Nursing at East Carolina University

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

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 343 nursing majors received their bachelor's degree from ECU.

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 Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	53
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	183
	200
Best Value Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	221
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	321
	364
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	385

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.

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

Of the 343 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing from ECU in 2020-2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

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.

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 80 students earned a master's degree in nursing from ECU. About 86% of these graduates were women and the other 14% were men.

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.

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

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Allied Health Professions

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.