Health Professions at East Carolina University

If you are interested in studying health professions, 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 has a total student population of 28,798. Of the 5,233 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University in 2021, 877 of them were health professions majors.

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

ECU Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, ECU does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

ECU Health Professions Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. 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
Most Popular Online Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	12
	960
	2,106

In 2021, 330 students received their master’s degree in health professions from ECU. This makes it the #85 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 232 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #124 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 877 health professions students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from ECU, about 13% were men and 87% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	144
Hispanic or Latino	52
White	596
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	60

ECU Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 330 students graduated with a master's degree in health professions from ECU. About 13% were men and 87% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from ECU, 79% 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	32
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	261
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

ECU also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 232 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions concentations are available at East Carolina University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at East Carolina University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	482
Public Health	344
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	139
Mental & Social Health Services	112
Health & Medical Administrative Services	103
Communication Sciences	100
Medicine	80
Dentistry	53
Allied Health Professions	51
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	42
Medical Illustration & Informatics	20
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	14
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	3

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Registered Nurses	102,500	$64,850
Nursing Assistants	63,010	$25,570
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	41,320	$55,560
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Personal Care Aides	30,170	$21,660

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.