Accounting at East Carolina University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at East Carolina University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 66 accounting majors received their bachelor's degree from ECU.

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

ECU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

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 accounting at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

ECU Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how ECU performed in these rankings.

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 accounting major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. 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
	31
	207
	217
	229
	305
	432
	828

In 2021, 66 students received their master’s degree in accounting from ECU. This makes it the #65 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at ECU are white. This is typical 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	41
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

ECU Accounting Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 66 accounting majors earned their master's degree from ECU. Of these graduates, 53% were men and 47% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. ECU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a accounting master's degree from ECU, 73% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	48
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Accountants and Auditors	33,020	$76,880
Financial Examiners	4,070	$71,310
Business Professors	3,440	$88,470
Credit Analysts	2,560	$84,530
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	1,510	$59,970

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.