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ECSU(Elizabeth City State University)

School colors: Royal blue and white

Ecsucomplex, Elizabeth City State University
Uncsop, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Elizabeth City, North Carolina · Founded 1891

Public · Four-year · ~2,200 students

www.ecsu.edu · official site

Founding

Elizabeth City State University was established by House Bill 383 on March 3, 1891, sponsored by Hugh Cale, an African American member of the North Carolina General Assembly from Pasquotank County, as a normal school to train teachers. Between 1959 and 1963 it grew beyond teacher training, adding 11 academic majors.

Source: Our History, Elizabeth City State University, read 2026-09-14.

On the official record

Campus address
1704 Weeksville Rd, Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Control
Public
Students
~2,200 students
Directory id
198507
OPE id
00292600
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
1704 Weeksville Rd, Elizabeth City, NC. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 36.277978, -76.214041 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder returned No Match for the address on file, which no longer decides placement.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 198507. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. Our History, Elizabeth City State University. https://ecsu.edu/about/history/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 2,165 total, Fall 2023 (2,048 undergraduate, 117 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  5. School colors: Royal blue and white. Values as stated. Elizabeth City State University, Wikipedia (revision 1368439772). Read 2026-09-16.
  6. Photograph: Uncsop, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecsucomplex.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  7. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

Enrollment is the official 2023 count, rounded. Tap a school for its source.

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