Enrollment Trends at ECU

The student population at East Central University is 3,377 (2,644 undergraduate and 733 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,067 (24.01%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at ECU is 78.29% which is decreased by 1,038 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 29 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 61 male students for every 100 female students, down from 66 in 2015.
1,056 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 71.71% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,642 where 3,377 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 4,444 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,200 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,444 to 3,377 students, a net loss of 1,067 (24%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at East Central University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,444	3,682	1,546	2,136	762	219	543
2016-17	4,160 -284	3,433 -249	1,427 -119	2,006 -130	727 -35	218 -1	509 -34
2017-18	3,719 -441	3,081 -352	1,240 -187	1,841 -165	638 -89	186 -32	452 -57
2018-19	3,576 -143	2,941 -140	1,197 -43	1,744 -97	635 -3	181 -5	454 2
2019-20	3,613 37	2,981 40	1,241 44	1,740 -4	632 -3	181	451 -3
2020-21	3,608 -5	2,939 -42	1,221 -20	1,718 -22	669 37	215 34	454 3
2021-22	3,350 -258	2,706 -233	1,123 -98	1,583 -135	644 -25	198 -17	446 -8
2022-23	3,376 26	2,730 24	1,095 -28	1,635 52	646 2	190 -8	456 10
2023-24	3,200 -176	2,460 -270	968 -127	1,492 -143	740 94	225 35	515 59
2024-25	3,377 177	2,644 184	1,060 92	1,584 92	733 -7	221 -4	512 -3
Average	3,642	2,960	1,212	1,748	683	203	479

East Central University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,960 where 2,644 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at East Central University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,682	3,092	1,352	1,740	590	194	396
2016-17	3,433	2,868	1,238	1,630	565	189	376
2017-18	3,081	2,551	1,068	1,483	530	172	358
2018-19	2,941	2,456	1,034	1,422	485	163	322
2019-20	2,981	2,471	1,049	1,422	510	192	318
2020-21	2,939	2,456	1,055	1,401	483	166	317
2021-22	2,706	2,166	933	1,233	540	190	350
2022-23	2,730	2,237	924	1,313	493	171	322
2023-24	2,460	2,068	827	1,241	392	141	251
2024-25	2,644	2,170	892	1,278	474	168	306
Average	2,960	2,960	1,037	1,416	2,960	175	332

East Central University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 683 where 733 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at East Central University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	762	246	71	175	516	148	368
2016-17	727	275	85	190	452	133	319
2017-18	638	259	85	174	379	101	278
2018-19	635	226	80	146	409	101	308
2019-20	632	231	77	154	401	104	297
2020-21	669	264	102	162	405	113	292
2021-22	644	231	85	146	413	113	300
2022-23	646	269	89	180	377	101	276
2023-24	740	354	120	234	386	105	281
2024-25	733	382	122	260	351	99	252
Average	683	683	92	182	683	112	297

East Central University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.45% and the percentage of black students is 6.22% at East Central University. 0.65% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.56% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 57.40% to 49.45%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.36% to 0.65%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.35% to 6.22%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.88% to 8.56%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7164 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6393 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at East Central University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	621	16	149	217	9	2,551	401
2016-17	578	16	148	206	7	2,367	330
2017-18	526	9	142	198	11	2,209	262
2018-19	456	15	159	202	13	2,170	213
2019-20	554	19	164	187	11	2,101	162
2020-21	591	23	189	147	13	1,976	123
2021-22	551	306	226	202	7	1,787	87
2022-23	604	186	265	236	13	1,772	90
2023-24	590	171	249	236	8	1,690	98
2024-25	503	22	210	289	7	1,670	253
Average	557	78	190	212	10	2,029	202

East Central University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,056 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 31% of total students. The number of online students has increased 71.71% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at East Central University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,444	615	1,294	2,535
2016-17	4,160	654	1,326	2,180
2017-18	3,719	601	1,454	1,664
2018-19	3,576	546	1,434	1,596
2019-20	3,613	663	1,693	1,257
2020-21	3,608	3,608	0	0
2021-22	3,350	1,023	1,589	738
2022-23	3,376	787	1,838	751
2023-24	3,200	1,088	1,354	758
2024-25	3,377	1,056	1,411	910
Average	3,642	1,064	1,339	1,239

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Enrollment Trends at ECU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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