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Eastern University Overview

Located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania, Eastern University is a private not-for-profit institution. Saint Davids is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Eastern University Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$34,798 Avg Cost After Aid
69% Acceptance Rate
  • The 1% student loan default rate at EU is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • The highest award offered at EU is the doctor's degree.
  • In <nil>, 26% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, EU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $48,006 a year. That's about 18% more than their peers at other schools.
  • On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from EU to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Eastern University?

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Contact details for EU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1300 Eagle Rd, Saint Davids, PA 19087-3696
Phone: 610-341-5800
Website: www.eastern.edu

How Do I Get Into EU?

You can apply to EU online at: https://eu.force.com/OnlineApp/TX_SiteLogin?startURL=%2FOnlineApp%2FTargetX_Portal__PB

Admission Requirements for EU

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank 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 EU?

69% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 69%, EU does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 66%, and the acceptance rate for women is 71%.

Can I Afford Eastern University?

$34,798 Net Price
75% Take Out Loans
1.3% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of EU is $34,798. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At EU, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $8,343 a year. That adds up to $33,372 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at EU is 1.3%. 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 University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,237 Full-Time Undergraduates
64% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,726 undergraduate students at EU, with 1,237 being full-time and 489 being part-time.

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There are also 2,703 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,237 full-time undergraduates at EU, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 34
Black or African American 208
Hispanic or Latino 204
White 645
International Students 27
Other Races/Ethnicities 119

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Eastern University. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 48 countries are represented at EU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Malawi.

Online Learning at Eastern University

2,567 Took All Classes Online
3,274 Took At Least One Class Online
55.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 3,274 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 26th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of EU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Eastern University was 55.1%. This is the #567 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at EU 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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