Art Education at East Carolina University

If you plan to study art education, 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. In 2021, 12 art education majors received their bachelor's degree from ECU.

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

ECU Art Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education
• Master’s Degree in Art Education

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, ECU does offer online courses in art education for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

ECU Art Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the art education 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 art education major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Art Education. 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
Best Art Education Master’s Degree Schools	46
Best Art Education Schools	48
	53
	90
	113
Most Focused Art Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in art education from ECU. This makes it the #63 most popular school for art education master’s degree candidates in the country.

Art Education Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Art Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Art Education from ECU in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical art education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at ECU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 92% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in art education at ECU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ECU Art Education Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a master’s in art education from ECU in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a art education master's degree from ECU, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Health Occupations Teacher Education
• Drama & Dance Education
• Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• English & Language Arts Education
• Physical Education Teaching & Coaching

Careers That Art Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in art education 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
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Middle School Teachers	18,640	$47,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,860	$66,640
Education Professors	2,500	$66,990

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Luca Masters under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.