most likely NC college destination of high school graduates by state.

[lepoisson]

I graduated from ECU. I knew a ton of students from Maryland and Virginia. Most said they attended ECU because the tuition was cheaper than what it would have cost in their own states.

[michgc]

Originally Posted by lepoisson

I graduated from ECU. I knew a ton of students from Maryland and Virginia. Most said they attended ECU because the tuition was cheaper than what it would have cost in their own states.

They must have been comparing ECU to private schools, because in-state schools are pretty reasonable in both Virginia and Maryland compared to out-of-state in other states.

[nita0312]

Originally Posted by poppydog

That doesn't surprise me at all. It's a big school. Easier to get into than UNC or NCState. Makes sense that kids in the eastern part of the state who want to stay close to home would go there. It's got a big time sports program (more so than UNC-W, which is also in the eastern part of the state) so that always gets a lot of people excited.

I do find it surprising that folks from the Northeast come to ECU. I think of it as more of a regional school, but I guess my thinking is outdated.

As a proud ECU alumnus, I can tell you that I'd never seen so many NJ, NY, PA license plates as when I moved to G-Vegas. I thought it particularly odd considering I'm from Winston-Salem, a much larger and ostensibly more diverse community than anything in rural NC. I remember the students saying that Northeast colleges aren't only more competitive, but they're much more expensive. It was cheaper for their parents to pay out of state tuition than to pay in-state tuition in the Northeast which is indicative an unsettling trend when it comes to funding one's post-secondary education.

[BullGoodBearBad]

Originally Posted by nita0312

As a proud ECU alumnus, I can tell you that I'd never seen so many NJ, NY, PA license plates as when I moved to G-Vegas. I thought it particularly odd considering I'm from Winston-Salem, a much larger and ostensibly more diverse community than anything in rural NC. I remember the students saying that Northeast colleges aren't only more competitive, but they're much more expensive. It was cheaper for their parents to pay out of state tuition than to pay in-state tuition in the Northeast which is indicative an unsettling trend when it comes to funding one's post-secondary education.

I had the same findings as an undergrad. Many of my classmates were from the northeast corridor. In grad school I found that almost all were from NC. Not exactly what I expected.