unitid 198464 · Greenville, NC · public 4-year · city (small)
East Carolina University
- enrollment 2023
- 29,957
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
89%
67th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
19,896
87th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
32%
undergrads on Pell grants
49th pctl among public 4-years
completion
63%
finish within 150% time
81st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$23,867
58th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,739
after aid, aided students
71st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$55,146
after entry, Title IV students
63rd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,750
77th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,046 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k24%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k17%
- 110k+25%
- Median family income
- $51,027
- First-generation students
- 26%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,361
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 351 | $76,422 | $25,264 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 350 | $64,390 | $22,750 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 276 | $95,534 | — |
| Public Health. | 270 | $54,333 | $25,750 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 249 | $56,874 | $23,250 |
| Psychology, General. | 246 | $48,311 | $24,774 |
| Biology, General. | 241 | $54,515 | $26,000 |
| Marketing. | 228 | $67,720 | $24,992 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 221 | $46,546 | $23,625 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 196 | $44,670 | $27,000 |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians. | 193 | $77,547 | $20,625 |
| Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other. | 162 | $91,812 | $22,115 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.