Enrollment Trends at ECSU

The student population at Eastern Connecticut State University is 4,082 (3,926 undergraduate and 156 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,358 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at ECSU is 96.18% which is decreased by 1,332 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 26 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

77 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 541.67% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,020 where 4,082 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

96.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 3.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,332 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 26 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in ECSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Eastern Connecticut State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,440	5,258	2,402	2,856	182	58	124
2013-14	5,368 -72	5,179 -79	2,396 -6	2,783 -73	189 7	48 -10	141 17
2014-15	5,287 -81	5,139 -40	2,432 36	2,707 -76	148 -41	57 9	91 -50
2015-16	5,261 -26	5,097 -42	2,334 -98	2,763 56	164 16	52 -5	112 21
2016-17	5,362 101	5,171 74	2,275 -59	2,896 133	191 27	62 10	129 17
2017-18	5,282 -80	5,073 -98	2,195 -80	2,878 -18	209 18	60 -2	149 20
2018-19	5,208 -74	5,013 -60	2,086 -109	2,927 49	195 -14	64 4	131 -18
2019-20	4,971 -237	4,800 -213	2,032 -54	2,768 -159	171 -24	52 -12	119 -12
2020-21	4,644 -327	4,475 -325	1,874 -158	2,601 -167	169 -2	51 -1	118 -1
2021-22	4,319 -325	4,145 -330	1,734 -140	2,411 -190	174 5	53 2	121 3
2022-23	4,082 -237	3,926 -219	1,609 -125	2,317 -94	156 -18	42 -11	114 -7
Average	5,020	4,843	2,124	2,719	177	54	123

Eastern Connecticut State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,843 where 3,926 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 Eastern Connecticut State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,258	4,420	2,045	2,375	838	357	481
2013-14	5,179	4,395	2,023	2,372	784	373	411
2014-15	5,139	4,288	2,044	2,244	851	388	463
2015-16	5,097	4,267	1,966	2,301	830	368	462
2016-17	5,171	4,292	1,903	2,389	879	372	507
2017-18	5,073	4,210	1,817	2,393	863	378	485
2018-19	5,013	4,247	1,779	2,468	766	307	459
2019-20	4,800	4,063	1,736	2,327	737	296	441
2020-21	4,475	3,713	1,551	2,162	762	323	439
2021-22	4,145	3,476	1,441	2,035	669	293	376
2022-23	3,926	3,285	1,345	1,940	641	264	377
Average	4,843	4,843	1,786	2,273	4,843	338	446

Eastern Connecticut State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 177 where 156 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 Eastern Connecticut State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	182	39	13	26	143	45	98
2013-14	189	67	10	57	122	38	84
2014-15	148	44	17	27	104	40	64
2015-16	164	44	11	33	120	41	79
2016-17	191	67	23	44	124	39	85
2017-18	209	93	33	60	116	27	89
2018-19	195	84	34	50	111	30	81
2019-20	171	80	27	53	91	25	66
2020-21	169	84	29	55	85	22	63
2021-22	174	74	29	45	100	24	76
2022-23	156	81	27	54	75	15	60
Average	177	177	23	46	177	31	77

Eastern Connecticut State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.27%. The percentage was 74.25% 10 years ago and ECSU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.41% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.35% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern Connecticut State 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	19	112	351	453	8	4,039	130
2013-14	16	134	337	453	7	3,794	127
2014-15	16	151	346	482	6	3,666	137
2015-16	13	166	393	518	9	3,513	134
2016-17	20	167	418	568	7	3,575	153
2017-18	18	172	445	542	6	3,578	174
2018-19	17	182	476	599	9	3,394	169
2019-20	19	175	465	580	4	3,223	160
2020-21	10	143	395	584	4	3,001	166
2021-22	7	126	374	532	2	2,818	160
2022-23	8	139	341	504	3	2,705	130
Average	15	152	395	529	6	3,391	149

Eastern Connecticut State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

77 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 541.67% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern Connecticut State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,287	12	209	5,066
2015-16	5,261	32	342	4,887
2016-17	5,362	44	390	4,928
2017-18	5,282	27	436	4,819
2018-19	5,208	21	404	4,783
2019-20	4,971	47	310	4,614
2020-21	4,644	415	3,493	736
2021-22	4,319	46	282	3,991
2022-23	4,082	77	310	3,695
Average	4,935	80	686	4,169

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