Student Population at East Carolina University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
27,151	21,688	5,463

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 27,151 students have enrolled in East Carolina University with 21,688 undergraduate and 5,463 graduate students.

By gender, 10,753 male and 16,398 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

7,807 students are enrolled exclusively, and 11,621 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

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Student Population by Gender

East Carolina University has a total of 27,151 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 21,688 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,463 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 10,753 male and 16,398 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	27,151	21,688	5,463
Men	10,753	9,038	1,715
Women	16,398	12,650	3,748

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 17,239 White, 4,445 Black, and 773 Asian students out of a total of 27,151 are attending at East Carolina University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	143	58	85
Asian	773	326	447
Black	4,445	1,666	2,779
Hispanic	2,265	928	1,337
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	29	11	18
White	17,239	6,864	10,375
Two or more races	930	367	563
Race Unknown	1,071	414	657

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	104	52	52
Asian	545	229	316
Black	3,627	1,472	2,155
Hispanic	1,965	831	1,134
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	22	8	14
White	13,666	5,734	7,932
Two or more races	797	332	465
Race Unknown	828	322	506

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	39	6	33
Asian	228	97	131
Black	818	194	624
Hispanic	300	97	203
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	7	3	4
White	3,573	1,130	2,443
Two or more races	133	35	98
Race Unknown	243	92	151

Student Age Distribution

By age, ECU has 426 students under 18 years old and 28 students over 65 years old. There are 19,916 students under 25 years old, and 7,235 students over 25 years old out of 27,151 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 426 students are younger than 18 and 16 students are older than 65. ECU has 18,313 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,375 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,603 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,860 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	426	298	128
18-19	7,346	4,445	2,901
20-21	7,506	4,383	3,123
22-24	4,638	2,530	2,108
25-29	2,626	1,640	986
30-34	1,451	936	515
35-39	1,123	760	363
40-49	1,366	937	429
50-64	641	447	194
Over 65	28	22	6

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	426	298	128
18-19	7,344	4,443	2,901
20-21	7,364	4,272	3,092
22-24	3,179	1,539	1,640
25-29	1,226	695	531
30-34	738	469	269
35-39	507	336	171
40-49	591	392	199
50-64	297	194	103
Over 65	16	12	4

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At East Carolina University, 7,807 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 11,621 students are enrolled in some online courses.

7,369 students lived in North Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 438 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	27,151	7,807	11,621
Undergraduate	21,688	4,434	11,041
Graduate	5,463	3,373	580

Online Student Population by Locality
	North Carolina Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	7,369	410	28
Undergraduate	4,286	141	7
Graduate	3,083	269	21

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 21,688 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,641 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.57%.1,198 students have transferred in as full-time status and 443 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	16,419
Transfer-in Full-time	1,198
Regular Part-time	3,628
Transfer-in Part-time	443

Student Population at East Carolina University

Student Population by Gender

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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Online Student Enrollment

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

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