ECU Student Population and Demographics

ECU Student Population

There are 28,718 students including 23,071 undergraduate and 5,647 graduate students at East Carolina University for academic year 2018-2019. By attending status, there are 22,087 full-time and 6,631 part-time students with gender distribution of 11,836 male and 16,882 female students. East Carolina University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 6,812 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

East Carolina University has a total enrollment of 28,718 with a gender distribution of 41.21% male (11,836 students) and 58.79% female (16,882 students). There are 9,911 male and 13,160 female students in undergraduate school and 1,925 male and 3,722 female students are attending graduate school at East Carolina University.

Student Population By Gender
East Carolina University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	28,718	11,836	16,882
Undergraduate	23,071	9,911	13,160
Graduate	5,647	1,925	3,722
Full-time	22,087	9,367	12,720
Part-time	6,631	2,469	4,162

[Chart] East Carolina University 2019 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

East Carolina University has 22,087 full-time and 6,631 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 19,562 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,509 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,525 students are full-time and 3,122 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
East Carolina University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	28,718	22,087	6,631
Undergraduate	23,071	19,562	3,509
Graduate	5,647	2,525	3,122
Men	11,836	9,367	2,469
Women	16,882	12,720	4,162

[Chart] East Carolina University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At East Carolina University, 6,812 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,148 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 28,718 students. In undergraduate schools, 9,110 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,850 students are attending some online courses.

2019 Distance Learning Enrollment
East Carolina University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	28,718	23,071	5,647
Online Exclusively	6,812	3,603	3,209
In Some Online Classes	6,148	5,507	641
Not In Online Classes	15,758	13,961	1,797

[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 199 American Indian/Native American, 19,130 White, 4,559 Black/African American, 766 Asian, 1,806 Hispanic, 39 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 851 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
East Carolina University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	28,718	11,836	16,882
American Indian/Native American	199	76	123
Asian	766	350	416
Black/African American	4,559	1,747	2,812
Hispanic	1,806	771	1,035
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	20	19
White	19,130	7,902	11,228
Two More	1,062	448	614
Race Un-Known	928	403	525

[Chart] East Carolina UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
East Carolina University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	28,718	23,071	5,647
Under 18	605	605	0
Age 18-19	7,743	7,743	0
Age 20-21	8,012	7,911	101
Age 22-24	4,715	3,362	1,353
Age 25-29	2,751	1,288	1,463
Age 30-34	1,528	715	813
Age 35-39	1,133	511	622
Age 40-49	1,539	660	879
Age 50-64	674	271	403
Over 64	18	5	13
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] East Carolina University 2019 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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