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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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 80 students received their master's degree in nursing.

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

  • 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

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.

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 Master’s Program

86% Women
9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
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.

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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

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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