East Carolina University Trade Programs

East Carolina University is a public institution situated in Greenville, North Carolina. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is 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

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Can I Afford ECU?

In a recent term, part-time ECU students paid $185 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $864 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$4,452	$20,729
Fees	$2,909	$2,909
Books and Supplies	$1,794	$1,794
On Campus Room and Board	$11,000	$11,000
On Campus Other Expenses	$4,176	$4,176

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At ECU, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $7,654 a year. That adds up to $30,616 over four years for those students.

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East Carolina University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 23,056 undergraduate students at ECU, with 18,886 being full-time and 4,170 being part-time.

There are also 5,742 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 18,886 full-time undergraduates at ECU, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of East Carolina University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	484
Black or African American	3,009
Hispanic or Latino	1,602
White	12,265
International Students	82
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,444

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at East Carolina University. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 67 countries are represented at ECU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at East Carolina University

There are 75 bachelor’s degree and 138 master’s degree programs available online at ECU. In 2022-2023, 19,428 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at ECU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

East Carolina University Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Industrial Technology	179	179
Other Engineering Technologies & Engineering-Related Fields	123	123
Health Care Management	53	53
Industrial & Management Engineering	31	31
General Drafting & Design Technology	22	22
Manufacturing Engineering Technology	22	22
Health Information Management	18	18
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology	13	13
TOTAL	461	461

East Carolina University Trades

In a recent academic period, East Carolina University awarded 1,299 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major	Basic Certificates	Undergrad Certificates	Associate’s	Bachelor’s
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	0	0	13
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	0	0	0	22
Engineering Technology (Other)	0	0	0	123
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	0	31
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	71
Industrial Production Technology	0	0	0	201
Total	0	0	0	1,299

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.