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Engineering at East Carolina University

Engineering at East Carolina University

What traits are you looking for in a engineering school? To help you decide if East Carolina University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's engineering program.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year.

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

ECU Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
  • Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

ECU does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Master’s Degree

ECU Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Engineering Bachelor’s Program

20% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 80% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

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About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at ECU are white. This is above average 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 engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 63
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

ECU Engineering Master’s Program

30% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 70% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

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Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from ECU, 60% 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 engineering.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from East Carolina University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Engineering 102
Computer Engineering 15
Biomedical Engineering 3

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers 30,580 $103,280
Industrial Engineers 9,160 $87,110
Civil Engineers 8,840 $86,270
Mechanical Engineers 8,000 $87,470
Systems Software Developers 7,070 $105,760

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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