Summary:

eCampus students' average GPA of 2.49 shows a widening gap between that group and their non-eCampus counterparts, whose average GPA is 19% lower (2.09). By comparison, in Session II of 2002-3 (the last session for which comparative GPA data was compiled), the eCampus average GPA was 11% higher than non-eCampus.

On other indicators, the eCampus population appears to have changed little over the past year, except for 1) 10% overall headcount growth and 2) slight gains in ethnic diversity.

Geography

In the current session, 37 states are represented, along with Brazil , Canada , Columbia , France , and four APOs. While there hasn't been growth in the number of states represented, the number of students from individual states is keeping pace with eCampus' overall growth.

• As in previous sessions, students from Florida represent approximately 97% of the total population.
• The proportion of students from Pinellas County continues a slight downward trend, currently at 72.4%, compared to 75.5% and 77.6% in previous years.
• With 33 students enrolled, New York continues to contribute the most out-of-state students, followed by North Carolina with 14, Georgia with 13, and Ohio and Virginia with 12 each.

  Florida cities contributing the largest numbers of students include:

  City	% of eCampus Students
  St. Petersburg	1,611 (21.8%)
  Clearwater	969 (13.1%)
  Largo	721 (9.7%)
  Palm Harbor	550 (7.4%)
  Seminole	384 (5.2%)
  Tampa	367 (5.0%)
  New Port Richey	287 (3.9%)
  Pinellas Park	241 (3.3%)
  Dunedin	227 (3.1%)
  Tarpon Springs	195 (2.6%)

Gender

This distribution remains essentially unchanged: Women outnumber men more than 2:1.

• Female 69%
• Male 31%

It is interesting to note that the non-eCampus ratio is 59% women to 41% men.

Major Code

Students enrolled in the AA program continue to comprise roughly half of the eCampus population. Among the other 159 major codes represented, the bachelor's degree program in technology management shows steady growth, rising from 2.5% and 3.4% in previous sessions to over 4% of the total eCampus population this session. Nursing and Vet Tech maintained their rankings as well.

*By contrast, 77% of the non-eCampus population is in the GEN-AA major code.

Ethnicity

In small increments, the eCampus student body is slowly gaining in ethnic diversity, gradually closing the gap between eCampus and non-eCampus populations.

Performance

The performance gap between eCampus and non-eCampus students has essentially closed. In this session, the difference in the average GPA of the two groups is less than .007. As in previous sessions, eCampus students continue to carry a higher course load, but that disparity too has shrunk, dropping from 20% last year to 16% this year.

Another interesting finding is that although eCampus students as a group have successfully completed 29% more course work than non-eCampus students, the two groups' ratios of hours attempted to hours passed are very close: 73% for eCampus students and 72% for non-eCampus.

 

Performance Differences between eCampus and Non-eCampus Students

	eCampus Students	Non-eCampus students	Comparison
GPA	2.49	2.09	eCampus average is 19% higher
Avg. Course Load	7.32	6.0	eCampus average is 20% higher
Avg. Hours Attempted	68	53	eCampus 28% higher
Avg. Hours Passed	46	33	eCampus average is 39% higher. In previous years it has ranged from 27% higher to 46% higher.
Ratio attempted/passed	63 hours attempted; 46 hours passed.	47 hours attempted; 33 hours passed.	Ratios of hours passed vs. hours attempted show only slight difference between eCampus (.73) and non-eCampus (.71).