Colleges in North Carolina
168 colleges and universities with 421,744 undergraduates. Rankings: colleges with the lowest net price · colleges whose graduates earn the most · easiest colleges to get into · most selective colleges · colleges with the highest graduation rate · cheapest in-state tuition.
Largest colleges
| College | Net price | Acceptance | Graduation | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Public · 27,371 students |
$17,303 | 42% | 85% | $68,758 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Public · 24,453 students |
$15,435 | 80% | 69% | $57,289 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Public · 20,752 students |
$11,655 | 15% | 91% | $72,200 |
| East Carolina University Greenville, NC · Public · 19,896 students |
$15,739 | 89% | 63% | $55,146 |
| Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, NC · Public · 19,675 students |
$8,759 | — | 33% | $41,769 |
| Appalachian State University Boone, NC · Public · 19,444 students |
$16,836 | 90% | 75% | $51,836 |
| Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte, NC · Public · 15,067 students |
$3,345 | — | 31% | $37,865 |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC · Public · 14,922 students |
$20,109 | 64% | 71% | $54,967 |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC · Public · 14,062 students |
$10,965 | 89% | 56% | $48,160 |
| North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC · Public · 12,182 students |
$10,846 | 50% | 57% | $44,440 |
| Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC · Public · 10,024 students |
$13,315 | 82% | 60% | $49,458 |
| Cape Fear Community College Wilmington, NC · Public · 9,764 students |
$9,610 | — | 34% | $38,654 |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville, NC · Public · 9,471 students |
$3,589 | — | 24% | $31,861 |
| Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown, NC · Public · 9,260 students |
$15,002 | — | 31% | $33,934 |
| Forsyth Technical Community College Winston-Salem, NC · Public · 7,113 students |
$7,200 | — | 34% | $34,139 |
| Elon University Elon, NC · Private nonprofit · 6,452 students |
$41,555 | 66% | 84% | $74,545 |
| Duke University Durham, NC · Private nonprofit · 6,442 students |
$29,612 | 6% | 97% | $97,800 |
| North Carolina Central University Durham, NC · Public · 6,081 students |
$15,359 | 87% | 42% | $42,968 |
| Fayetteville State University Fayetteville, NC · Public · 5,762 students |
$7,892 | 82% | 38% | $40,144 |
| Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC · Private nonprofit · 5,485 students |
$28,719 | 22% | 89% | $78,158 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembroke Pembroke, NC · Public · 5,330 students |
$10,260 | 93% | 44% | $43,407 |
| Pitt Community College Winterville, NC · Public · 5,317 students |
$7,337 | — | 35% | $37,259 |
| High Point University High Point, NC · Private nonprofit · 5,129 students |
$38,707 | 75% | 74% | $61,389 |
| Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Asheville, NC · Public · 5,110 students |
$11,602 | — | 40% | $36,048 |
| Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC · Public · 4,170 students |
$13,479 | 78% | 47% | $45,344 |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury, NC · Public · 4,164 students |
$7,981 | — | 35% | $34,936 |
| Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC · Public · 3,890 students |
$1,664 | — | 45% | $36,142 |
| Gaston College Dallas, NC · Public · 3,518 students |
$6,592 | — | 63% | $35,386 |
| Johnston Community College Smithfield, NC · Public · 3,453 students |
$1,776 | — | 37% | $37,310 |
| Central Carolina Community College Sanford, NC · Public · 3,237 students |
$5,446 | — | 43% | $33,525 |
| Alamance Community College Graham, NC · Public · 3,080 students |
$6,109 | — | 39% | $34,241 |
| University of North Carolina Asheville Asheville, NC · Public · 2,910 students |
$12,250 | 92% | 54% | $44,030 |
| Catawba Valley Community College Hickory, NC · Public · 2,741 students |
$10,528 | — | 35% | $36,977 |
| Wayne Community College Goldsboro, NC · Public · 2,739 students |
$2,245 | — | 49% | $34,148 |
| Coastal Carolina Community College Jacksonville, NC · Public · 2,724 students |
$9,461 | — | 49% | $36,444 |
| Campbell University Buies Creek, NC · Private nonprofit · 2,680 students |
$24,516 | 87% | 61% | $54,886 |
| Strayer University-North Carolina Greensboro, NC · Private for-profit · 2,671 students |
— | — | 33% | $40,092 |
| Wingate University Wingate, NC · Private nonprofit · 2,668 students |
$20,748 | 91% | 46% | $52,649 |
| Davidson-Davie Community College Thomasville, NC · Public · 2,633 students |
$8,753 | — | 46% | $36,337 |
| Sandhills Community College Pinehurst, NC · Public · 2,539 students |
$4,157 | — | 53% | $31,656 |
| Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Hudson, NC · Public · 2,393 students |
$10,810 | — | 45% | $34,515 |
| College of the Albemarle Elizabeth City, NC · Public · 2,001 students |
$2,253 | — | 35% | $33,234 |
| Craven Community College New Bern, NC · Public · 1,989 students |
$3,289 | — | 48% | $34,231 |
| Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City, NC · Public · 1,975 students |
$6,364 | 64% | 44% | $40,026 |
| Mitchell Community College Statesville, NC · Public · 1,948 students |
$6,481 | — | 28% | $33,298 |
| Davidson College Davidson, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,867 students |
$17,379 | 13% | 91% | $81,400 |
| Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,856 students |
$17,674 | 77% | 55% | $48,039 |
| South Piedmont Community College Polkton, NC · Public · 1,833 students |
$6,675 | — | 38% | $37,308 |
| University of Mount Olive Mount Olive, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,796 students |
$18,853 | 76% | 52% | $47,139 |
| Blue Ridge Community College Flat Rock, NC · Public · 1,758 students |
$5,756 | — | 50% | $36,324 |
| Nash Community College Rocky Mount, NC · Public · 1,689 students |
$3,338 | — | 41% | $34,912 |
| Vance-Granville Community College Henderson, NC · Public · 1,665 students |
$3,286 | — | 53% | $34,304 |
| Robeson Community College Lumberton, NC · Public · 1,551 students |
$2,892 | — | 33% | $29,036 |
| Surry Community College Dobson, NC · Public · 1,475 students |
$4,961 | — | 6% | $36,012 |
| Lenoir Community College Kinston, NC · Public · 1,469 students |
$4,127 | — | 36% | $33,866 |
| MyComputerCareer at Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Private for-profit · 1,466 students |
$26,528 | — | 60% | — |
| Stanly Community College Albemarle, NC · Public · 1,465 students |
$5,721 | — | 48% | $36,686 |
| Methodist University Fayetteville, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,448 students |
$24,704 | 75% | 44% | $48,050 |
| Randolph Community College Asheboro, NC · Public · 1,417 students |
$6,918 | — | 58% | $33,336 |
| Edgecombe Community College Tarboro, NC · Public · 1,397 students |
$0 | — | 37% | $33,267 |
| Wilson Community College Wilson, NC · Public · 1,373 students |
$3,064 | — | 27% | $32,973 |
| Lenoir-Rhyne University Hickory, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,359 students |
$20,689 | 85% | 48% | $45,543 |
| Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro, NC · Public · 1,355 students |
$-264 | — | 55% | $34,728 |
| Richmond Community College Hamlet, NC · Public · 1,352 students |
$5,071 | — | 46% | $29,951 |
| Universal Technical Institute-Mooresville Mooresville, NC · Private for-profit · 1,345 students |
$28,915 | — | 65% | $52,873 |
| Western Piedmont Community College Morganton, NC · Public · 1,339 students |
$6,448 | — | 49% | $34,195 |
| Belmont Abbey College Belmont, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,276 students |
$24,639 | 75% | 47% | $47,937 |
| Southwestern Community College Sylva, NC · Public · 1,249 students |
$5,207 | — | 53% | $34,145 |
| Johnson C Smith University Charlotte, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,244 students |
$20,894 | 45% | 34% | $42,680 |
| Catawba College Salisbury, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,235 students |
$17,879 | 75% | 47% | $48,793 |
| North Carolina Wesleyan University Rocky Mount, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,214 students |
$17,432 | 80% | 42% | $45,873 |
| Brunswick Community College Bolivia, NC · Public · 1,211 students |
$9,009 | — | 40% | $36,668 |
| Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,211 students |
$30,857 | 62% | 61% | $57,673 |
| Meredith College Raleigh, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,188 students |
$22,488 | 74% | 70% | $51,539 |
| Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,184 students |
$27,426 | 80% | 49% | $43,418 |
| Carteret Community College Morehead City, NC · Public · 1,172 students |
$10,764 | — | 49% | $33,357 |
| Isothermal Community College Spindale, NC · Public · 1,169 students |
$10,758 | — | 55% | $33,325 |
| Cleveland Community College Shelby, NC · Public · 1,097 students |
$995 | — | 32% | $33,755 |
| Beaufort County Community College Washington, NC · Public · 1,074 students |
$6,500 | — | 48% | $32,519 |
| Rockingham Community College Wentworth, NC · Public · 1,065 students |
$2,060 | — | 35% | $32,480 |
| Mars Hill University Mars Hill, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,044 students |
$19,910 | 68% | 45% | $44,781 |
| Bladen Community College Dublin, NC · Public · 1,030 students |
$9,551 | — | 23% | $30,591 |
| Guilford College Greensboro, NC · Private nonprofit · 1,001 students |
$22,270 | 80% | 46% | $47,590 |
| Barton College Wilson, NC · Private nonprofit · 982 students |
$23,626 | 94% | 46% | $47,913 |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston Salem, NC · Public · 945 students |
$14,906 | 30% | 78% | $38,357 |
| Livingstone College Salisbury, NC · Private nonprofit · 924 students |
$13,479 | 59% | 28% | $32,600 |
| Shaw University Raleigh, NC · Private nonprofit · 875 students |
$16,512 | 80% | 22% | $34,409 |
| Lees-McRae College Banner Elk, NC · Private nonprofit · 873 students |
$28,340 | 77% | 42% | $43,415 |
| Montgomery Community College Troy, NC · Public · 852 students |
$13,832 | — | 84% | $32,742 |
| Haywood Community College Clyde, NC · Public · 849 students |
$6,723 | — | 34% | $34,770 |
| Sampson Community College Clinton, NC · Public · 846 students |
$3,108 | — | 56% | $33,409 |
| Southeastern Community College Whiteville, NC · Public · 820 students |
$9,148 | — | 43% | $30,284 |
| Brevard College Brevard, NC · Private nonprofit · 815 students |
$23,509 | 42% | 49% | $43,545 |
| James Sprunt Community College Kenansville, NC · Public · 799 students |
$1,863 | — | 48% | $29,307 |
| Montreat College Montreat, NC · Private nonprofit · 762 students |
$27,061 | 69% | 50% | $45,151 |
| Halifax Community College Weldon, NC · Public · 723 students |
$9,040 | — | 35% | $31,644 |
| Cabarrus College of Health Sciences Concord, NC · Private nonprofit · 712 students |
$17,618 | 23% | 71% | $58,708 |
| Greensboro College Greensboro, NC · Private nonprofit · 708 students |
$17,882 | 70% | 46% | $46,566 |
| Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, NC · Private nonprofit · 707 students |
$21,249 | 71% | 42% | $36,260 |
| William Peace University Raleigh, NC · Private nonprofit · 666 students |
$21,649 | 94% | 45% | $46,643 |
| Pfeiffer University Misenheimer, NC · Private nonprofit · 655 students |
$19,076 | 96% | 35% | $51,562 |
| McDowell Technical Community College Marion, NC · Public · 608 students |
$7,784 | — | 48% | $33,035 |
| Chowan University Murfreesboro, NC · Private nonprofit · 603 students |
$14,086 | 69% | 30% | $38,412 |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Wake Forest, NC · Private nonprofit · 585 students |
$13,090 | 75% | 58% | — |
| Carolinas College of Health Sciences Charlotte, NC · Public · 533 students |
— | 60% | 100% | $64,624 |
| Tri-County Community College Murphy, NC · Public · 472 students |
$7,799 | — | 54% | $32,232 |
| Carolina University Winston-Salem, NC · Private nonprofit · 460 students |
$20,828 | 40% | 22% | $32,864 |
| Piedmont Community College Roxboro, NC · Public · 457 students |
$1,095 | — | 20% | $33,274 |
| Salem College Winston-Salem, NC · Private nonprofit · 423 students |
$18,277 | 77% | 57% | $44,640 |
| Miller-Motte College-Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Private for-profit · 409 students |
$22,736 | — | 79% | $31,102 |
| Louisburg College Louisburg, NC · Private nonprofit · 402 students |
$22,694 | 56% | 22% | $34,818 |
| Mayland Community College Spruce Pine, NC · Public · 362 students |
$5,861 | — | 46% | $34,663 |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Private for-profit · 344 students |
$25,733 | — | 70% | $42,759 |
| Miller-Motte College-Fayetteville Fayetteville, NC · Private for-profit · 336 students |
$26,409 | — | 78% | $31,102 |
| Martin Community College Williamston, NC · Public · 313 students |
$2,676 | — | 39% | $26,016 |
| Roanoke-Chowan Community College Ahoskie, NC · Public · 309 students |
$5,570 | — | 37% | $29,324 |
| Galen Health Institutes-Asheville Asheville, NC · Private for-profit · 253 students |
$28,602 | — | — | $61,480 |
| Southeastern College-Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Private for-profit · 252 students |
$30,611 | 94% | 77% | $31,548 |
| Chamberlain University-North Carolina Charlotte, NC · Private for-profit · 202 students |
$38,436 | 100% | — | $92,405 |
| Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Private for-profit · 198 students |
$20,736 | — | 82% | $26,873 |
| Miller-Motte College-Jacksonville Jacksonville, NC · Private for-profit · 195 students |
$23,535 | — | 75% | $31,102 |
| Manna University Fayetteville, NC · Private nonprofit · 183 students |
$15,210 | 53% | 80% | — |
| Bennett College Greensboro, NC · Private nonprofit · 178 students |
$28,299 | 51% | 25% | $36,654 |
| Saint Augustine's University Raleigh, NC · Private nonprofit · 172 students |
$24,313 | 34% | 25% | $35,730 |
| Pamlico Community College Grantsboro, NC · Public · 165 students |
$1,321 | — | 54% | $30,005 |
| Carolina College of Biblical Studies Fayetteville, NC · Private nonprofit · 159 students |
$21,322 | — | 0% | $24,581 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Fayetteville Fayetteville, NC · Private for-profit · 149 students |
$18,496 | — | 66% | $26,696 |
| Gwinnett College Raleigh, NC · Private for-profit · 146 students |
$30,219 | — | 63% | $29,234 |
| Mid-Atlantic Christian University Elizabeth City, NC · Private nonprofit · 132 students |
$18,328 | 62% | 21% | $38,342 |
| College of Wilmington Wilmington, NC · Private for-profit · 132 students |
$23,108 | — | 15% | $19,235 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Private for-profit · 130 students |
$18,166 | — | 14% | — |
| Watts College of Nursing Durham, NC · Private nonprofit · 124 students |
— | — | — | — |
| Empire Beauty School-Concord Concord, NC · Private for-profit · 110 students |
$14,750 | — | 65% | $23,925 |
| Leons Beauty School Inc Greensboro, NC · Private for-profit · 102 students |
$4,799 | — | 96% | $26,958 |
| Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro Greensboro, NC · Private for-profit · 99 students |
$16,932 | — | 32% | $24,407 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Private for-profit · 97 students |
$23,033 | — | 56% | $23,966 |
| Empire Beauty School-Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Private for-profit · 90 students |
$16,089 | — | 24% | $24,022 |
| Empire Beauty School-Winston-Salem Winston-Salem, NC · Private for-profit · 80 students |
$16,503 | — | 44% | $24,397 |
| Empire Beauty School-Pineville Charlotte, NC · Private for-profit · 75 students |
$15,672 | — | 48% | $23,925 |
| South University-High Point High Point, NC · Private for-profit · 67 students |
— | — | — | $34,421 |
| Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College Wendell, NC · Private nonprofit · 64 students |
$12,602 | — | 42% | — |
| Alexander Paul Institute of Hair Design Greenville, NC · Private for-profit · 55 students |
$11,495 | — | 64% | — |
| Carolina Christian College Winston Salem, NC · Private nonprofit · 52 students |
$22,366 | — | 15% | $40,672 |
| Center for Massage Asheville, NC · Private for-profit · 51 students |
$18,631 | — | 90% | $19,244 |
| Carolina College of Hair Design Inc Asheville, NC · Private for-profit · 46 students |
$13,396 | — | 72% | — |
| Bull City Durham Beauty and Barber College Durham, NC · Private for-profit · 41 students |
$11,819 | — | 78% | — |
| Beyond Measure Barbering Institute Mebane, NC · Private for-profit · 38 students |
— | — | 59% | — |
| One Stop Academy Fayetteville, NC · Private for-profit · 31 students |
$35,519 | — | — | — |
| Winston Salem Barber School Winston-Salem, NC · Private for-profit · 29 students |
$14,610 | — | 63% | $16,389 |
| No Grease Barber School Charlotte, NC · Private for-profit · 28 students |
$20,795 | — | 67% | — |
| Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary Charlotte, NC · Private nonprofit · 24 students |
— | — | — | $33,696 |
| Heritage Bible College Dunn, NC · Private nonprofit · 22 students |
$18,684 | — | — | $30,672 |
| Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology Mooresville, NC · Private for-profit · 18 students |
$17,000 | — | 52% | $22,786 |
| Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts Asheville, NC · Private for-profit |
— | — | — | — |
| South College-Asheville Asheville, NC · Private for-profit |
— | — | — | $36,642 |
| Shepherds Theological Seminary Cary, NC · Private nonprofit |
— | — | — | — |
| Dooby Shop School of Cosmetology Charlotte, NC · Private for-profit |
— | — | — | — |
| Union Presbyterian Seminary-Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Private nonprofit |
— | — | — | — |
| ECPI University-Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Private for-profit |
— | — | — | $42,837 |
| Gaston College Dallas, NC · Public |
— | — | — | $35,386 |
| Circle of Love Academy Dudley, NC · Private for-profit |
— | — | — | — |
| Winston - Salem Barber School - Satellite Greensboro, NC · Private for-profit |
— | — | — | $16,389 |
| ECPI University-Greensboro Greensboro, NC · Private for-profit |
— | — | — | $42,837 |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary-Nash County Extension Center Nashville, NC · Private nonprofit |
— | — | — | — |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary-Wake County Extension Center Raleigh, NC · Private nonprofit |
— | — | — | — |
| ECPI University-Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Private for-profit |
— | — | — | $42,837 |
| Hood Theological Seminary Salisbury, NC · Private nonprofit |
— | — | — | — |
| Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine Sugar Grove, NC · Private nonprofit |
— | — | — | — |
Cities
- Ahoskie 1
- Albemarle 1
- Asheboro 1
- Asheville 7
- Banner Elk 1
- Belmont 1
- Boiling Springs 1
- Bolivia 1
- Boone 1
- Brevard 1
- Buies Creek 1
- Cary 1
- Chapel Hill 2
- Charlotte 17
- Clinton 1
- Clyde 1
- Concord 2
- Cullowhee 1
- Dallas 2
- Davidson 1
- Dobson 1
- Dublin 1
- Dudley 1
- Dunn 1
- Durham 5
- Elizabeth City 3
- Elon 1
- Fayetteville 8
- Flat Rock 1
- Goldsboro 1
- Graham 1
- Grantsboro 1
- Greensboro 10
- Greenville 2
- Hamlet 1
- Henderson 1
- Hickory 2
- High Point 2
- Hudson 1
- Jacksonville 2
- Jamestown 1
- Kenansville 1
- Kinston 1
- Louisburg 1
- Lumberton 1
- Marion 1
- Mars Hill 1
- Mebane 1
- Misenheimer 1
- Montreat 1
- Mooresville 2
- Morehead City 1
- Morganton 1
- Mount Olive 1
- Murfreesboro 1
- Murphy 1
- Nashville 1
- New Bern 1
- Pembroke 1
- Pinehurst 1
- Polkton 1
- Raleigh 12
- Rocky Mount 2
- Roxboro 1
- Salisbury 4
- Sanford 1
- Shelby 1
- Smithfield 1
- Spindale 1
- Spruce Pine 1
- Statesville 1
- Sugar Grove 1
- Swannanoa 1
- Sylva 1
- Tarboro 1
- Thomasville 1
- Troy 1
- Wake Forest 1
- Washington 1
- Weldon 1
- Wendell 1
- Wentworth 1
- Whiteville 1
- Wilkesboro 1
- Williamston 1
- Wilmington 3
- Wilson 2
- Wingate 1
- Winston-Salem 9
- Winterville 1