Engineering Technologies at East Carolina University

If you plan to study engineering technologies, take a look at what East Carolina University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering Technologies section at the bottom of this page.

ECU Engineering Technologies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering Tech

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? ECU offers distance education options for engineering tech at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

ECU Engineering Technologies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering tech progam at ECU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering tech major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering Technologies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	4
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	4
Most Popular Online Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	5
Most Popular Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	22
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	44
Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	63
Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	93
Best Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	99
	120
Best Value Engineering Technologies Schools	206
	206
Most Focused Engineering Technologies Trade Schools	391

Engineering Tech Student Demographics at ECU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering tech majors at East Carolina University.

ECU Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 403 students earned a bachelor's degree in engineering tech from ECU. About 13% of these graduates were women and the other 87% were men.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering tech at ECU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Carolina University with a bachelor's in engineering tech.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	295
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

ECU also has a doctoral program available in engineering tech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering Technologies

The following engineering tech concentations are available at East Carolina University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from East Carolina University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Industrial Production Technology	209
Engineering Technology (Other)	139
Engineering-Related Fields	32
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	23

Careers That Engineering Tech Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering tech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for East Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	22,610	$41,620
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	19,850	$37,370
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	14,370	$43,190
Construction Managers	11,220	$109,520

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.