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| Current as of: April 2009 |
| Fall freshman application deadline: | 3/15 |
| Total number of freshman applicants: | 14653 |
| Total number of freshman applicants admitted: | 12328 |
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| In-state resident full-time tuition per academic year: | $2445 |
| Out-of-state full-time tuition per academic year: | $12959 |
| Room and board costs per academic year: | $7630 |
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| Total number of undergraduate and graduate faculty: | 1162 |
| Ratio of matriculated undergraduates to teaching faculty: | 20:1 |
| Does the institution offer part-time undergraduate degree programs: | Yes |
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| Total number of undergraduate students enrolled in the institution: | 19767 |
| Total number of undergraduate, graduate, and first professional students enrolled in the institution: | 25990 |
| Percentage of the previous academic year's full-time, bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking freshman/entering class who returned for the fall term of the current academic year: | 77.2 |
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| East Carolina University is North Carolina's third largest institution of higher learning. It was founded in 1907 as a state-supported teacher training school and began offering liberal arts degrees in 1941. ECU became a state university in 1967 and a constituent campus of the University of North Carolina system in 1972.
East Carolina University is a public doctoral university committed to meeting the educational needs of North Carolina. It offers baccalaureate, master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional fields, including medicine. East Carolina University is dedicated to educational excellence, responsible stewardship of the public trust, and academic freedom.
East Carolina University's east campus is adjacent to downtown Greenville, the business, medical, and educational hub of eastern North Carolina. The medical campus is adjacent to Pitt County Memorial Hospital in west Greenville. Greenville is located ninety miles east of Raleigh and is accessible by four-lane highways and nearby airports. The small city of approximately 61,500 is within easy driving distance of coastal and beach resorts and the Outer Banks, as well as Richmond, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. |
Data Source: Portions of data provided by Thomson Peterson's Undergraduate Database, copyright 2006-2008. Thomson Peterson's, a part of Thomson Learning Inc. All rights reserved.
Data Source: Portions of data provided by Thomson Peterson's Undergraduate Financial Aid and the Private Aid Database, copyright 2006-2008. Thomson Peterson's, a part of Thomson Learning Inc. All rights reserved.