Education

Education

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 (27,783 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 97 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.

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