East Central University Overview

Located in Ada, Oklahoma, East Central University is a public institution. Ada is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is East Central University Known For?

• The master's degree is the highest award offered at ECU.
• During a recent academic cycle, 68% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, ECU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $44,962 a year. That's about 10% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is East Central University?

Contact details for ECU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1100 E. 14Th Street, Ada, OK 74820-6999
Phone:	580-332-8000
Website:	www.ecok.edu

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How Do I Get Into ECU?

You can apply to ECU online at: https://www.ecok.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for ECU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into ECU?

ECU has an acceptance rate of 70%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 71%.

Average Test Scores

About 1% of students accepted to ECU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 538. Math scores were between 480 and 540.

ECU received ACT scores from 92% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 24. Math scores were between 15 and 0. Composite scores were between 16 and 22.

Can I Afford East Central University?

The overall average net price of ECU is $21,739. 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 ECU, approximately 28% of students took out student loans averaging $5,528 a year. That adds up to $22,112 over four years for those students.

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East Central University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,939 undergraduate students at ECU, with 2,456 being full-time and 483 being part-time.

There are also 669 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,456 full-time undergraduates at ECU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	14
Black or African American	140
Hispanic or Latino	113
White	1,243
International Students	315
Other Races/Ethnicities	631

Geographic Diversity

Oklahoma students aren't the only ones who study at East Central University. At this time, 6 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 37 countries are represented at ECU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nepal, Bahamas, and China.

East Central University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Health & Physical Education	0	74	0	38	112
Nursing	0	79	0	0	79
Educational Administration	0	0	0	69	69
Computer Information Systems	0	66	0	0	66
Human Services	0	37	0	22	59
Accounting	18	19	0	11	48
General Psychology	0	41	0	0	41
Business Administration & Management	1	36	0	0	37
General Biology	0	36	0	0	36
Other Psychology	0	0	4	23	27
Student Counseling	0	0	0	21	21
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	21	21
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	20	0	1	21
Communication & Media Studies	0	20	0	0	20
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	11	0	6	17
Special Education	0	1	0	15	16
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	16	0	0	16
Social Work	0	16	0	0	16
History	0	14	0	0	14
Management Information Systems	13	0	0	0	13
Natural Resource Management	0	0	0	11	11
Entrepreneurial Studies	10	0	0	0	10
Hospitality Management	10	0	0	0	10
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	0	10	10
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	9	9
Public Health	0	9	0	0	9
Mathematics	0	8	0	0	8
General English Literature	0	7	0	0	7
Human Resource Management	6	0	0	0	6
Ethnic Studies	0	6	0	0	6
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	0	6	0	0	6
Music	0	6	0	0	6
General Family & Consumer Sciences	0	5	0	0	5
Fine & Studio Arts	0	4	0	0	4
International Business	3	0	0	0	3
Chemistry	0	2	0	0	2
Physics	0	2	0	0	2
Geography & Cartography	0	2	0	0	2
Political Science & Government	0	2	0	0	2
Marketing	1	0	0	0	1
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	62	545	4	257	868

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 Brad Holt under License

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