Elizabeth City State University

Academics

Growth (in every direction) is the watchword of academics at Elizabeth City State University. And a big part of that development comes from a freedom of learning, something that northeastern North Carolina’s only four-year institution of higher education is proud to represent. Through 30 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, along with several online degree options, learners gain from a global education. This focused instructional environment, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 16:1, also promotes energizing discourse and excellent support from professors and staff, with a particular emphasis on the Viking First Year Experience, which couples introductory seminars designed to maximize college success with engaging, experiential learning within the community. In addition to following more traditional career paths toward business, education, and human health, ECSU students can also pursue unique degrees aligned with emerging businesses and technologies. The university offers the only aviation education program in North Carolina, which can lead to opportunities in working with unmanned aircraft and emergency management. Exciting careers are also being forged from programs such as digital media, sustainability studies, sport management, and homeland security.

Career

The backdrop for ECSU’s campus is the coastal beauty of the Pasquotank River and Southern charm of northeastern North Carolina. The student population is made up of a diverse group hailing from many different hometowns, but with one thing in common: the desire to learn, grow, and create a better world.

Culture

As of May 2020, more than 20,000 students have gotten an undergraduate or graduate degree from ECSU. The school’s career center works tirelessly to secure jobs and internships for students, all while providing plenty of self-improvement classes that discuss the nuances of job searches. ECSU also has state-of-the-art offerings like the lab school, planetarium, science complex, and music engineering station, which encourage students to explore potential careers like that of alumni Omar Salisbury, who went from broadcasting on the college radio station to starting an independent production company that provided first-person coverage of the 2020 George Floyd protests in Seattle.