Pitt County Education - Key Factor Summary

PITT COUNTY EDUCATION - KEY FACTOR SUMMARY

   Pitt County Schools has been a county-wide consolidated system since July 1, 1986
   Graduates compete effectively for college scholarship programs 
   Pitt Community College (PCC) offers technical skill training, 2 year college transfer, 2 year technical, one year vocation, short term certificate program and a continuing education program 
   PCC offers special programs to meet industrial and business training needs with State supported commitments to industrial training 
   East Carolina University is the third largest university in the State (27,677 enrollment)
   The Brody School of Medicine at ECU offers a four year Medical Doctor degree as well as six PhD programs.  A Dentistry program has been approved and is expected to open Fall 2011.
   There are 104 undergraduate degree tracks and 112 graduate-level programs at ECU.
   Colleges:  Arts & Sciences, Business, Education, Fine Arts & Communication, Technology and Computer Science, Human Ecology, Health and Human Performance, Allied Health Sciences, and Nursing.  Professional schools: Medicine and Dentistry.
   ECU is a Division IA School and a member of Conference USA (Houston, Memphis, Tulane, Southern Miss, Marshall, Rice, SMU, Tulsa, UCF, UTEP, and UAB) 
   Excellent private parochial and non-parochial schools are also available as well as pre-school programs such as Montessori 

Pitt County is served by a public school system, as well as many excellent private parochial and non-parochial schools. The county is abundant with advanced education opportunities including a medical school which is part of East Carolina University.