Health Professions at East Carolina University

If you plan to study 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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 330 students received their master's degree in health professions.

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

• 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

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 Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 330 health professions majors earned their master's degree from ECU. Of these graduates, 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

Concentrations Within Health Professions

The following health professions 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
Nursing	139
Mental & Social Health Services	112
Medicine	80
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	72
Public Health	71
Communication Sciences	55
Dentistry	53
Allied Health Professions	36
Health & Medical Administrative Services	25
Medical Illustration & Informatics	20
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.