Enrollment Trends at ECSU

The student population at Elizabeth City State University is 2,149 (2,033 undergraduate and 116 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 729 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at ECSU is 94.60% which is decreased by 727 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 2 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

539 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 473.40% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,925 where 2,149 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

94.60% of total students is undergraduate students and 5.40% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 727 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 2 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 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 Elizabeth City State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,878	2,760	1,103	1,657	118	29	89
2013-14	2,421 -457	2,336 -424	956 -147	1,380 -277	85 -33	25 -4	60 -29
2014-15	1,867 -554	1,805 -531	735 -221	1,070 -310	62 -23	27 2	35 -25
2015-16	1,585 -282	1,535 -270	659 -76	876 -194	50 -12	19 -8	31 -4
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
Average	1,925	1,849	770	1,079	75	20	55

Elizabeth City State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,849 where 2,033 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 Elizabeth City State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,760	2,509	1,035	1,474	251	68	183
2013-14	2,336	2,146	907	1,239	190	49	141
2014-15	1,805	1,633	680	953	172	55	117
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
Average	1,849	1,849	702	931	1,849	68	148

Elizabeth City State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 75 where 116 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 Elizabeth City State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	118	10	4	6	108	25	83
2013-14	85	9	4	5	76	21	55
2014-15	62	4	0	4	58	27	31
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
Average	75	75	5	11	75	15	44

Elizabeth City State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 17.17% and the percentage of black students is 68.17% at Elizabeth City State University. 0.37% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Elizabeth City 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	13	13	2,073	24	1	413	0
2013-14	13	10	1,777	15	1	380	14
2014-15	6	7	1,366	25	1	289	16
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
Average	8	9	1,353	55	2	321	50

Elizabeth City State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

539 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 473.40% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Elizabeth City State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,867	94	845	928
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
Average	1,763	261	753	750

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