East Carolina University Career Outcomes & Earnings

Mobility is the stronger Azimuth pillar for East Carolina University, while its return evidence sits nearer the middle of nonprofit four-year institutions. Among nonprofit four-year institutions, the return pillar is in the 52nd percentile.

Graduates earn about $3,154 less than the model expects for similar students. That earnings-beyond-expectations measure—the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students—falls in the 43rd percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $11,788. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $14,942.

Federally aided completers working and not enrolled have median earnings of $60,888 four years after completion, in the 54th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions of the same type and size, is $65,610; the university’s median is $4,722 below it.

The range of modeled earnings is wide enough that field choice warrants close attention. The downside earnings scenario is $47,580 four years after completion, compared with an upside scenario of $83,444; both are estimated from the program mix rather than observed graduate groups.

At the higher end, Computer Science shows median earnings of $98,406 four years after completion, Computer and Information Sciences shows $90,197, and Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians shows $87,848. Those field-level figures help explain the spread between the earnings scenarios.

The reported four-year earnings should be read alongside an estimated 27.7% of graduates who continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because the earnings measure covers federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, those pursuing graduate study are outside that snapshot.

East Carolina University separates into higher-earning engineering and health fields alongside a more moderate psychology option. Four years after completion, Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians records median earnings of $87,848 across 123 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #2 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Engineering posts $84,847 with 87 degrees awarded and holds an Azimuth rank of #12 nationally in its field. Nursing has median earnings of $82,250 four years after completion, with 374 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #205 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

At a more moderate earnings level, Psychology records $50,270 across 236 degrees awarded and an Azimuth national field rank of #190. The contrast shows that earnings vary substantially by field.

The program lineup includes several fields with strong national standing. Azimuth assigns 42 bachelor’s fields national ranks.

Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians awarded 123 degrees, and its completers had median earnings of $87,848 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks it #2 nationally in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians awarded 201 degrees and had median earnings of $81,852 four years after completion; Azimuth ranks it #9 nationally in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions. Engineering awarded 87 degrees, with median earnings of $84,847 four years after completion, and ranks #12 nationally in its field in Azimuth.

Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences adds 122 degrees awarded and $61,791 in median earnings four years after completion. It holds an Azimuth rank of #17 nationally in its field among nonprofit four-year institutions.