East Central University

East Central University (ECU) is a public regional university in Ada, Oklahoma, part of Oklahoma's Regional University System. Founded in 1909 as East Central State Normal School to train teachers, it became a teachers college, then East Central Oklahoma State University, and adopted its current name in 1985. ECU offers bachelor's and master's degree programs across liberal arts and sciences, business, education, nursing, criminal justice, and other fields, and is recognized as Oklahoma's premier student-centered regional university.