by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Elizabeth City State University was awarded 13 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is homeland security.
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College Factual ranked ECSU as #2,044 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when ECSU held the #2,086 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
ECSU also holds the #87 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.
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When it comes to admittance, Elizabeth City State University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 74%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 10% of students accepted to ECSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 420 and 550. Math scores were between 430 and 520.
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The student to faculty ratio at Elizabeth City State University is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Elizabeth City State University is 73%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 76% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Elizabeth City State 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 is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 21% for first-time, full-time students at ECSU, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,910 undergraduates at ECSU with 1,624 being full-time and 286 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,992 | $3,207 | $4,932 | $8,455 | $12,366 |
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 ECSU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At ECSU, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $5,301 a year. That adds up to $21,204 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for ECSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1704 Weeksville Rd, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 |
| Phone: | 252-335-3400 |
| Website: | https://www.ecsu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 44 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 41 | $29,778 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 32 | NA |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 29 | NA |
| General Biology | 27 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 27 | $26,821 |
| Music | 27 | NA |
| Social Work | 21 | NA |
| Air Transportation | 21 | NA |
| Computer Science | 13 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,680 students took at least one online class at Elizabeth City State University. This is an increase from the 1,366 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,680 | 539 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,366 | 473 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,881 | 608 |
| 2018-2019 | 622 | 157 |
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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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