2022 White: 69.1% 69.1% 2023 White: 64.3% 64.3% 2024 White: 63.6% 63.6%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 25.9% 82 23% / 77% 0% $46,494 16 93%
Education 23.0% 73 5% / 95% 0% $49,659 24 87%
Business & Economics 18.3% 58 53% / 47% 7% $67,454 70 93%
Health Sciences 17.0% 54 28% / 72% 0% $77,626 83 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 4.1% 13 31% / 69% 0% $58,601 51 —
Professional 3.8% 12 50% / 50% 0% $52,604 33 —
Physical Sciences & Math 3.5% 11 82% / 18% 0% $62,880 61 —
Computer Science 2.2% 7 86% / 14% 0% $74,264 80 —
Arts 1.6% 5 0% / 100% 0% $39,145 6 —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.6% 2 0% / 100% 0% $49,518 24 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Business & Economics — — — — 6 #168 — —
Health Sciences — — — — 5 #183 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — 11 #461 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 69%
Yield (Unbound) 18%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 69% 69% 69%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 74.3% 74.3% 2012 Acceptance: 66.6% 66.6% 2013 Acceptance: 64.1% 64.1% 2014 Acceptance: 62.2% 62.2% 2015 Acceptance: 52.2% 52.2% 2016 Acceptance: 61.2% 61.2% 2017 Acceptance: 65.6% 65.6% 2018 Acceptance: 68.4% 68.4% 2019 Acceptance: 61.1% 61.1% 2020 Acceptance: 64.2% 64.2% 2021 Acceptance: 68.7% 68.7% 2022 Acceptance: 63.2% 63.2% 2023 Acceptance: 93.6% 93.6% 2024 Acceptance: 90.8% 90.8% 2011 Yield: 44.3% 44.3% 2012 Yield: 41.6% 41.6% 2013 Yield: 39.3% 39.3% 2014 Yield: 34.0% 34.0% 2015 Yield: 25.5% 25.5% 2016 Yield: 36.3% 36.3% 2017 Yield: 33.0% 33.0% 2018 Yield: 35.1% 35.1% 2019 Yield: 26.5% 26.5% 2020 Yield: 27.6% 27.6% 2021 Yield: 26.4% 26.4% 2022 Yield: 24.5% 24.5% 2023 Yield: 18.8% 18.8% 2024 Yield: 21.0% 21.0%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 1,514 1,514 2012 Applicants: 1,917 1,917 2013 Applicants: 1,821 1,821 2014 Applicants: 2,110 2,110 2015 Applicants: 2,941 2,941 2016 Applicants: 1,992 1,992 2017 Applicants: 1,759 1,759 2018 Applicants: 1,761 1,761 2019 Applicants: 2,207 2,207 2020 Applicants: 2,095 2,095 2021 Applicants: 1,866 1,866 2022 Applicants: 2,994 2,994 2023 Applicants: 2,852 2,852 2024 Applicants: 3,108 3,108 2011 Admitted: 1,125 1,125 2012 Admitted: 1,277 1,277 2013 Admitted: 1,167 1,167 2014 Admitted: 1,312 1,312 2015 Admitted: 1,536 1,536 2016 Admitted: 1,219 1,219 2017 Admitted: 1,154 1,154 2018 Admitted: 1,205 1,205 2019 Admitted: 1,349 1,349 2020 Admitted: 1,346 1,346 2021 Admitted: 1,282 1,282 2022 Admitted: 1,893 1,893 2023 Admitted: 2,670 2,670 2024 Admitted: 2,821 2,821 2011 Enrolled: 498 498 2012 Enrolled: 531 531 2013 Enrolled: 459 459 2014 Enrolled: 446 446 2015 Enrolled: 391 391 2016 Enrolled: 442 442 2017 Enrolled: 381 381 2018 Enrolled: 423 423 2019 Enrolled: 357 357 2020 Enrolled: 372 372 2021 Enrolled: 339 339 2022 Enrolled: 464 464 2023 Enrolled: 503 503 2024 Enrolled: 591 591

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

SAT Composite

25th 75th
900 1000 1100 1200 1300 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 940 940 2012 25th: 950 950 2013 25th: 950 950 2014 25th: 920 920 2015 25th: 920 920 2016 25th: 930 930 2017 25th: 1000 1000 2018 25th: 1030 1030 2019 25th: 1030 1030 2020 25th: 1010 1010 2011 75th: 1170 1170 2012 75th: 1160 1160 2013 75th: 1140 1140 2014 75th: 1150 1150 2015 75th: 1130 1130 2016 75th: 1140 1140 2017 75th: 1200 1200 2018 75th: 1190 1190 2019 75th: 1230 1230 2020 75th: 1190 1190

SAT Math

25th 75th
450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 460 460 2012 25th: 470 470 2013 25th: 470 470 2014 25th: 460 460 2015 25th: 460 460 2016 25th: 460 460 2017 25th: 490 490 2018 25th: 480 480 2019 25th: 500 500 2020 25th: 500 500 2011 75th: 580 580 2012 75th: 570 570 2013 75th: 570 570 2014 75th: 570 570 2015 75th: 560 560 2016 75th: 570 570 2017 75th: 590 590 2018 75th: 590 590 2019 75th: 610 610 2020 75th: 590 590

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 480 480 2012 25th: 480 480 2013 25th: 480 480 2014 25th: 460 460 2015 25th: 460 460 2016 25th: 470 470 2017 25th: 510 510 2018 25th: 550 550 2019 25th: 530 530 2020 25th: 510 510 2011 75th: 590 590 2012 75th: 590 590 2013 75th: 570 570 2014 75th: 580 580 2015 75th: 570 570 2016 75th: 570 570 2017 75th: 610 610 2018 75th: 600 600 2019 75th: 620 620 2020 75th: 600 600

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2015 Submitted: 71.0% 71.0% 2016 Submitted: 74.0% 74.0% 2017 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2018 Submitted: 94.0% 94.0% 2019 Submitted: 45.0% 45.0% 2020 Submitted: 48.0% 48.0% 2023 Submitted: 2.0% 2.0% 2024 Submitted: 1.0% 1.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.