Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Greenville, NC
Population 160,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,680 (63%)
Days Without Precipitation 256 (71%)

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 800 (5%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 17,730
Men / Women 44% / 56%
From State 82%
From Region 6%
Athletes 3.3%

Racial/Ethnic

White 61%
Black 16%
Hispanic 10%
Mixed 4%
Asian 3%
Native American 1%
International 1%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Allied Health Sciences 467 11% / 89% 0% $60,246 66 96%
Dietetics/Dietitian 28 7% / 93% 0% $61,160 68 97%
Clinical Laboratory Science 16 0% / 100% 6% $67,707 78 100%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 49 0% / 100% 0% $69,120 80 100%
Environmental Health 7 14% / 86% 0% $58,292 62 95%
Public Health Education and Promotion 203 +1 13% / 87% 0% $58,292 62 95%
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy 35 11% / 89% 0% $51,584 45 96%
Health Administration 47 +1 13% / 87% 0% $69,053 79 96%
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator 17 18% / 82% 0% $69,053 79 96%
Social Work 51 8% / 92% 0% $54,200 52 97%
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor 14 29% / 71% 0% $51,584 45 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 952 52% / 48% 1% $71,294 82 96%
Management Information Systems 1 0% / 100% 0%
Accounting 99 +11 49% / 51% 3% $69,766 80 97%
Business Administration 324 +6 49% / 51% 1% $68,626 79 94%
Entrepreneurship 48 69% / 31% 0% $60,836 67 100%
Finance 114 +14 77% / 23% 0% $82,556 91 94%
Hospitality Management 40 15% / 85% 2% $54,513 53 96%
Logistics 37 +8 84% / 16% 0% $68,626 79 94%
Management Information Systems and Statistics 60 +2 67% / 33% 0% $84,676 92 96%
Marketing 229 +2 40% / 60% 2% $72,175 83 98%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 335 12% / 88% 0% $50,175 41 97%
Child Development 9 0% / 100% 0% $42,456 18 97%
Family and Community Services 42 5% / 95% 0% $42,456 18 97%
Early Childhood Education 16 0% / 100% 0% $50,281 41 97%
Elementary Education 106 3% / 97% 0% $50,281 41 97%
English Education 10 10% / 90% 0% $51,618 45 98%
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education 4 0% / 100% 0% $51,618 45 98%
Mathematics Teacher Education 4 50% / 50% 0% $51,618 45 98%
Middle School Education 17 18% / 82% 0% $50,281 41 97%
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 9 78% / 22% 0% $51,618 45 98%
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education 1 0% / 100% 0% $51,618 45 98%
Social Studies Teacher Education 21 67% / 33% 0% $51,618 45 98%
Special Education 18 0% / 100% 0% $50,511 42 96%
Special Education and Teaching 9 0% / 100% 0% $50,511 42 96%
Apparel and Textiles 41 2% / 98% 0% $56,494 58 97%
Art Education 11 +2 0% / 100% 0% $51,618 45 98%
Drama and Dance Teacher Education 2 0% / 100% 0% $51,618 45 98%
Music Education 15 +1 40% / 60% 0% $51,618 45 98%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering and Technology 632 87% / 13% 1% $91,108 95 95%
General Engineering 75 77% / 23% 0% $91,471 95 93%
Computer Science 85 82% / 18% 2% $94,888 96 94%
Computer Software Engineering 13 92% / 8% 0% $95,684 97
Information Science/Studies 3 100% / 0% 0% $88,597 94
Information Technology 50 90% / 10% 0% $109,743 99 96%
Engineering Management 31 90% / 10% 0% $73,615 84
Drafting and Design Technology/Technician 27 78% / 22% 0% $70,919 81 100%
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians 169 94% / 6% 0% $98,257 97 100%
Industrial Technology/Technician 162 84% / 16% 2% $82,991 91 92%
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician 17 94% / 6% 6% $82,991 91 92%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Fine Arts and Communication 421 36% / 64% 0% $53,171 49 95%
Communication 234 +3 35% / 65% 0% $59,961 65 93%
Dance 13 15% / 85% 0% $44,018 22 96%
Interior Design 24 17% / 83% 0% $56,543 58 100%
Music 21 +2 48% / 52% 0% $40,154 14 100%
Studio Art 100 +1 39% / 61% 0% $43,470 21 96%
Theatre 29 +1 45% / 55% 3% $42,587 19 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health and Human Performance 244 53% / 47% 1% $58,288 62 96%
Exercise Science 69 +1 77% / 23% 3%
Kinesiology 120 35% / 65% 1% $61,017 67 96%
Physical Fitness Technician 43 60% / 40% 0% $53,297 50 96%
Sports Studies $53,297 50 96%
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies 12 67% / 33% 0% $48,892 37 92%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 366 11% / 89% 1% $81,990 90 95%
Nursing 366 11% / 89% 1% $81,990 90 95%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Harriot College of Arts and Sciences 1,308 34% / 66% 1% $54,259 52 93%
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 3 33% / 67% 0% $63,500 72
Chemistry 29 +2 45% / 55% 0% $72,074 83 94%
Geosciences 5 60% / 40% 0% $66,679 77 90%
Mathematics 15 73% / 27% 0% $55,558 56 100%
Physics 4 25% / 75% 0% $70,462 81
Biochemistry 16 +5 38% / 62% 0% $59,350 64
Biology 244 +1 33% / 67% 2% $58,128 62 92%
Economics 45 73% / 27% 7% $68,119 78 94%
African American Studies 2 +1 0% / 100% 0% $47,911 34
Anthropology 16 +2 6% / 94% 0% $44,001 22 94%
Applied/Public Sociology 34 21% / 79% 0% $51,999 46 95%
English 34 +2 21% / 79% 0% $45,865 28 90%
Foreign Languages 13 +7 23% / 77% 0% $44,006 22 100%
Geography 4 +4 25% / 75% 0% $58,396 62
History 36 +2 58% / 42% 0% $52,311 47 98%
Interdisciplinary Studies 45 +9 36% / 64% 2% $53,023 49
Philosophy 4 +1 50% / 50% 0% $47,656 33
Political Science 52 +2 50% / 50% 0% $61,209 68 91%
Professional/Technical Writing 3 0% / 100% 0% $45,870 28
Psychology 303 +3 14% / 86% 0% $51,428 44 96%
Sociology 8 +2 12% / 88% 0% $51,999 46 95%
General Education 212 37% / 63% 0% $47,434 32 88%
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning 7 71% / 29% 0% $57,734 61
Criminology 174 48% / 52% 0% $56,739 58

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,733
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $25,147
Est. In-State Cost $10,003
Est. Out-of-State Cost $32,530
ROI Percentile 75th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 83%
4-Year Graduation Rate 43%
6-Year Graduation Rate 63%
Transfer-Out Rate 27%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 23.3% 1,103 52% / 48% 1% $70,857 81 96%
Health Sciences 19.2% 908 21% / 79% 1% $69,296 80 96%
Humanities & Social Sciences 18.8% 890 24% / 76% 0% $53,564 50 95%
Professional 11.6% 549 76% / 24% 1% $78,776 88 96%
Education 9.3% 441 25% / 75% 0% $49,116 37 93%
Arts 5.6% 263 30% / 70% 0% $47,605 33 98%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.5% 260 33% / 67% 2% $58,203 62 92%
Computer Science 3.2% 152 86% / 14% 1% $99,750 98 95%
Engineering 1.6% 75 77% / 23% 0% $91,471 95 93%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.2% 56 52% / 48% 0% $66,594 77 95%
Agriculture & Food Science 0.6% 28 7% / 93% 0% $61,160 68 97%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Health Sciences $31.9M #89 39% $4.0M 16 #106 30 2
Physical Sciences & Math $12.4M #165 42% $0.1M 4
Life & Natural Sciences $11.3M #154 41% $0.3M 28 #85 112 11
Humanities & Social Sciences $5.5M #189 49% $0.0M 14 #211 2
Engineering $3.4M #227 56% $0.0M
Business & Economics $3.2M #134 10% $0 1
Computer Science $1.8M #197 84% $0 1
Education $1.5M #199 68% $0 42 #83
Agriculture & Food Science $0.3M #197 6% $0 2 #102 32 1
Total $71.4M #177 42% $4.4M 102 #173 174 22

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (Unbound) 17%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 72% 72% 72%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 19%
SAT Range 1070 – 1240
SAT Math Range 530 – 610
SAT RW Range 540 – 630