East Carolina University Business 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.

East Carolina University Rankings

Out of the 56 colleges in North Carolina, ECU is ranked at #8.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at ECU.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#4	Most Popular Online Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Most Popular Online Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#21	Most Popular Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Most Popular Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#41	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#67	Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#68	Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#86	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#101	Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#107	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards ECU has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#46	Best Management Information Systems Schools	College Factual
#48	Best Hospitality Management Schools	College Factual
#96	Best Marketing Schools	College Factual
#163	Best General Business Administration and Management Schools	College Factual
#168	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#195	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/EastCarolina
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/EastCarolina

How Do I Get Into ECU?

You can apply to ECU online at: https://admissions.ecu.edu/apply/freshmen/

Admission Requirements for ECU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into ECU?

Since ECU has an acceptance rate of 88%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 86%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Average Test Scores

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.

ECU received ACT scores from 49% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 23. Math scores were between 18 and 24. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford East Carolina University?

The overall average net price of ECU is $29,894. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

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 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.

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

In 2019-2020, 26,733 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 most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of ECU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at East Carolina University was $7,239 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $23,516. The following table shows how ECU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Business & Office Technology	#1	#1
Business Support & Assistant Services	#4	#4
Other Hospitality Administration/Management	#4	#4
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#10	#33
Hospitality Management	#13	#39
Finance & Financial Management	#16	#92
Finance	#16	#86
Supply Chain Management	#16	#23
Management Information Systems	#16	#49
General Management Information Systems	#16	#46
Marketing	#34	#149
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#34	#146

Online Growth Rankings of ECU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at East Carolina University was 14.2%. This is the #1,086 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at ECU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at ECU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at ECU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Hospitality Administration/Management	#8
Construction Management	#13
Construction Management	#13
Project Management	#38
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#43
International Business	#43
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#45
General Management Information Systems	#48
Finance	#58
Management Information Systems	#66
Hospitality Management	#79
Finance & Financial Management	#86
Supply Chain Management	#91
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#135
Marketing	#166
Organizational Leadership	#182

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

East Carolina University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	297	1	232	530
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	221	44	0	265
Finance	156	16	0	172
Accounting	66	0	66	132
General Management Information Systems	97	10	0	107
General Hospitality Administration/Management	88	18	0	106
General Economics	87	0	0	87
Supply Chain Management	37	16	0	53
Project Management	0	36	0	36
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	0	0	14	14
Other Hospitality Administration/Management	0	6	5	11
Organizational Leadership	0	5	0	5
Entrepreneurship	1	0	0	1
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	1	0	1
E-Commerce	0	0	0	0
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	0	0
Business & Office Technology	0	0	0	0
Construction Management	0	0	0	0
Investments and Securities	0	0	0	0
Taxation	0	0	0	0
Applied Economics	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,050	153	317	1,520

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
• Image Credit: By Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.