East Carolina University Student Population and Demographics

ECU Student Population

There are 26,940 students including 21,445 undergraduate and 5,495 graduate students at East Carolina University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 19,890 full-time and 7,050 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,631 male and 16,309 female students.

East Carolina University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 8,356 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

East Carolina University has a total enrollment of 26,940 with a gender distribution of 39.46% male (10,631 students) and 60.54% female (16,309 students). There are 8,978 male and 12,467 female students in undergraduate school and 1,653 male and 3,842 female students are attending graduate school at East Carolina University.

Student Population By Gender
East Carolina University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	26,940	10,631	16,309
Undergraduate	21,445	8,978	12,467
Graduate	5,495	1,653	3,842
Full-time	19,890	8,338	11,552
Part-time	7,050	2,293	4,757

[Chart] East Carolina University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

East Carolina University has 19,890 full-time and 7,050 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 16,981 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 4,464 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,909 students are full-time and 2,586 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
East Carolina University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	26,940	19,890	7,050
Undergraduate	21,445	16,981	4,464
Graduate	5,495	2,909	2,586
Men	10,631	8,338	2,293
Women	16,309	11,552	4,757

[Chart] East Carolina University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At East Carolina University, 8,356 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 11,786 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 26,940 students.

In undergraduate schools, 16,144 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,998 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
East Carolina University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	26,940	21,445	5,495
Online Exclusively	8,356	4,859	3,497
In Some Online Classes	11,786	11,285	501
Not In Online Classes	6,798	5,301	1,497

[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 134 American Indian/Native American, 16,479 White, 4,575 Black/African American, 757 Asian, 2,463 Hispanic, 23 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 858 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
East Carolina University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	26,940	10,631	16,309
American Indian/Native American	134	58	76
Asian	757	295	462
Black/African American	4,575	1,729	2,846
Hispanic	2,463	1,024	1,439
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	9	14
White	16,479	6,516	9,963
Two More	1,080	408	672
Race Un-Known	1,130	450	680

[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	26,940	21,445	5,495
Under 18	413	413	0
Age 18-19	7,339	7,336	3
Age 20-21	7,040	6,850	190
Age 22-24	4,610	3,141	1,469
Age 25-29	2,740	1,335	1,405
Age 30-34	1,445	744	701
Age 35-39	1,106	552	554
Age 40-49	1,515	703	812
Age 50-64	708	359	349
Over 64	24	12	12
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] East Carolina University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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