Editing Elizabeth City, North Carolina (section)

===Higher education===
Elizabeth City is home to one private and two public institutions of higher education.

[[Elizabeth City State University]], the smallest constituent member of the 16-campus [[University of North Carolina]] System, is a [[historically black colleges and universities|historically African-American]] institution, enrolling 2,930 students as of fall 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecsu.edu/administration/ia/urm/quickfacts.cfm |title=ECSU :: University Relations & Marketing |access-date=February 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427122829/http://www.ecsu.edu/administration/ia/urm/quickfacts.cfm |archive-date=April 27, 2013  }}</ref> on a compact {{convert|200|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus along the city's southern edge. Founded as a [[normal school]] in 1891, it now serves the higher educational needs of northeastern North Carolina's sixteen counties, offering 28 [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]] and four [[Master's degree|master's degrees]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecsu.edu/academics/index.cfm |title=Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City NC |access-date=February 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127012353/http://www.ecsu.edu/academics/index.cfm |archive-date=January 27, 2013  }}</ref>

ECSU offers Aviation Science programs at their training facility at [[Elizabeth City Regional Airport]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecsu.edu/fs/docs/VSA07Final.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527224326/http://www.ecsu.edu/fs/docs/VSA07Final.pdf |archive-date=May 27, 2010  }}</ref> as well as once offering a [[Doctor of Pharmacy|Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)]] program in collaboration with the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] (UNC-CH), flagship school of the [[UNC system]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecsu.edu/academics/mathsciencetechnology/pharmhealthpro/index.cfm |title=ECSU :: Department of Pharmacy & Health Professions |access-date=July 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818033514/http://www.ecsu.edu/academics/mathsciencetechnology/pharmhealthpro/index.cfm |archive-date=August 18, 2010  }}</ref> Declining enrollment at the Elizabeth City State University branch of UNC's Eshelman School of Pharmacy forced UNC System President Thomas Ross to suspend the program in February 2013.

[[File:Ecsusign.jpg|right|upright=1.25|thumb|One of the entrances to the ECSU campus]]

Also located here is the main campus of the [[College of the Albemarle]] (COA), positioned on the city's northern edge adjacent to [[Albemarle Hospital]]. It is known as the first community college to be established under the (North Carolina) Community College Act of 1960. COA has [[Satellite campus|satellite campuses]] in [[Barco, North Carolina|Barco]], [[Edenton, North Carolina|Edenton]] and [[Manteo, North Carolina|Manteo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.albemarle.edu/welcome.php?cat=486 |title=College of the Albemarle - Welcome to COA > Campus History > 1960?s |access-date=March 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527153413/http://www.albemarle.edu/welcome.php?cat=486 |archive-date=May 27, 2010  }}</ref>

[[Mid-Atlantic Christian University]], a private Christian institution founded in 1948, is located along the [[Pasquotank River]] north of downtown Elizabeth City.

All three schools have agreements allowing students to [[Dual enrollment|dual-enroll]] in one of the other two institutions.