About Eastern Illinois University

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Eastern Illinois University is a public academic world in Charleston, Illinois. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School, a teacher’s school offering a two-year degree, Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a comprehensive college circles with a spacious curriculum, including bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education, business, arts, sciences, and humanities.

Charleston is a city in and the county chair of Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 21,838, as of the 2010 census. The city is home to Eastern Illinois University and has near ties in the same way as its neighbor, Mattoon. Both are principal cities of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area.