Student Population at ECC

The following chart compares ECC's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Illinois.

ECC has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 3,862 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Illinois average (5,904 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Elgin Community College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 4,617 male and 5,634 female students attending ECC. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.82 to 1 and the ratio is similar to 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 ECC.

By age, there are 6,987 students whose age under twenty five and 2,188 students whose age is over thirty years old at Elgin Community College.

Especially, 1,411 students are younger than eighteen and 67 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Elgin Community College.

At Elgin Community College, 3,877 students (37.82% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,268 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, 1,261 students live in Illinois where Elgin Community College is located in and 3 students have enrolled from other states.