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ECPI University

Virginia Beach, Virginia·Private for-profit, 4-year or above·Southeast·ecpi.edu
6-yr Graduation
42%
+1.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Total enrollment
12,572
peer median 1,200
Avg net price
$20,473
+$3.0k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
5,330
5,330 candidates competed
Admitted
3,972
74.5% acceptance rate
Enrolled
1,040
26.2% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
42%+1.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
4-year graduation
27%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
28%
Full-time retention
56%

Pell equity

13.0pp gap
Pell recipients
41%
Non-Pell
54%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 46 Title IV programs, 23 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 22 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
46
Passing
23
50.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
2.2% of portfolio
Fail rate
2.2%
+1.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

46programs
  • Passing23 · 50.0%
  • No Data22 · 47.8%
  • Failing1 · 2.2%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
1
At Risk
3
Watch
2
Safe
18
No data
22

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

24
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-3.9%
$34,557 vs $35,969
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+0.5%
$36,143 vs $35,969
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
+0.7%
$36,225 vs $35,969
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+7.5%
$38,663 vs $35,969
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+11.2%
$70,932 vs $63,816
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+20.0%
$43,150 vs $35,969
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+37.7%
$49,541 vs $35,969
Hospitality Administration/Management
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+38.5%
$49,834 vs $35,969

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

3
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-3.9%
$1,412
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+0.5%
+$174
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
+0.7%
+$256

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

26
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
73%
$37,555 debt · $51,316 earn
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
68%
$33,581 debt · $49,541 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
66%
$35,894 debt · $54,098 earn
Computer Programming
Bachelor Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
56%
$35,028 debt · $62,392 earn
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
51%
$18,400 debt · $36,225 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
50%
$27,306 debt · $54,649 earn
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
Bachelor Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
50%
$34,762 debt · $69,646 earn
Computer and Information Sciences General
Bachelor Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
49%
$32,252 debt · $66,214 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1998Next review Dec 2033

Programmatic accreditations · 4

Action history · 14

  1. Nov 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Nov 2025Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Sep 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Jul 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Jun 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$19,272
$30–48k$19,544
$48–75k$20,806
$75–110k$24,253
$110k+$25,669

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$20,473
+$2,955vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs median $17,518
Federal loans
51.8%
In-state tuition
$18,484
Out-of-state
$18,484

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 11,003 students received $66.2M in Pell grants, alongside $95.4M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
11,003
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$66.2M
$66,192,639 total
Direct Loans
$95.4M
19,752 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

10k
20
9k
21
9k
22
10k
23
11k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$36.9M
9,366 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$49.8M
9,443 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$3.5M
261 loan awards
Parent PLUS$5.2M
681 loan awards
Grad PLUS$8K
1 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 5,480 borrowers who entered repayment, 189 (3.4%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
3.4%
+1.1pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
5,480
Defaulted
189
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
13.7%
2017
14.2%
2018
11.4%
2019
3.4%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at ECPI

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs41
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

3,431 total completions
01Health Professions
1,57846.0%
02Computer Sciences
97528.4%
03Engineering Tech
39411.5%
04Business
2828.2%
05Personal/Culinary
1063.1%
06Security/Protective
822.4%
07Engineering
140.4%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
12,572
12-mo unduplicated
17,843
Undergraduate
17,301
Graduate
542

Gender split

Men
40%7,193
Women
60%10,650

Race / ethnicity composition

Black
39.6%
White
33.5%
Hispanic
14.9%
Two or more
5.1%
Asian
3.3%
Unknown
2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.5%
Non-resident
0.1%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.09
1 offenses · 11,740 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.161 yr ago0.09Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
3
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
2
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
1

By location

1total
  • On campus1

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
1
Stalking
2 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons10
Drugs00
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
13.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
423

ECPI vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions ECPI selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectECPI University
42%12,572$20,473Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Washington University of Science and Technology
67%7.3%1,096Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Florida National University-Main Campus
39%2,750$23,629Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Strayer University-Florida
100%1,303$17,518Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
American InterContinental University-Atlanta
9%801$15,774Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Salem University
17%1,083$14,469Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Peer group median41%7.3%1,200$17,518

Frequently asked questions about ECPI University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about ECPI.

What is the graduation rate at ECPI University?

ECPI University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 42% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend ECPI University?

ECPI University reports a total enrollment of 12,572 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at ECPI University?

The average net price at ECPI University is $20,473 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at ECPI University?

ECPI University's yield rate is 26.2%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is ECPI University located?

ECPI University is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462.

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