College · Public · Willimantic, CT · Town
Eastern Connecticut State University
Willimantic, CT
Admit rate83%
6-yr median pay$47k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size3,418
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $47k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 83% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1160.
If you get in
3,418 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $32k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$128k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$84k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$44k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $13.9k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $17.4k
- Room & board
- $17.4k
- Books & supplies
- $675
How students pay for it.
Pell grants29%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans48%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr58%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$47k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$56k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out27%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 3,418
- Location
- Willimantic, CT
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Eastern · ECSU
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White64%
- Hispanic15%
- Black9%
- Unknown7%
- Two or more races3%
- Asian2%
First-gen students34%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time5%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$62k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 35
What you can study.