ECPI University Business Programs

ECPI University is a private for-profit institution situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The location of ECPI University is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards ECPI University has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#22	Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#24	Best Organizational Leadership Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#33	Best Hospitality Management Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#79	Best General Business Administration and Management Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#81	Best Business Administration & Management Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#115	Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is ECPI University?

Contact details for ECPI University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5555 Greenwich Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Phone:	757-490-9090
Website:	www.ecpi.edu

How Do I Get Into ECPI University?

You can apply to ECPI University online at: www.ecpi.edu/apply-now

Admission Requirements for ECPI University

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	neither required nor recommended
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	recommended
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into ECPI University?

The acceptance rate at ECPI University is 80%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Can I Afford ECPI University?

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 ECPI University, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $7,983 a year. That adds up to $31,932 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at ECPI University is 11.4%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

ECPI University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 13,983 undergraduate students at ECPI University, with 13,869 being full-time and 114 being part-time.

There are also 370 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 13,869 full-time undergraduates at ECPI University, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of ECPI University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	419
Black or African American	5,547
Hispanic or Latino	1,500
White	5,245
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,153

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at ECPI University. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 9 countries are represented at ECPI University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Ethiopia, and Australia.

Online Learning at ECPI University

In 2019-2020, 6,463 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 6th most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of ECPI University

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at ECPI University was $16,639 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how ECPI University 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
Restaurant/Food Services Management	#4	#1
Other Management Information Systems and Services	#7	#7
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#28	#10
Organizational Leadership	#33	#24
Hospitality Management	#46	#16
Management Information Systems	#61	#22

Online Growth Rankings of ECPI University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at ECPI University was 7.5%. This is the #1,309 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at ECPI University regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at ECPI University 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 ECPI University.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Management Information Systems and Services	#7
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#58
Management Information Systems	#94
Hospitality Management	#104
Organizational Leadership	#243
Accounting	#334

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%.

ECPI University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	142	46	188
Organizational Leadership	20	14	34
Accounting	27	0	27
Other Management Information Systems and Services	23	0	23
Restaurant/Food Services Management	21	0	21
General Hospitality Administration/Management	5	0	5
TOTAL	238	60	298

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.