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Elizabeth City State University is a public institution situated in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Elizabeth City is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

Where Is Elizabeth City State University?

Contact details for ECSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1704 Weeksville Rd, Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Phone:	252-335-3400
Website:	www.ecsu.edu

How Do I Get Into ECSU?

You can apply to ECSU online at: ecsu.edu/admissions/apply_online.html

Admission Requirements for ECSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into ECSU?

With an acceptance rate of 77%, ECSU may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 70%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to ECSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 450 and 550. Math scores were between 410 and 520.

ECSU received ACT scores from 21% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 13 and 18. Math scores were between 15 and 18. Composite scores were between 15 and 19.

Can I Afford Elizabeth City State University?

The overall average net price of ECSU is $10,450. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At ECSU, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $5,270 a year. That adds up to $21,080 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at ECSU is 5.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Elizabeth City State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,956 undergraduate students at ECSU, with 1,627 being full-time and 329 being part-time.

There are also 98 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,627 full-time undergraduates at ECSU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Elizabeth City State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3
Black or African American	1,172
Hispanic or Latino	74
White	245
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	122

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Elizabeth City State University. At this time, 9 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Elizabeth City State University

There are 15 bachelor’s degree and 3 master’s degree programs available online at ECSU. In 2020-2021, 1,366 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at ECSU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 27th most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of ECSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Elizabeth City State University was 77.2%. This is the #342 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at ECSU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By AdamantlyMike under License

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