by our College Data Analytics Team
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ECPI University was awarded 426 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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College Factual ranked ECPI University as #322 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when ECPI University held the #351 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
ECPI University also holds the #10 spot on the Best Colleges in Virginia ranking.
The acceptance rate at ECPI University is 82%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that ECPI University is a good fit for you.
At ECPI University, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at ECPI University is 40%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 43% rate at ECPI University is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At ECPI University this rate is 33%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,983 undergraduates at ECPI University with 13,869 being full-time and 114 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21,716 | $22,108 | $23,472 | $24,966 | $26,834 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of ECPI University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At ECPI University, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $8,025 a year. That adds up to $32,100 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.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Information Technology | 366 | $46,142 |
| Nursing | 178 | $62,355 |
| Business Administration & Management | 169 | $38,589 |
| Electromechanical Engineering Technology | 131 | $57,855 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 109 | $33,793 |
| Computer Programming | 90 | $43,195 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 81 | $33,404 |
| Computer Engineering Technology | 38 | $51,089 |
| Accounting | 27 | $40,281 |
| Hospitality Management | 26 | $26,453 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 5,920 students took at least one online class at ECPI University. This is a decrease from the 6,463 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,920 | 3,327 |
| 2019-2020 | 6,463 | 3,860 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,807 | 3,135 |
| 2017-2018 | 7,147 | 2,966 |
| 2016-2017 | 5,326 | 2,779 |
Footnotes
*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.
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