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Information Technology at East Carolina University

If you plan to study information technology, 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 has a total student population of 28,798. Of the 124 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University in 2021, 50 of them were information technology majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

ECU Information Technology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at ECU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

ECU does offer online education options in IT for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

ECU Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at ECU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The IT major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Online Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 27
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 35
Most Popular Online Information Technology Schools 35
Best Information Technology Schools 55
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 68
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 78
78
Best Value Information Technology Schools 127
Most Popular Information Technology Schools 133
139
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 191
Most Focused Information Technology Schools 428

IT Student Demographics at ECU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the IT majors at East Carolina University.

ECU Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

10% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 students earned a bachelor's degree in IT from ECU. About 10% of these graduates were women and the other 90% were men.

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About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT at ECU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its IT bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Carolina University with a bachelor's in IT.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 29
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

ECU also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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
Software Applications Developers 30,580 $103,280
Computer Systems Analysts 26,110 $93,480
Computer and Information Systems Managers 12,740 $142,330
Systems Software Developers 7,070 $105,760
Computer Network Architects 4,730 $108,040

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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