East Carolina University Student Population and Demographics

ECU Student Population

There are 27,151 students including 21,688 undergraduate and 5,463 graduate students at East Carolina University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 20,393 full-time and 6,758 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,753 male and 16,398 female students. East Carolina University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 7,807 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

East Carolina University has a total enrollment of 27,151 with a gender distribution of 39.60% male (10,753 students) and 60.40% female (16,398 students). There are 9,038 male and 12,650 female students in undergraduate school and 1,715 male and 3,748 female students are attending graduate school at East Carolina University.

Student Population By Gender
East Carolina University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	27,151	10,753	16,398
Undergraduate	21,688	9,038	12,650
Graduate	5,463	1,715	3,748
Full-time	20,393	8,489	11,904
Part-time	6,758	2,264	4,494

[Chart] East Carolina University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

East Carolina University has 20,393 full-time and 6,758 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 17,617 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 4,071 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,776 students are full-time and 2,687 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
East Carolina University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	27,151	20,393	6,758
Undergraduate	21,688	17,617	4,071
Graduate	5,463	2,776	2,687
Men	10,753	8,489	2,264
Women	16,398	11,904	4,494

[Chart] East Carolina University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At East Carolina University, 7,807 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 11,621 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 27,151 students. In undergraduate schools, 15,475 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,953 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
East Carolina University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	27,151	21,688	5,463
Online Exclusively	7,807	4,434	3,373
In Some Online Classes	11,621	11,041	580
Not In Online Classes	7,723	6,213	1,510

[Chart] East Carolina University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at East Carolina University. There are 143 American Indian/Native American, 17,239 White, 4,445 Black/African American, 773 Asian, 2,265 Hispanic, 29 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 781 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
East Carolina University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	27,151	10,753	16,398
American Indian/Native American	143	58	85
Asian	773	326	447
Black/African American	4,445	1,666	2,779
Hispanic	2,265	928	1,337
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	29	11	18
White	17,239	6,864	10,375
Two More	930	367	563
Race Un-Known	1,071	414	657

[Chart] East Carolina UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
East Carolina University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	27,151	21,688	5,463
Under 18	426	426	0
Age 18-19	7,346	7,344	2
Age 20-21	7,506	7,364	142
Age 22-24	4,638	3,179	1,459
Age 25-29	2,626	1,226	1,400
Age 30-34	1,451	738	713
Age 35-39	1,123	507	616
Age 40-49	1,366	591	775
Age 50-64	641	297	344
Over 64	28	16	12
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] East Carolina University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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