Enrollment Trends at ECSU

The student population at Elizabeth City State University is 2,258 (2,154 undergraduate and 104 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 673 (42.46%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at ECSU is 95.39% which is increased by 619 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 54 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 92 male students for every 100 female students, up from 75 in 2015.
554 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 483.16% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,843 where 2,258 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 2,258 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,357 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,585 to 2,258 students, a net gain of 673 (42.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,585	1,535	659	876	50	19	31
2016-17	1,357 -228	1,310 -225	576 -83	734 -142	47 -3	11 -8	36 5
2017-18	1,411 54	1,368 58	610 34	758 24	43 -4	9 -2	34 -2
2018-19	1,677 266	1,636 268	697 87	939 181	41 -2	10 1	31 -3
2019-20	1,769 92	1,692 56	690 -7	1,002 63	77 36	19 9	58 27
2020-21	2,002 233	1,910 218	783 93	1,127 125	92 15	24 5	68 10
2021-22	2,054 52	1,956 46	786 3	1,170 43	98 6	21 -3	77 9
2022-23	2,149 95	2,033 77	876 90	1,157 -13	116 18	26 5	90 13
2023-24	2,165 16	2,048 15	945 69	1,103 -54	117 1	21 -5	96 6
2024-25	2,258 93	2,154 106	1,060 115	1,094 -9	104 -13	22 1	82 -14
Average	1,843	1,764	768	996	79	18	60

Elizabeth City State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,764 where 2,154 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 Elizabeth City State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,535	1,405	614	791	130	45	85
2016-17	1,310	1,197	534	663	113	42	71
2017-18	1,368	1,179	527	652	189	83	106
2018-19	1,636	1,425	621	804	211	76	135
2019-20	1,692	1,516	650	866	176	40	136
2020-21	1,910	1,624	692	932	286	91	195
2021-22	1,956	1,627	696	931	329	90	239
2022-23	2,033	1,704	768	936	329	108	221
2023-24	2,048	1,678	798	880	370	147	223
2024-25	2,154	1,796	919	877	358	141	217
Average	1,764	1,764	682	833	1,764	86	163

Elizabeth City State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 79 where 104 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 Elizabeth City State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	50	1	0	1	49	19	30
2016-17	47	11	3	8	36	8	28
2017-18	43	16	3	13	27	6	21
2018-19	41	8	4	4	33	6	27
2019-20	77	26	6	20	51	13	38
2020-21	92	27	13	14	65	11	54
2021-22	98	36	12	24	62	9	53
2022-23	116	31	9	22	85	17	68
2023-24	117	35	6	29	82	15	67
2024-25	104	42	13	29	62	9	53
Average	79	79	7	16	79	11	44

Elizabeth City State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 18.25% and the percentage of black students is 63.91% at Elizabeth City State University. 0.66% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.85% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 15.33% to 18.25%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.25% to 0.66%. Black student enrollment decreased from 73.31% to 63.91%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.33% to 5.85%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5515 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4384 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Elizabeth City 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	4	4	1,162	37	0	243	12
2016-17	6	3	976	34	1	234	16
2017-18	5	12	963	46	5	268	33
2018-19	8	10	1,160	68	2	293	60
2019-20	6	11	1,213	74	1	317	81
2020-21	6	11	1,348	95	2	366	97
2021-22	10	10	1,382	96	3	364	103
2022-23	11	8	1,465	93	0	369	122
2023-24	14	16	1,429	101	1	379	118
2024-25	9	15	1,443	132	1	412	131
Average	8	10	1,254	78	2	325	77

Elizabeth City State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

554 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 483.16% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Elizabeth City State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,585	95	667	823
2016-17	1,357	93	582	682
2017-18	1,411	76	385	950
2018-19	1,677	157	465	1,055
2019-20	1,769	214	522	1,033
2020-21	2,002	608	1,273	121
2021-22	2,054	473	893	688
2022-23	2,149	539	1,141	469
2023-24	2,165	590	1,087	488
2024-25	2,258	554	1,233	471
Average	1,843	340	825	678

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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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