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Nursing at East Carolina University

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what East Carolina University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year. Of the 343 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University in 2021, 343 of them were nursing majors.

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

ECU Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
  • Master’s Degree in Nursing
  • Doctorate Degree in Nursing

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 nursing at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • Master’s Degree

ECU Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at ECU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 nursing major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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 Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 15
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools 18
Most Popular Online Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 19
Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 39
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 53
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 82
Most Popular Nursing Schools 97
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 99
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 120
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 121
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 123
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 172
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 183
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Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 202
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 221
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 230
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 289
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 321
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 352
Best Nursing Schools 362
364
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 385
387
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 694
715
Best Value Nursing Schools 1,083
Most Focused Nursing Schools 1,211
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In 2021, 80 students received their master’s degree in nursing from ECU. This makes it the #123 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 51 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #53 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of ECU Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at ECU is $61,076. This is less than $62,880, which is the national average of all nursing majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Nursing Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

91% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 343 nursing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from ECU, about 9% were men and 91% were women.

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About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing 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 nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 31
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 264
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 25

ECU Nursing Master’s Program

86% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 80 nursing majors earned their master's degree from ECU. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from ECU, 88% 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 nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 70
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

ECU also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 51 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at East Carolina University. 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
Registered Nursing 423
Nursing Practice 43
Nursing Science 8
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 5
Nursing Administration 1
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 1
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 1

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Medical and Health Services Managers 9,230 $117,650
Nurse Practitioners 4,760 $104,100
Nurse Anesthetists 3,050 $178,250
Nursing Instructors and Professors 2,170 $68,710

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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