Eastern Connecticut State University
Willimantic, CT
Eastern Connecticut State University is a public university in Willimantic, Connecticut, a town within 10 miles of a city, with 3,418 undergraduates. Liberal arts is its signature field: 7% of its bachelor's degrees, about four times its share across the colleges we cover. 58% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $56,469 ten years after starting.
Eastern Connecticut State University admitted 4,249 of 5,275 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (80.5%).
- Acceptance rate
- 80.5%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $13,928
- $17,428 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $21,067
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- Reading 570–670 · Math 540–650
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Eastern Connecticut State University is known for
Measured by the 891 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Liberal arts
6.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: about four times the 1.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Psychology9210.3% of degrees$51,748About the $50,706 national median
- Business Administration, Management and Operations869.7% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences637.1% of degrees$61,190About the $61,296 national median
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities606.7% of degrees$48,418−9% vs $53,072 nationally
- Communication and Media Studies586.5% of degrees$53,673−5% vs $56,359 nationally
- Criminology566.3% of degrees$52,942−5% vs $55,556 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Town near a city
Willimantic, CT
Undergraduates
3,418
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Master's university, small programs
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
15 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
0%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Eastern Connecticut State University
Three things Eastern Connecticut State University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
The admit rate rose from 66% to 81% between fall 2018 and fall 2023.
Both ends are measured rates for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast. The fall 2023 figure is the one at the top of this page.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2018 to fall 2023
16% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 1% sent an ACT. Eastern Connecticut State University files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $21,067 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
80.5%
4,249 admitted of 5,275 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 570–670Math 540–650
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
16%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
1%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Eastern Connecticut State University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Eastern Connecticut State University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $13,928 ($17,428 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $31,983. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $21,067 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$13,928
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$17,428
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$31,983
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$21,067
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $31,983 full cost.
- Under $30k$17,654Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$16,943Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$19,340Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$21,109Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$24,346Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
58%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
84%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$56,469
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$24,250
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Between fall 2018 and fall 2023 the admit rate rose from 66% to 81%.
What Eastern Connecticut State University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Essays on this application
2 essay prompts on the application: you would write 1, and 1 is not yet confirmed.
A prompt we have not yet confirmed is counted on its own rather than called optional, treating an unconfirmed prompt as optional is how a student skips an essay their college expects.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Early ActionNovember 15, 2026
Verified August 19, 2026
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 1, 2027
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Connecticut
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- University of New Haven80.5%
- Southern Connecticut State University81.1%
- University of Saint Joseph79.6%
- Western Connecticut State University81.4%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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