Your success is our business.
At ECU’s College of Business, we can shape you to be tomorrow’s leader. No matter your career path, we will prepare you with the necessary skills to think, act and lead in today's business world. For almost 90 years, the College of Business has been one of the largest business schools in the state. There are many reasons why.
You can make a difference in your community, state and world.
ECU's undergraduate business program has been accredited since 1967.
Our accreditation is your assurance that you are receiving the highest quality business education and puts you in a pretty elite group of business schools worldwide. Our 88-year-old program has an alumni base that’s 30,300 strong.
COB offers more than $524,000 in undergraduate scholarships annually and more than $300,000 in graduate scholarships.
Leadership is a requirement for success in business. That’s why it’s a requirement at the ECU College of Business.
Our Leadership and Professional Development component of our program is unique in the state of North Carolina.
In this required component of the program you will:
- think critically
- strategize for results
- perform in a team environment
- represent yourself in a way that radiates success
- combine leadership and professionalism in a real-world setting
The college's annual Leadership Conference brings in local titans of industry to speak to students about their leadership experience and lessons learned.
Trust us when we tell you that students constantly say this aspect of the program played a major role in their success.
Rather be your own boss? The Miller School of Entrepreneurship will help you achieve your goal.
We’re in a world where innovation is driven by folks who know when the market needs change. Elon Musk. Mark Zuckerberg. Sara Blakely. Larry Ellison. You?
The Miller School of Entrepreneurship can help introduce your ideas to the community and mentor you through the entire process. The annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge provides prizes worth more than $170,000 in cash and in kind services to winning entrepreneurial ideas. ECU provides you opportunities to make an impact in the region and the state.
Undergraduate Degree Programs
With eight undergraduate degrees, four graduate degrees, eight stand-alone certificates, know that ECU is committed to your success and future
- Accounting, BSBA
- Entrepreneurship, BS
- Finance, BSBA
- Hospitality Management, BS
- Management, BSBA
- Management Information Systems, BSBA
- Marketing, BSBA
- Supply Chain Management, BSBA
Accounting
The BSBA in accounting prepares you for a career in corporate accounting, government accounting and internal auditing. This gives you an excellent foundation for other areas of business as well as graduate studies in topics such as business administration, public administration and health care management.
Entrepreneurship
If you intend to start your own business or buy an existing business, enter a family business, or pursue an entrepreneurial career in any size organization, you should consider the Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship degree. This program emphasizes experiential learning and provides you the opportunity to learn how to launch your own business in the capstone course.
Finance
Are you interested in financial management or in providing financial services to individuals or organizations? The Department of Finance and Insurance can prepare you for careers in managerial finance, banking, financial services, business law, real estate, and insurance.
Our two concentrations – Finance and Risk Management and Insurance – can prepare you to enter fields where you can apply financial concepts to solve problems and find solutions.
Hospitality Management
Our School of Hospitality Leadership is the largest of its kind in North Carolina and one of the largest in the southeastern United States. If you have an inclination toward hospitality or the tourism industry, our BS in Hospitality Management will allow you to focus on food and beverage management, lodging management, or convention and special events management. Our goal is to educate you to be a leader in this fast-growing industry.
Management
Concentrations: Management, Human Resource Management (HRM), International Business, and General Business
The curriculum provides a solid business core that will help you learn management skills in concentrations of Management, General Business and International Business. Graduates have employment opportunities in a wide variety of supervisory/management positions.
Marketing
Concentration: Marketing
If you’re interested in the intersection of creativity and business, marketing just might be the ideal field for you. Our marketing graduates hold successful careers in advertising, sales management, business marketing, research, distribution, retail management, product planning and international marketing.
Supply Chain Management
The Supply Chain Management degree program is designed for flexible learning in the areas of sourcing, operations, and logistics. Graduates in SCM have career choices as managers of purchasing, distribution, inventory, logistics, operations, quality, and supply chains.
At the College of Business, we understand your education and experience are not confined to the four walls of a lecture hall.
Our academic advising center not only provides information on degree requirements and majors, it can be your liaison with campus resources. Our advisors are here for you to reach out to and lean on anytime.
Like the university, the College of Business is committed to giving you opportunities to study abroad. Each year students leave East Carolina University's campus – and the United States – to experience life abroad while continuing their studies and participating in unique learning opportunities through study abroad programs. ECU currently offers around 250 programs in more than 66 countries. Plus, we have scholarships available to those students who need that extra help to experience the world.
Our students have a sense of community and pride and want to give back. The college will give you an opportunity to take your education and provide services that will benefit those organizations and individuals who need extra help.
The College of Business has 20 student organizations where you can join other students who have interests similar to yours. These organizations cover all of the business disciplines available at the college and give you networking opportunities to meet with alumni and business execs who are leaders in their field.
You will learn leadership and real-world business solutions in our programs. You will develop professionally and personally with our transformative coursework that will put you on a career path to success.
For information on your next steps, visit the Admissions website.
To learn more about the wide range of academic programs available at ECU, visit Degree Explorer.