Eastern Connecticut State University Business Programs

Eastern Connecticut State University is a public institution located in Willimantic, Connecticut. The surrounding location of Willimantic is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Eastern Connecticut State University?

Contact details for ECSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	83 Windham St, Willimantic, CT 06226
Phone:	860-465-5000
Website:	www.easternct.edu/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/ECSUadmissions
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/WhyEasternCT

How Do I Get Into ECSU?

You can apply to ECSU online at: https://www44.student-1.com/OnlineFormsECSU/application/form-library.aspx

Admission Requirements for ECSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into ECSU?

With an acceptance rate of 70%, ECSU does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 65%, and the acceptance rate for women is 73%.

Can I Afford Eastern Connecticut State University?

The overall average net price of ECSU is $34,005. 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 72% of students took out student loans averaging $7,356 a year. That adds up to $29,424 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at ECSU is 5.2%. 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.

Eastern Connecticut State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,475 undergraduate students at ECSU, with 3,713 being full-time and 762 being part-time.

There are also 169 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,713 full-time undergraduates at ECSU, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Eastern Connecticut State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	100
Black or African American	337
Hispanic or Latino	484
White	2,362
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	406

Geographic Diversity

Connecticut students aren't the only ones who study at Eastern Connecticut State University. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 30 countries are represented at ECSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Norway, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Eastern Connecticut State University

In 2019-2020, 3,908 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 6th most popular in Connecticut for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of ECSU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Eastern Connecticut State University was $12,304 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $25,708. The following table shows how ECSU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Accounting	#73	#110

Online Growth Rankings of ECSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Eastern Connecticut State University was 211.5%. This is the #219 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at ECSU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at ECSU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at ECSU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Accounting	#25
Accounting	#32

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%.

Eastern Connecticut State University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Accounting	38	21	59
Finance	22	0	22
General Management Information Systems	13	0	13
Organizational Behavior Studies	0	12	12
Labor Studies	5	0	5
General Economics	4	0	4
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0
TOTAL	82	33	115

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 John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.