Enrollment Trends at ECPI

The student population at ECPI University is 12,572 (12,164 undergraduate and 408 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 837 (7.13%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at ECPI is 96.75% which is increased by 516 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 321 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, down from 74 in 2015.
3,365 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 62.48% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,509 where 12,572 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 14,353 students in 2021 and was lowest at 11,735 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 11,735 to 12,572 students, a net gain of 837 (7.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,735	11,648	4,947	6,701	87	42	45
2016-17	12,068 333	11,831 183	5,014 67	6,817 116	237 150	141 99	96 51
2017-18	11,972 -96	11,745 -86	5,157 143	6,588 -229	227 -10	150 9	77 -19
2018-19	12,947 975	12,704 959	5,315 158	7,389 801	243 16	137 -13	106 29
2019-20	13,487 540	13,142 438	5,324 9	7,818 429	345 102	172 35	173 67
2020-21	14,353 866	13,983 841	5,418 94	8,565 747	370 25	171 -1	199 26
2021-22	12,466 -1,887	12,139 -1,844	4,722 -696	7,417 -1,148	327 -43	173 2	154 -45
2022-23	11,740 -726	11,399 -740	4,484 -238	6,915 -502	341 14	172 -1	169 15
2023-24	11,745 5	11,385 -14	4,724 240	6,661 -254	360 19	171 -1	189 20
2024-25	12,572 827	12,164 779	4,958 234	7,206 545	408 48	198 27	210 21
Average	12,509	12,214	5,006	7,208	295	153	142

ECPI University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,214 where 12,164 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 ECPI University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,648	10,979	4,621	6,358	669	326	343
2016-17	11,831	11,065	4,769	6,296	766	245	521
2017-18	11,745	11,512	5,040	6,472	233	117	116
2018-19	12,704	12,567	5,230	7,337	137	85	52
2019-20	13,142	13,005	5,216	7,789	137	108	29
2020-21	13,983	13,869	5,357	8,512	114	61	53
2021-22	12,139	12,022	4,673	7,349	117	49	68
2022-23	11,399	11,275	4,438	6,837	124	46	78
2023-24	11,385	11,270	4,642	6,628	115	82	33
2024-25	12,164	12,090	4,928	7,162	74	30	44
Average	12,214	12,214	4,891	7,074	12,214	115	134

ECPI University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 295 where 408 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 ECPI University since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	87	87	42	45	0	0	0
2016-17	237	237	141	96	0	0	0
2017-18	227	227	150	77	0	0	0
2018-19	243	243	137	106	0	0	0
2019-20	345	345	172	173	0	0	0
2020-21	370	370	171	199	0	0	0
2021-22	327	327	173	154	0	0	0
2022-23	341	341	172	169	0	0	0
2023-24	360	352	166	186	8	5	3
2024-25	408	408	198	210	0	0	0
Average	295	295	152	142	295	1	0

ECPI University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 31.32% and the percentage of black students is 40.79% at ECPI University. 3.32% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 40.94% to 31.32%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.67% to 3.32%. Black student enrollment decreased from 40.86% to 40.79%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.13% to 15.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7068 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6571 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at ECPI 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	103	313	4,795	954	46	4,804	355
2016-17	133	350	4,934	1,120	72	4,864	382
2017-18	128	352	4,939	1,092	75	4,905	337
2018-19	110	379	4,978	1,214	87	5,030	344
2019-20	90	456	5,234	1,462	63	5,511	460
2020-21	103	445	5,688	1,528	63	5,472	508
2021-22	72	422	4,800	1,446	69	4,657	598
2022-23	63	441	4,434	1,543	65	4,223	606
2023-24	63	390	4,624	1,725	58	3,943	593
2024-25	75	418	5,128	1,989	49	3,938	631
Average	94	397	4,955	1,407	65	4,735	481

ECPI University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,365 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 27% of total students. The number of online students has increased 62.48% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at ECPI University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	11,735	2,071	1,246	8,418
2016-17	12,068	2,941	852	8,275
2017-18	11,972	2,779	2,547	6,646
2018-19	12,947	2,966	4,181	5,800
2019-20	13,487	3,135	3,672	6,680
2020-21	14,353	3,860	2,603	7,890
2021-22	12,466	3,327	2,593	6,546
2022-23	11,740	3,262	1,918	6,560
2023-24	11,745	3,727	1,229	6,789
2024-25	12,572	3,365	1,498	7,709
Average	12,509	3,143	2,234	7,131

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Enrollment Trends at ECPI

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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