EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY D-12

East 5th St.
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
Tel: (252)328-6131
Admissions: (252)328-6640
Fax: (252)328-6495
Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of The University of North Carolina. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1907. Setting: 1,000-acre urban campus. Endowment: $11.9 million. Research spending 2003-04: $11.9 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $8229 per student. Total enrollment: 22,767. Faculty: 1,284 (1,077 full-time, 207 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 10,960 applied, 78% were admitted. 14% from top 10% of their high school class, 39% from top quarter, 76% from top half. Full-time: 15,736 students, 59% women, 41% men. Part-time: 1,774 students, 62% women, 38% men. Students come from 42 states and territories, 28 other countries, 15% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 15% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.5% international, 15% 25 or older, 28% live on campus, 8% transferred in. Retention: 77% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; health professions and related sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 3/15. Notification: continuous. Preference given to state residents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. State resident tuition: $2135 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $12,349 full-time. Mandatory fees: $1319 full-time. College room and board: $6640. College room only: $3690. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 244 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 10% of eligible men and 7% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Student Union, Residence Hall Association. Major annual events: Midnight Madness, Pirate Palooza, Barefoot on the Mall. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, Operation ID, Staff and Faculty Eyes, Campus Community Watch program. 5,314 college housing spaces available; 4,936 were occupied in 2003-04. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. J. Y. Joyner Library plus 1 other with 4.2 million books, 34,276 serials, 24,610 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $11.4 million. 1,692 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Greenville (population 60,000) is the largest medical, cultural and retailing center on eastern North Carolina. The climate is mild, the mean annual temperature being 61 degrees. There are churches of all major denominations, a major hospital, a community art center, one library, and various civic and service organizations in the community. Employment opportunities are good.