Eastern Connecticut
State University
Public College in Willimantic, CT. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $56,469.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $56,469 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 58%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates carry a median of $24,250 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
83% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool runs to 6,491, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 15%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 18% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 540–650 | 147 (18%) |
| SAT Math | 530–610 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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58% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention of 84% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. 27% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,377 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $21,512 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $17,654 at $0–30k against $24,346 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 86% of students receive it, averaging $9,349. 55% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 613 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $17,654 |
| $30–48k | $16,943 |
| $48–75k | $19,340 |
| $75–110k | $21,109 |
| $110k+ | $24,346 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,849 of these 3,377 students, totalling $11,919,011 — an average of $6,446 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)