by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
East Carolina University landed the #339 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina, ECU came in at #6.
ECU was ranked #402 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in North Carolina, ECU came in at #8.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 67.0% of the total graduate students at ECU are women and 33.0% are men.
Of all the graduate students at ECU, around 26.6% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. ECU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 1.3% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,749 | $17,898 |
| Fees | $2,845 | $2,845 |
After obtaining their master's degree from ECU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $53,337. That's about 9% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at ECU is $74,465. That's about 1% lower than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
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Contact details for ECU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | East 5Th Street, Greenville, NC 27858-4353 |
| Phone: | 252-328-6131 |
| Website: | https://www.ecu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/EastCarolina |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/EastCarolina |
About 73.3% of the graduate students at East Carolina University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 63.0% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*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.
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