No, East Carolina University is not classified as a Historically Black College and University. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, ECU operates as a comprehensive, large public research university that was originally established in the early twentieth century as a training school for teachers. While the university proudly embraces diversity, inclusion, and multicultural student enrollment today, welcoming students and faculty from all racial and ethnic backgrounds, it does not hold the official federal designation or historic status of an HBCU.