Allied Health Professions at East Carolina University

If you plan to study allied health professions, 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 877 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University in 2021, 15 of them were allied health professions majors.

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

ECU Allied Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health
• Master’s Degree in Allied Health

ECU Allied Health Professions Rankings

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

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 allied health major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied 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 Allied Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	13
Most Popular Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	139
Best Allied Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	168
Most Focused Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	360

In 2021, 36 students received their master’s degree in allied health from ECU. This makes it the #139 most popular school for allied health master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of ECU Allied Health Graduates

The median salary of allied health students who receive their bachelor's degree at ECU is $34,509. This is less than $51,384, which is the national average of all allied health majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Allied Health Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in allied health from ECU in 2021, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical allied health bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at ECU since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in allied health 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 allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ECU Allied Health Professions Master’s Program

The allied health program at ECU awarded 36 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women.

Of the students who received a allied health master's degree from ECU, 81% 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 allied health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

ECU also has a doctoral program available in allied health. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Allied Health Professions

If you plan to be a allied health 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
Physician Assistant	36
Athletic Training	15

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Dentistry

Careers That Allied Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in allied health 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
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics	10,760	$36,200
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Health Technologists and Technicians	6,350	$39,230
Physician Assistants	5,010	$104,680
Respiratory Therapists	4,390	$56,620

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.