1704 Weeksville Road
Elizabeth City, NC 27909

Elizabeth City State University is a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina. A comprehensive University, ECSU offers baccalaureate programs in the arts and sciences and professional and pre-professional areas, and the master's degree in elementary education. The University's graduate center provides master's level programs for advanced professional study in selected disciplines in conjunction with other constituent institutions.

ECSU awards degrees in the Schools of Arts & humanities, business & Economics, Education & Psychology, and Mathematics, Science & Technology, as well as in the Department of Military Science.

Elizabeth City State University was founded as an institution for African-American students, and has a rich background for its increasingly multicultural student body. The university provides a challenging, student-centered learning environment to prepare students for success in an ever-changing world.

Elizabeth City State University is located in the historic Albemarle region of northeastern North Carolina, a waterfront community located at the narrows of the Pasquotank River near the world-renowned Outer Banks beaches. Also nearby are the resort cities of Virginia Beach, Colonial Williamsburg, and historic Jamestown and Yorktown. The climate is mild and the campus is only 50 minutes from the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean.

Quick Facts:

Elizabeth City State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees at the baccalaureate and master's levels.

Elizabeth City State University is an NCAA Division II member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA).

The Vikings' intercollegiate teams include football, cross country, basketball, baseball, golf, volleyball, bowling, tennis, cheerleading, and volleyball.

Elizabeth City was cited as one of the best small towns in America.

ECSU's clubs and organizations offer a variety of extracurricular activities, including fraternity and sorority life, campus radio and TV, intramural sports, musical performance groups, and dozens more.

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