College of Business Mission
The mission of the East Carolina University College of Business is to be a highly respected regional business school.
The mission of the East Carolina University College of Business is achieved by:
- Preparing undergraduate and graduate students for careers in business.
- Expanding knowledge of business disciplines through theoretical and applied research, and
- Serving practitioners with training and applied research.
Strategic Goals:
1. The COB will provide a high quality, flexible business education distinguished by high value and high student contact that prepares students for careers in the 21st century.
2. The COB will excel at educating graduate and undergraduate students to assume positions of leadership in their profession and community.
3. The COB will engage in economic outreach, development, and education for eastern North Carolina.
4. The COB will encourage and support faculty making intellectual contributions in the form of academic, applied, and pedagogical scholarship.
College of Business Statistics
- ECU is one of 15 accredited business schools in NC
- ECU Undergraduate Programs accredited in 1967
- ECU Graduate Programs accredited in 1976
- Of more than 1300 Graduate Business Programs nationwide, only 454
are accredited by AACSB.
- Received 10-year AACSB Re-accreditation in 2000
- 138 top MBA programs part of GMAC (GMAC owns GMAT)
- ECU is 1 of 4 GMAC Members (Out of 23 NC business schools - Others are
UNC-CH, Duke, WFU)
Undergraduate (Fall 2009)
3096 Total 452 Accounting
305 Finance
474 General Business
1151 Management
142 Management Information Systems
572 Marketing and Supply Chain Management
87% Full-time 13% Part-time
70% On Campus 16% Online 15% Campus & Online
60% Male 40% Female
77% White 23% Non-White
98% US 2% International
Average GPA 2.88
Graduate (Fall 2009)
MBA - 767 Students
MSA - 122 Students
38% Full-time 62% Part-time
16% On Campus 67% Online 17% Campus & Online
57% Male 43% Female
79% White 21% Non-White
96% US 4% International
Avg. GMAT Score - 518
Avg. Graduate GPA - 3.32
Undergrad Degree - NC School 80% Other 20%
Undergraduate Schools
(Degrees Attained from 110 -Different Schools)
ECU 37%
NCSU 10%
UNC-Chapel Hill 7%
UNC - Wilmington 4%
Appalachian State 2%
Barton 1%
Others 39%
Undergraduate Degrees
Business 50%
Engineering & Phy. Sciences 9%
Biological Sciences 5%
Social Sciences 7%
Health Professional 5%
Psychology 4%
All Others 20%
