Science Education at East Carolina University

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying science education, you may want to check out the program at East Carolina University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and approximately 28,798 students attend the school each year.

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

ECU Science Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Science Education
Master’s Degree in Physical Science 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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? ECU offers distance education options for physical science education at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

ECU Science Education Rankings

The physical science education major at ECU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Science 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.

Physical Science Education Student Demographics at ECU

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

ECU Science Education Bachelor’s Program

50% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of physical science education bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical physical science education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at ECU since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical science education at ECU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physical science education bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ECU Science Education Master’s Program

93% Women

7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of physical science education master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

Of the students who received a physical science education master's degree from ECU, 86% 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 physical science education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Physical Science Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical science 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
Education Professors	2,500	$66,990
Biological Science Professors	1,990	$76,320
Chemistry Professors	960	$85,800

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
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