by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
East Carolina University was awarded 995 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is applied/public sociology.
College Factual ranked ECU as #295 out of 2,241 colleges and universities in the country on its 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when ECU held the #556 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 93 colleges in North Carolina, ECU is ranked at #6.
The acceptance rate at East Carolina University is 88%, which is higher than many other schools to which you may be applying. But don't think getting into ECU is a sure thing. The admissions staff is still going to review your application to see if you are a good fit for the school.
About 53% 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 510 and 590. Math scores were between 510 and 580.
Learn more about East Carolina University admissions.
The student to faculty ratio at East Carolina University is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at East Carolina University is 81%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 83% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like East Carolina University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at ECU for first-time, full-time students is 40%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at East Carolina University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 23,056 undergraduates at ECU with 18,886 being full-time and 4,170 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,260 | $13,029 | $16,654 | $20,488 | $21,665 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of ECU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At ECU, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $7,504 a year. That adds up to $30,016 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at ECU is 5.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
See which majors at East Carolina University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of East Carolina University.
Contact details for ECU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | East 5Th Street, Greenville, NC 27858-4353 |
| Phone: | 252-328-6131 |
| Website: | www.ecu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/EastCarolina |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/EastCarolina |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 343 | $61,076 |
| Business Administration & Management | 334 | $42,335 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 317 | $33,632 |
| Public Health | 273 | $29,077 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 249 | $36,077 |
| Marketing | 221 | $44,500 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 221 | $30,403 |
| General Psychology | 219 | $26,525 |
| Industrial Production Technology | 209 | $55,129 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 205 | $29,127 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2019-2020, 26,733 students took at least one online class at East Carolina University. This is an increase from the 13,890 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 26,733 | 10,537 |
| 2018-2019 | 13,890 | 7,109 |
| 2017-2018 | 12,960 | 6,812 |
| 2016-2017 | 12,348 | 6,626 |
| 2015-2016 | 12,133 | 6,526 |
Learn more about online learning at East Carolina University.
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Footnotes
*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.
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