Elizabeth City State University Student Population

How many students at ECSU? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,258 students have enrolled in Elizabeth City State University with 2,154 undergraduate and 104 graduate students.

By gender, 1,082 male and 1,176 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (3,204 students on average - public Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields).

554 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,233 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Elizabeth City State University has a total of 2,258 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 2,154 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 104 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,082 male and 1,176 female students (the male-female ratio is 48:52) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 412 White, 1,443 Black, and 15 Asian students out of a total of 2,258 are attending at Elizabeth City State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Elizabeth City State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 55% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, ECSU has 150 students under 18 years old and 10 students over 65 years old. There are 1,745 students under 25 years old, and 513 students over 25 years old out of 2,258 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 150 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. ECSU has 1,718 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 436 students aged 25 and over.

It has 27 graduate students aged under 25 and 77 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Elizabeth City State University, 554 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,233 students are enrolled in some online courses.

424 students who live in North Carolina or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 130 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,154 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 281 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.05%.259 students have transferred in as full-time status and 22 students transferred in as part-time status.