Student Population at ECU

The following chart compares ECU's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in North Carolina.

ECU has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 13,528 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in North Carolina average (13,968 students).

The below chart compares the student population between East Carolina University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 10,631 male and 16,309 female students attending ECU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.65 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at ECU.

By age, there are 19,402 students whose age under twenty five and 4,798 students whose age is over thirty years old at East Carolina University.

Especially, 413 students are younger than eighteen and 24 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at East Carolina University.

At East Carolina University, 20,142 students (74.77% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 8,356 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 7,899 students live in North Carolina where East Carolina University is located in and 260 students have enrolled from other states.