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Eastern Mennonite University Overview

Eastern Mennonite University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Eastern Mennonite University Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$37,588 Avg Cost After Aid
95% Acceptance Rate
  • The student loan default rate at Eastern Mennonite is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Eastern Mennonite.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 96% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Eastern Mennonite makes roughly $47,702 a year. This is 17% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Eastern Mennonite University?

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Contact details for Eastern Mennonite are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1200 Park Rd, Harrisonburg, VA 22802-2462
Phone: 540-432-4000
Website: emu.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EasternMennonite
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EMU_News

How Do I Get Into Eastern Mennonite?

You can apply to Eastern Mennonite online at: https://emu.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Eastern Mennonite

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Eastern Mennonite?

95% Acceptance Rate
65% Of Accepted Are Women
3% Submit SAT Scores
Since Eastern Mennonite has an acceptance rate of 95%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 94%, and the acceptance rate for women is 96%.

Average Test Scores

About 3% of students accepted to Eastern Mennonite submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 790. Math scores were between 550 and 800.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Eastern Mennonite University  ( 490 to 790 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Eastern Mennonite University  ( 550 to 800 )
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800
Eastern Mennonite received ACT scores from 4% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 35. Math scores were between 28 and 33. Composite scores were between 25 and 34.

ACT English Scores for Eastern Mennonite University  ( 23 to 35 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Eastern Mennonite University  ( 28 to 33 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Eastern Mennonite University  ( 25 to 34 )
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36

Can I Afford Eastern Mennonite University?

$37,588 Net Price
58% Take Out Loans
0.8% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Eastern Mennonite is $37,588. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Eastern Mennonite, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $7,444 a year. That adds up to $29,776 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Eastern Mennonite is 0.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Eastern Mennonite University Undergraduate Student Diversity

824 Full-Time Undergraduates
59% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 958 undergraduate students at Eastern Mennonite, with 824 being full-time and 134 being part-time.

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There are also 384 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 824 full-time undergraduates at Eastern Mennonite, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Eastern Mennonite University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 20
Black or African American 83
Hispanic or Latino 69
White 532
International Students 36
Other Races/Ethnicities 84

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Eastern Mennonite University. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 37 countries are represented at Eastern Mennonite. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Eastern Mennonite University

306 Took All Classes Online
457 Took At Least One Class Online
17.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 457 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Eastern Mennonite has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 42nd most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Eastern Mennonite

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Eastern Mennonite University was 17.9%. This is the #1,123 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Eastern Mennonite regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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