diff --git a/tests/test_enterprise/api/test_filters.py b/tests/test_enterprise/api/test_filters.py
index 17f63127c0..32c975b9db 100644
--- a/tests/test_enterprise/api/test_filters.py
+++ b/tests/test_enterprise/api/test_filters.py
@@ -91,42 +91,40 @@ class TestEnterpriseCourseEnrollmentFilterBackend(APITest):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
-        self.other_user= factories.UserFactory()
-        self.enterprise_customer_1 = factories.EnterpriseCustomerFactory(uuid=FAKE_UUIDS[0])
-        self.enterprise_customer_2 = factories.EnterpriseCustomerFactory(uuid=FAKE_UUIDS[1])
 
-        self.enterprise_customer_user_1 = factories.EnterpriseCustomerUserFactory(
-            enterprise_customer=self.enterprise_customer_1,
-            user_id=self.user.id
-        )
-        self.enterprise_customer_user_2 = factories.EnterpriseCustomerUserFactory(
-            enterprise_customer=self.enterprise_customer_1,
-            user_id=self.other_user.id
-        )
-        self.course_enrollment_1 = factories.EnterpriseCourseEnrollmentFactory(
-            enterprise_customer_user=self.enterprise_customer_user_1
+        self._setup_enterprise_customer_and_enrollments(
+            uuid=FAKE_UUIDS[0],
+            users=[self.user, factories.UserFactory()]
         )
-        self.course_enrollment_2 = factories.EnterpriseCourseEnrollmentFactory(
-            enterprise_customer_user=self.enterprise_customer_user_2
-        )
-
-        self.enterprise_customer_user_3 = factories.EnterpriseCustomerUserFactory(
-            enterprise_customer=self.enterprise_customer_2,
-            user_id=factories.UserFactory().id
-        )
-        self.enterprise_customer_user_4 = factories.EnterpriseCustomerUserFactory(
-            enterprise_customer=self.enterprise_customer_2,
-            user_id=factories.UserFactory().id
-        )
-        self.course_enrollment_3 = factories.EnterpriseCourseEnrollmentFactory(
-            enterprise_customer_user=self.enterprise_customer_user_3
-        )
-        self.course_enrollment_4 = factories.EnterpriseCourseEnrollmentFactory(
-            enterprise_customer_user=self.enterprise_customer_user_4
+        self._setup_enterprise_customer_and_enrollments(
+            uuid=FAKE_UUIDS[1],
+            users=[factories.UserFactory(), factories.UserFactory()]
         )
 
         self.url = settings.TEST_SERVER + reverse('enterprise-course-enrollment-list')
 
+    def _setup_enterprise_customer_and_enrollments(self, uuid, users):
+        enterprise_customer = factories.EnterpriseCustomerFactory(uuid=uuid)
+
+        for user in users:
+            enterprise_customer_user = factories.EnterpriseCustomerUserFactory(
+                enterprise_customer=enterprise_customer,
+                user_id=user.id
+            )
+            course_enrollment = factories.EnterpriseCourseEnrollmentFactory(
+                enterprise_customer_user=enterprise_customer_user
+            )
+
+    def _setup_user_privileges_by_role(self, user, role):
+        if role == "staff":
+            user.is_staff = True
+            user.save()
+        elif role == "enrollment_api_admin":
+            factories.EnterpriseFeatureUserRoleAssignmentFactory(
+                user=user,
+                role=EnterpriseFeatureRole.objects.get(name=ENTERPRISE_ENROLLMENT_API_ADMIN_ROLE)
+            )
+
     @ddt.data(
         ("regular", 1),
         ("enrollment_api_admin", 2),
@@ -137,14 +135,7 @@ def test_filter_for_list(self, user_role, expected_course_enrollment_count):
         """
         Filter objects based off whether the user is a staff, enterprise enrollment api admin, or neither.
         """
-        if user_role == "staff":
-            self.user.is_staff = True
-            self.user.save()
-        elif user_role == "enrollment_api_admin":
-            factories.EnterpriseFeatureUserRoleAssignmentFactory(
-                user=self.user,
-                role=EnterpriseFeatureRole.objects.get(name=ENTERPRISE_ENROLLMENT_API_ADMIN_ROLE)
-            )
+        self._setup_user_privileges_by_role(self.user, user_role)
 
         response = self.client.get(self.url)
         assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK