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  • Students

    Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend ECU.

  • Admissions

    See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at ECU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.

  • College Costs & Financial Aid

    Learn about costs to attend ECU and how much financial aid is typically awarded.

  • College Cost Estimator

    Estimate your cost to attend ECU in a few simple steps.

  • Classes and Campus Life

    Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at ECU.

  • Student Experiences

    Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at ECU – inside and outside the classroom.

  • Majors, Graduation and Next Steps

    See which majors are most popular at ECU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.

  • Student Success & Progress

    Discover how many students who start at ECU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.

  • Student Learning Outcomes

    Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at ECU.

ECU Classes & Instructors

Classroom Environment
 
Students per Faculty 17 to 1
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students 64%
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students 86%
 
Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty 1,246
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female 47%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color 11%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study 80%

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Campus-based Housing

84% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
25% of all undergraduates live on campus

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Campus Safety

The East Carolina Police Department wishes to reaffirm our commitment to serve the campus and local community to the best of our ability. If we and the university community will continue collaborative efforts toward implementing crime prevention awareness, we will all contribute to an overall increase in the personal and property safety at East Carolina University.

Campus Crime Statistics

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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics

The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/

Basic Type
Doctoral/Research Universities
Size and Setting
Large four-year, primarily residential
Enrollment Profile
High undergraduate
Undergraduate Profile
Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
Undergraduate Instructional Program
Professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence
Graduate Instructional Program
Doctoral, professional dominant

NOTE: Institutional classifications based on the Carnegie 2010 edition.

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