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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Willimantic, CT
Population 300,000
Website http://www.easternct.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,400 (26%)
Days Without Precipitation 235 (24%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,378
Men / Women 41% / 59%
From State 91%
From Region 6%
Athletes 13.9%

Racial/Ethnic

White 64%
Hispanic 15%
Black 9%
Mixed 3%
Asian 2%
Native American 0%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 46.8% 46.8% 2012 Men: 42.8% 42.8% 2013 Men: 43.7% 43.7% 2014 Men: 47.1% 47.1% 2015 Men: 41.5% 41.5% 2016 Men: 40.4% 40.4% 2017 Men: 36.8% 36.8% 2018 Men: 40.1% 40.1% 2019 Men: 41.3% 41.3% 2020 Men: 41.1% 41.1% 2021 Men: 39.9% 39.9% 2022 Men: 36.7% 36.7% 2023 Men: 41.5% 41.5% 2024 Men: 37.7% 37.7%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2012 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2017 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2011 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2012 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2013 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2014 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2016 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2017 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2018 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2019 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2020 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2021 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2022 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2023 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2024 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2011 Black: 7.2% 7.2% 2012 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2013 Black: 7.7% 7.7% 2014 Black: 6.6% 6.6% 2015 Black: 7.0% 7.0% 2016 Black: 7.1% 7.1% 2017 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2018 Black: 5.5% 5.5% 2019 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2020 Black: 6.4% 6.4% 2021 Black: 9.5% 9.5% 2022 Black: 7.7% 7.7% 2023 Black: 9.4% 9.4% 2024 Black: 12.2% 12.2% 2011 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2012 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2013 Hispanic: 7.6% 7.6% 2014 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2015 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2016 Hispanic: 7.2% 7.2% 2017 Hispanic: 9.1% 9.1% 2018 Hispanic: 8.3% 8.3% 2019 Hispanic: 9.8% 9.8% 2020 Hispanic: 8.9% 8.9% 2021 Hispanic: 10.4% 10.4% 2022 Hispanic: 12.8% 12.8% 2023 Hispanic: 13.1% 13.1% 2024 Hispanic: 13.7% 13.7% 2011 White: 81.5% 81.5% 2012 White: 80.2% 80.2% 2013 White: 76.7% 76.7% 2014 White: 81.2% 81.2% 2015 White: 81.4% 81.4% 2016 White: 78.6% 78.6% 2017 White: 76.7% 76.7% 2018 White: 64.4% 64.4% 2019 White: 57.7% 57.7% 2020 White: 71.6% 71.6% 2021 White: 63.9% 63.9% 2022 White: 68.3% 68.3% 2023 White: 65.4% 65.4% 2024 White: 61.1% 61.1% 2011 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2012 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2013 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2015 International: 1.3% 1.3% 2016 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2017 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 International: 0.6% 0.6%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2021 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2022 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2023 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2024 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2025 Asian: 2.1% 2.1% 2020 Black: 9.7% 9.7% 2021 Black: 9.3% 9.3% 2022 Black: 9.7% 9.7% 2023 Black: 9.2% 9.2% 2024 Black: 8.9% 8.9% 2025 Black: 8.9% 8.9% 2020 Hispanic: 12.6% 12.6% 2021 Hispanic: 13.3% 13.3% 2022 Hispanic: 12.8% 12.8% 2023 Hispanic: 13.1% 13.1% 2024 Hispanic: 14.0% 14.0% 2025 Hispanic: 14.8% 14.8% 2020 White: 63.9% 63.9% 2021 White: 63.4% 63.4% 2022 White: 63.0% 63.0% 2023 White: 64.7% 64.7% 2024 White: 64.2% 64.2% 2025 White: 63.9% 63.9% 2020 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2021 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 International: 0.3% 0.3%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Arts and Sciences 537 34% / 66% 1% $53,361 60 95%
Computer Science 37 — 89% / 11% 3% $81,587 92 98%
Computational and Applied Mathematics 7 +1 43% / 57% 0% $67,294 82 —
Earth Sciences 19 — 42% / 58% 0% $60,503 74 89%
Mathematics 16 +1 50% / 50% 0% $57,611 69 97%
Biochemistry 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $59,849 73 —
Biology 31 — 29% / 71% 3% $62,547 77 97%
Economics 11 +2 64% / 36% 0% $50,178 53 89%
Labor Studies 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $63,108 77 —
Anthropology 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $45,399 39 —
Communication 48 +1 48% / 52% 0% $48,858 49 94%
English 39 +8 21% / 79% 0% $51,008 55 95%
Gender and Women's Studies — — — — $49,820 52 —
General Studies 42 — 38% / 62% 2% $48,995 49 91%
History 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $48,883 49 88%
History 8 +1 38% / 62% 0% $48,883 49 88%
Liberal Studies 11 +2 0% / 100% 0% $48,995 49 91%
Philosophy 1 +2 0% / 100% 0% $47,347 45 —
Political Science 20 — 25% / 75% 0% $54,321 62 96%
Psychology 84 +1 19% / 81% 0% $51,524 56 98%
Sociology 25 +20 8% / 92% 0% $45,008 38 94%
Spanish 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,777 57 —
Digital Media 12 — 50% / 50% 0% $47,772 46 —
Film Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Music 9 — 78% / 22% 0% $43,035 32 —
Studio Art 37 +1 27% / 73% 0% $48,660 48 95%
Theatre 10 +2 50% / 50% 0% $32,707 9 94%
Criminology 48 +3 19% / 81% 0% $50,770 54 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Business 178 70% / 30% 0% $68,989 84 95%
Accounting 28 — 50% / 50% 0% $71,440 86 92%
Business Administration 91 — 70% / 30% 0% $64,503 79 —
Finance 40 +3 78% / 22% 0% $74,184 88 97%
Management Information Systems 19 — 79% / 21% 0% $75,935 89 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Education and Professional Studies 158 30% / 70% 0% $56,192 66 99%
Health Sciences 78 — 35% / 65% 0% $58,879 71 100%
Sports Management 9 — 78% / 22% 0% $49,694 51 98%
Social Work 32 — 12% / 88% 0% $55,620 65 94%
Early Childhood Education 15 — 7% / 93% 0% $52,566 59 100%
Elementary Education 10 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,566 59 100%
Physical Education 14 — 57% / 43% 0% $53,189 60 100%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $14,633
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $18,541
Est. In-State Cost $18,929
Est. Out-of-State Cost $23,985
ROI Percentile 68th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 84%
4-Year Graduation Rate 46%
6-Year Graduation Rate 57%
Transfer-Out Rate 27%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 48.8% 48.8% 2012 Graduated: 52.7% 52.7% 2013 Graduated: 50.8% 50.8% 2014 Graduated: 56.3% 56.3% 2015 Graduated: 56.4% 56.4% 2016 Graduated: 54.5% 54.5% 2017 Graduated: 54.5% 54.5% 2018 Graduated: 57.7% 57.7% 2019 Graduated: 57.1% 57.1% 2020 Graduated: 55.9% 55.9% 2021 Graduated: 57.0% 57.0% 2022 Graduated: 60.1% 60.1% 2023 Graduated: 58.1% 58.1% 2024 Graduated: 57.5% 57.5%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 45.4% 45.4% 2012 Men: 45.3% 45.3% 2013 Men: 44.2% 44.2% 2014 Men: 52.3% 52.3% 2015 Men: 50.6% 50.6% 2016 Men: 48.9% 48.9% 2017 Men: 50.5% 50.5% 2018 Men: 58.0% 58.0% 2019 Men: 51.9% 51.9% 2020 Men: 47.9% 47.9% 2021 Men: 49.5% 49.5% 2022 Men: 54.6% 54.6% 2023 Men: 52.9% 52.9% 2024 Men: 56.2% 56.2% 2011 Women: 51.3% 51.3% 2012 Women: 58.3% 58.3% 2013 Women: 56.8% 56.8% 2014 Women: 59.9% 59.9% 2015 Women: 61.1% 61.1% 2016 Women: 59.0% 59.0% 2017 Women: 58.0% 58.0% 2018 Women: 57.5% 57.5% 2019 Women: 60.9% 60.9% 2020 Women: 63.1% 63.1% 2021 Women: 62.4% 62.4% 2022 Women: 63.6% 63.6% 2023 Women: 61.1% 61.1% 2024 Women: 58.4% 58.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 38.7% 38.7% 2012 Black: 50.0% 50.0% 2013 Black: 49.2% 49.2% 2014 Black: 54.8% 54.8% 2015 Black: 34.8% 34.8% 2016 Black: 44.6% 44.6% 2017 Black: 39.5% 39.5% 2018 Black: 50.0% 50.0% 2019 Black: 41.1% 41.1% 2020 Black: 47.3% 47.3% 2021 Black: 50.0% 50.0% 2022 Black: 44.7% 44.7% 2023 Black: 52.9% 52.9% 2024 Black: 42.2% 42.2% 2011 Hispanic: 43.1% 43.1% 2012 Hispanic: 55.7% 55.7% 2013 Hispanic: 45.2% 45.2% 2014 Hispanic: 40.6% 40.6% 2015 Hispanic: 43.1% 43.1% 2016 Hispanic: 51.5% 51.5% 2017 Hispanic: 45.2% 45.2% 2018 Hispanic: 49.4% 49.4% 2019 Hispanic: 58.5% 58.5% 2020 Hispanic: 60.5% 60.5% 2021 Hispanic: 43.6% 43.6% 2022 Hispanic: 44.1% 44.1% 2023 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2024 Hispanic: 47.7% 47.7% 2011 White: 51.1% 51.1% 2012 White: 52.7% 52.7% 2013 White: 53.7% 53.7% 2014 White: 58.7% 58.7% 2015 White: 59.2% 59.2% 2016 White: 55.9% 55.9% 2017 White: 57.2% 57.2% 2018 White: 61.1% 61.1% 2019 White: 56.7% 56.7% 2020 White: 56.0% 56.0% 2021 White: 60.1% 60.1% 2022 White: 63.0% 63.0% 2023 White: 58.9% 58.9% 2024 White: 62.3% 62.3%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 37.0% 323 25% / 75% 0% $50,505 53 95%
Business & Economics 23.1% 202 68% / 32% 0% $66,989 82 95%
Health Sciences 8.9% 78 35% / 65% 0% $58,879 71 100%
Arts 7.9% 69 41% / 59% 0% $45,413 39 95%
Professional 5.5% 48 19% / 81% 0% $50,770 54 100%
Physical Sciences & Math 4.8% 42 45% / 55% 0% $60,533 74 92%
Education 4.5% 39 23% / 77% 0% $52,790 59 100%
Computer Science 4.2% 37 89% / 11% 3% $81,587 92 98%
Life & Natural Sciences 4.0% 35 31% / 69% 3% $62,239 76 97%

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.7M #352 1% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.2M #458 5% $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.2M #508 8% $0 — — — —
Education $0.2M #350 74% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.0M #474 18% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.0M #292 85% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0.0M #423 10% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.0M #432 0% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Total $1.4M #534 14% $0 — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 73%
Yield (Unbound) 15%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 73% 73% 73%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 70.4% 70.4% 2012 Acceptance: 67.4% 67.4% 2013 Acceptance: 64.5% 64.5% 2014 Acceptance: 63.1% 63.1% 2015 Acceptance: 63.6% 63.6% 2016 Acceptance: 57.9% 57.9% 2017 Acceptance: 65.8% 65.8% 2018 Acceptance: 65.7% 65.7% 2019 Acceptance: 63.9% 63.9% 2020 Acceptance: 69.7% 69.7% 2021 Acceptance: 73.2% 73.2% 2022 Acceptance: 73.8% 73.8% 2023 Acceptance: 80.5% 80.5% 2024 Acceptance: 83.0% 83.0% 2011 Yield: 43.6% 43.6% 2012 Yield: 34.8% 34.8% 2013 Yield: 29.9% 29.9% 2014 Yield: 29.4% 29.4% 2015 Yield: 28.9% 28.9% 2016 Yield: 29.8% 29.8% 2017 Yield: 25.8% 25.8% 2018 Yield: 26.5% 26.5% 2019 Yield: 24.6% 24.6% 2020 Yield: 23.3% 23.3% 2021 Yield: 23.1% 23.1% 2022 Yield: 17.7% 17.7% 2023 Yield: 14.5% 14.5% 2024 Yield: 15.0% 15.0%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 3,096 3,096 2012 Applicants: 4,329 4,329 2013 Applicants: 5,112 5,112 2014 Applicants: 4,756 4,756 2015 Applicants: 5,370 5,370 2016 Applicants: 5,863 5,863 2017 Applicants: 5,455 5,455 2018 Applicants: 5,580 5,580 2019 Applicants: 5,563 5,563 2020 Applicants: 5,182 5,182 2021 Applicants: 4,630 4,630 2022 Applicants: 5,488 5,488 2023 Applicants: 5,275 5,275 2024 Applicants: 6,491 6,491 2011 Admitted: 2,180 2,180 2012 Admitted: 2,918 2,918 2013 Admitted: 3,299 3,299 2014 Admitted: 3,001 3,001 2015 Admitted: 3,413 3,413 2016 Admitted: 3,395 3,395 2017 Admitted: 3,590 3,590 2018 Admitted: 3,668 3,668 2019 Admitted: 3,553 3,553 2020 Admitted: 3,612 3,612 2021 Admitted: 3,389 3,389 2022 Admitted: 4,052 4,052 2023 Admitted: 4,249 4,249 2024 Admitted: 5,386 5,386 2011 Enrolled: 951 951 2012 Enrolled: 1,015 1,015 2013 Enrolled: 985 985 2014 Enrolled: 883 883 2015 Enrolled: 985 985 2016 Enrolled: 1,013 1,013 2017 Enrolled: 925 925 2018 Enrolled: 973 973 2019 Enrolled: 874 874 2020 Enrolled: 841 841 2021 Enrolled: 784 784 2022 Enrolled: 716 716 2023 Enrolled: 614 614 2024 Enrolled: 808 808

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 18%
SAT Range 1070 – 1260
SAT Math Range 530 – 610
SAT RW Range 540 – 650

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 910 910 2012 25th: 920 920 2013 25th: 930 930 2022 25th: 980 980 2023 25th: 1110 1110 2024 25th: 1070 1070 2011 75th: 1100 1100 2012 75th: 1110 1110 2013 75th: 1100 1100 2022 75th: 1190 1190 2023 75th: 1320 1320 2024 75th: 1260 1260

SAT Math

25th 75th
450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 450 450 2012 25th: 460 460 2013 25th: 470 470 2022 25th: 480 480 2023 25th: 540 540 2024 25th: 530 530 2011 75th: 550 550 2012 75th: 560 560 2013 75th: 550 550 2022 75th: 580 580 2023 75th: 650 650 2024 75th: 610 610

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 460 460 2012 25th: 460 460 2013 25th: 460 460 2022 25th: 500 500 2023 25th: 570 570 2024 25th: 540 540 2011 75th: 550 550 2012 75th: 550 550 2013 75th: 550 550 2022 75th: 610 610 2023 75th: 670 670 2024 75th: 650 650

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2022 Submitted: 64.0% 64.0% 2023 Submitted: 17.0% 17.0% 2024 Submitted: 18.0% 18.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.