Enrollment Trends at ECSU

The student population at Eastern Connecticut State University is 4,355 (4,174 undergraduate and 181 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 906 (17.22%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at ECSU is 95.84% which is decreased by 923 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 17 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 69 male students for every 100 female students, down from 83 in 2015.
85 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 165.63% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,746 where 4,355 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 5,362 students in 2017 and was lowest at 3,979 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,261 to 4,355 students, a net loss of 906 (17.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Eastern Connecticut State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,261	5,097	2,334	2,763	164	52	112
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
2023-24	3,979 -103	3,839 -87	1,585 -24	2,254 -63	140 -16	48 6	92 -22
2024-25	4,355 376	4,174 335	1,710 125	2,464 210	181 41	63 15	118 26
Average	4,746	4,571	1,943	2,628	175	55	120

Eastern Connecticut State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,571 where 4,174 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 Eastern Connecticut State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	3,839	3,184	1,311	1,873	655	274	381
2024-25	4,174	3,268	1,331	1,937	906	379	527
Average	4,571	4,571	1,618	2,183	4,571	325	445

Eastern Connecticut State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 175 where 181 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 Eastern Connecticut State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	140	72	29	43	68	19	49
2024-25	181	85	30	55	96	33	63
Average	175	175	27	49	175	28	71

Eastern Connecticut State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.63%. The percentage was 66.77% 10 years ago and ECSU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.95% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.31% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.44% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.77% to 63.63%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.16% to 3.95%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.47% to 8.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.85% to 14.44%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5652 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5372 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern Connecticut State 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	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
2023-24	6	130	340	542	3	2,588	140
2024-25	10	172	362	629	5	2,771	104
Average	13	157	401	560	5	3,117	149

Eastern Connecticut State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

85 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 165.63% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern Connecticut State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	3,979	56	327	3,596
2024-25	4,355	85	219	4,051
Average	4,746	85	651	4,010

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Enrollment Trends at ECSU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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