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Want the scoop on East Carolina University? We’ve put together a comprehensive report on the school that covers what majors ECU offers, how the school ranks, how diverse it is, and much more. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you’ll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

How Well Is East Carolina University Ranked?

2023 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

East Carolina University was awarded 995 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is applied/public sociology.

Overall Quality

College Factual ranked ECU as #295 out of 2,241 colleges and universities in the country on its 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when ECU held the #556 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 93 colleges in North Carolina, ECU is ranked at #6.

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How Much Money Do ECU Graduates Make?

Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from ECU with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $47,403 in their early years. This is good news for future ECU graduates since it is 12% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.