Enrollment Trends at ECU

The student population at East Carolina University is 27,151 (21,688 undergraduate and 5,463 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 204 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at ECU is 79.88% which is increased by 390 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 186 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

7,807 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 33.23% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 28,097 where 27,151 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.88% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.12% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 390 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 186 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in ECU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at East Carolina University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	26,947	21,298	8,751	12,547	5,649	1,981	3,668
2013-14	26,887 -60	21,508 210	8,802 51	12,706 159	5,379 -270	1,882 -99	3,497 -171
2014-15	27,511 624	22,252 744	9,183 381	13,069 363	5,259 -120	1,877 -5	3,382 -115
2015-16	28,289 778	23,039 787	9,599 416	13,440 371	5,250 -9	1,894 17	3,356 -26
2016-17	28,962 673	22,969 -70	9,781 182	13,188 -252	5,993 743	2,063 169	3,930 574
2017-18	29,131 169	23,265 296	9,957 176	13,308 120	5,866 -127	2,013 -50	3,853 -77
2018-19	28,718 -413	23,071 -194	9,911 -46	13,160 -148	5,647 -219	1,925 -88	3,722 -131
2019-20	28,651 -67	23,081 10	9,897 -14	13,184 24	5,570 -77	1,844 -81	3,726 4
2020-21	28,798 147	23,056 -25	9,612 -285	13,444 260	5,742 172	1,894 50	3,848 122
2021-22	28,021 -777	22,463 -593	9,260 -352	13,203 -241	5,558 -184	1,811 -83	3,747 -101
2022-23	27,151 -870	21,688 -775	9,038 -222	12,650 -553	5,463 -95	1,715 -96	3,748 1
Average	28,097	22,517	9,436	13,082	5,580	1,900	3,680

East Carolina University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 22,517 where 21,688 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at East Carolina University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,298	18,317	7,637	10,680	2,981	1,114	1,867
2013-14	21,508	18,500	7,704	10,796	3,008	1,098	1,910
2014-15	22,252	18,903	7,897	11,006	3,349	1,286	2,063
2015-16	23,039	19,336	8,132	11,204	3,703	1,467	2,236
2016-17	22,969	19,754	8,412	11,342	3,215	1,369	1,846
2017-18	23,265	19,999	8,657	11,342	3,266	1,300	1,966
2018-19	23,071	19,562	8,497	11,065	3,509	1,414	2,095
2019-20	23,081	19,204	8,357	10,847	3,877	1,540	2,337
2020-21	23,056	18,886	7,999	10,887	4,170	1,613	2,557
2021-22	22,463	18,245	7,684	10,561	4,218	1,576	2,642
2022-23	21,688	17,617	7,527	10,090	4,071	1,511	2,560
Average	22,517	22,517	8,046	10,893	22,517	1,390	2,189

East Carolina University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 5,580 where 5,463 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at East Carolina University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,649	2,517	945	1,572	3,132	1,036	2,096
2013-14	5,379	2,471	920	1,551	2,908	962	1,946
2014-15	5,259	2,449	917	1,532	2,810	960	1,850
2015-16	5,250	2,505	917	1,588	2,745	977	1,768
2016-17	5,993	2,612	969	1,643	3,381	1,094	2,287
2017-18	5,866	2,653	958	1,695	3,213	1,055	2,158
2018-19	5,647	2,525	870	1,655	3,122	1,055	2,067
2019-20	5,570	2,548	850	1,698	3,022	994	2,028
2020-21	5,742	2,585	885	1,700	3,157	1,009	2,148
2021-22	5,558	2,577	871	1,706	2,981	940	2,041
2022-23	5,463	2,776	962	1,814	2,687	753	1,934
Average	5,580	5,580	915	1,650	5,580	985	2,029

East Carolina University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.49%. The percentage was 73.26% 10 years ago and ECU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.85% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.37% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at East Carolina University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	170	644	3,721	721	23	19,741	604
2013-14	173	711	4,038	1,227	25	19,170	691
2014-15	181	782	4,359	1,498	26	19,058	788
2015-16	191	806	4,497	1,599	35	19,404	782
2016-17	198	838	4,488	1,696	26	19,732	865
2017-18	205	805	4,639	1,756	33	19,586	967
2018-19	199	766	4,559	1,806	39	19,130	1,062
2019-20	183	785	4,561	1,937	40	18,933	971
2020-21	188	801	4,710	2,144	36	18,708	981
2021-22	155	797	4,684	2,238	32	17,892	956
2022-23	143	773	4,445	2,265	29	17,239	930
Average	181	773	4,427	1,717	31	18,963	872

East Carolina University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

7,807 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 33.23% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at East Carolina University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	27,511	5,860	4,782	16,869
2015-16	28,289	6,299	5,712	16,278
2016-17	28,962	6,526	5,607	16,829
2017-18	29,131	6,626	5,722	16,783
2018-19	28,718	6,812	6,148	15,758
2019-20	28,651	7,109	6,781	14,761
2020-21	28,798	10,537	16,196	2,065
2021-22	28,021	8,218	12,522	7,281
2022-23	27,151	7,807	11,621	7,723
Average	28,359	7,310	8,343	12,705

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