Welcome to the Urban and Regional Planning Program
at East Carolina University!
Our program has a fifty year tradition. In 1960, East Carolina University began to offer courses in urban and regional planning. In 1974, ECU approved the BS degree in urban and regional planning. The BS degree is one of only 15 undergraduate degree programs in the U.S. accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board, and it is the only accredited undergraduate planning program in North Carolina. Over 1,000 students have graduated from our program with an undergraduate major or minor in planning or a graduate concentration in planning. Our program has strong support from active alumni. On behalf of the program, its faculty, and its alumni and friends, I extend our thanks for your interest in the urban and regional planning program.
East Carolina University is the third largest university in the state of North Carolina. ECU is located in Greenville, 87 miles west of the Atlantic Ocean, 85 miles east of Raleigh, and 278 miles south of Washington, D.C. Greenville, NC, enjoys a relatively mild climate. The normal monthly maximum and minimum temperatures are 89 degrees F (July) and 31 degrees F (January), respectively. Precipitation averages 49 inches annually (Source: State Climate Office of North Carolina, 1971-2000).
For more information about the Planning Program, please contact our program director, Dr. Jerry Weitz, FAICP.
