Enrollment Trends at ECU

The student population at East Central University is 3,376 (2,730 undergraduate and 646 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,211 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at ECU is 80.86% which is decreased by 1,027 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 184 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.63 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

787 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 38.07% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,886 where 3,376 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.86% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.14% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,027 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 184 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.63 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in ECU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at East Central University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,587	3,757	1,488	2,269	830	241	589
2014-15	4,428 -159	3,637 -120	1,439 -49	2,198 -71	791 -39	254 13	537 -52
2015-16	4,444 16	3,682 45	1,546 107	2,136 -62	762 -29	219 -35	543 6
2016-17	4,160 -284	3,433 -249	1,427 -119	2,006 -130	727 -35	218 -1	509 -34
2017-18	3,719 -441	3,081 -352	1,240 -187	1,841 -165	638 -89	186 -32	452 -57
2018-19	3,576 -143	2,941 -140	1,197 -43	1,744 -97	635 -3	181 -5	454 2
2019-20	3,613 37	2,981 40	1,241 44	1,740 -4	632 -3	181 0	451 -3
2020-21	3,608 -5	2,939 -42	1,221 -20	1,718 -22	669 37	215 34	454 3
2021-22	3,350 -258	2,706 -233	1,123 -98	1,583 -135	644 -25	198 -17	446 -8
2022-23	3,376 26	2,730 24	1,095 -28	1,635 52	646 2	190 -8	456 10
Average	3,886	3,189	1,302	1,887	697	208	489

East Central University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,189 where 2,730 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 East Central University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,757	3,061	1,272	1,789	696	216	480
2014-15	3,637	2,972	1,214	1,758	665	225	440
2015-16	3,682	3,092	1,352	1,740	590	194	396
2016-17	3,433	2,868	1,238	1,630	565	189	376
2017-18	3,081	2,551	1,068	1,483	530	172	358
2018-19	2,941	2,456	1,034	1,422	485	163	322
2019-20	2,981	2,471	1,049	1,422	510	192	318
2020-21	2,939	2,456	1,055	1,401	483	166	317
2021-22	2,706	2,166	933	1,233	540	190	350
2022-23	2,730	2,237	924	1,313	493	171	322
Average	3,189	3,189	1,114	1,519	3,189	188	368

East Central University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 697 where 646 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 East Central University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	830	266	84	182	564	157	407
2014-15	791	257	85	172	534	169	365
2015-16	762	246	71	175	516	148	368
2016-17	727	275	85	190	452	133	319
2017-18	638	259	85	174	379	101	278
2018-19	635	226	80	146	409	101	308
2019-20	632	231	77	154	401	104	297
2020-21	669	264	102	162	405	113	292
2021-22	644	231	85	146	413	113	300
2022-23	646	269	89	180	377	101	276
Average	697	697	84	168	697	124	321

East Central University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.49%. The percentage was 60.32% 10 years ago and ECU still has a high percentage of white students. 5.51% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.85% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at East Central University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	726	19	186	199	5	2,767	366
2014-15	637	20	170	195	7	2,645	409
2015-16	621	16	149	217	9	2,551	401
2016-17	578	16	148	206	7	2,367	330
2017-18	526	9	142	198	11	2,209	262
2018-19	456	15	159	202	13	2,170	213
2019-20	554	19	164	187	11	2,101	162
2020-21	591	23	189	147	13	1,976	123
2021-22	551	306	226	202	7	1,787	87
2022-23	604	186	265	236	13	1,772	90
Average	584	63	180	199	10	2,235	244

East Central University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

787 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 38.07% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at East Central University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,428	570	1,143	2,715
2015-16	4,444	615	1,294	2,535
2016-17	4,160	654	1,326	2,180
2017-18	3,719	601	1,454	1,664
2018-19	3,576	546	1,434	1,596
2019-20	3,613	663	1,693	1,257
2020-21	3,608	3,608	0	0
2021-22	3,350	1,023	1,589	738
2022-23	3,376	787	1,838	751
Average	3,808	1,007	1,308	1,493

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