Colleges in North Carolina
165
Total Schools
$13,689
Avg In-State Tuition
69.7%
Avg Acceptance Rate
$39,623
Avg Median Earnings
76 Public 0 Private NP 0 For-Profit
Ownership Breakdown
All Schools in North Carolina
| School Name | City | Type | Enrollment | Acceptance Rate | 10yr Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Raleigh | Public | 26,389 | 39.9% | $68,758 |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte | Public | 23,567 | 80.2% | $57,289 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | Public | 20,556 | 18.7% | $72,200 |
| East Carolina University | Greenville | Public | 19,857 | 90.1% | $55,146 |
| Appalachian State University | Boone | Public | 19,304 | 88.6% | $51,836 |
| Wake Technical Community College | Raleigh | Public | 18,605 | — | $41,769 |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington | Wilmington | Public | 14,176 | 74.0% | $54,967 |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Greensboro | Public | 13,848 | 89.8% | $48,160 |
| Central Piedmont Community College | Charlotte | Public | 13,640 | — | $37,865 |
| North Carolina A & T State University | Greensboro | Public | 11,925 | 46.2% | $44,440 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee | Public | 9,867 | 86.7% | $49,458 |
| Cape Fear Community College | Wilmington | Public | 9,497 | — | $38,654 |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College | Fayetteville | Public | 8,814 | — | $31,861 |
| Guilford Technical Community College | Jamestown | Public | 8,179 | — | $33,934 |
| Forsyth Technical Community College | Winston-Salem | Public | 6,939 | — | $34,139 |
| Duke University | Durham | Private Nonprofit | 6,417 | 6.8% | $97,800 |
| Elon University | Elon | Private Nonprofit | 6,402 | 67.3% | $74,545 |
| Fayetteville State University | Fayetteville | Public | 5,493 | 79.9% | $40,144 |
| Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem | Private Nonprofit | 5,471 | 21.6% | $78,158 |
| North Carolina Central University | Durham | Public | 5,400 | 90.5% | $42,968 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembroke | Pembroke | Public | 5,386 | 92.4% | $43,407 |
| Pitt Community College | Winterville | Public | 5,175 | — | $37,259 |
| High Point University | High Point | Private Nonprofit | 4,970 | 76.8% | $61,389 |
| Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College | Asheville | Public | 4,909 | — | $36,048 |
| Winston-Salem State University | Winston-Salem | Public | 4,244 | 68.5% | $45,344 |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | Salisbury | Public | 4,073 | — | $34,936 |
| Catawba Valley Community College | Hickory | Public | 3,517 | — | $36,977 |
| Gaston College | Dallas | Public | 3,359 | — | $35,386 |
| Central Carolina Community College | Sanford | Public | 3,255 | — | $33,525 |
| Durham Technical Community College | Durham | Public | 3,195 | — | $36,142 |
| Johnston Community College | Smithfield | Public | 2,998 | — | $37,310 |
| Campbell University | Buies Creek | Private Nonprofit | 2,790 | 94.3% | $54,886 |
| University of North Carolina Asheville | Asheville | Public | 2,790 | 93.9% | $44,030 |
| Coastal Carolina Community College | Jacksonville | Public | 2,682 | — | $36,444 |
| Wingate University | Wingate | Private Nonprofit | 2,462 | 85.0% | $52,649 |
| Davidson-Davie Community College | Thomasville | Public | 2,454 | — | $36,337 |
| Alamance Community College | Graham | Public | 2,393 | — | $34,241 |
| Sandhills Community College | Pinehurst | Public | 2,375 | — | $31,656 |
| Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute | Hudson | Public | 2,331 | — | $34,515 |
| Wayne Community College | Goldsboro | Public | 1,998 | — | $34,148 |
| Davidson College | Davidson | Private Nonprofit | 1,901 | 14.5% | $81,400 |
| Wilkes Community College | Wilkesboro | Public | 1,881 | — | $34,728 |
| Craven Community College | New Bern | Public | 1,877 | — | $34,231 |
| Elizabeth City State University | Elizabeth City | Public | 1,863 | 70.5% | $40,026 |
| Gardner-Webb University | Boiling Springs | Private Nonprofit | 1,836 | 87.0% | $48,039 |
| Blue Ridge Community College | Flat Rock | Public | 1,788 | — | $36,324 |
| University of Mount Olive | Mount Olive | Private Nonprofit | 1,754 | 77.8% | $47,139 |
| Mitchell Community College | Statesville | Public | 1,692 | — | $33,298 |
| MyComputerCareer at Raleigh | Raleigh | Private For-Profit | 1,617 | — | — |
| Vance-Granville Community College | Henderson | Public | 1,613 | — | $34,304 |
| Beaufort County Community College | Washington | Public | 1,560 | — | $32,519 |
| South Piedmont Community College | Polkton | Public | 1,555 | — | $37,308 |
| Belmont Abbey College | Belmont | Private Nonprofit | 1,454 | 90.4% | $47,937 |
| Robeson Community College | Lumberton | Public | 1,454 | — | $29,036 |
| Randolph Community College | Asheboro | Public | 1,446 | — | $33,336 |
| Surry Community College | Dobson | Public | 1,445 | — | $36,012 |
| Stanly Community College | Albemarle | Public | 1,430 | — | $36,686 |
| Methodist University | Fayetteville | Private Nonprofit | 1,425 | 75.2% | $48,050 |
| Nash Community College | Rocky Mount | Public | 1,422 | — | $34,912 |
| Queens University of Charlotte | Charlotte | Private Nonprofit | 1,362 | 67.7% | $57,673 |
| Lenoir-Rhyne University | Hickory | Private Nonprofit | 1,348 | 80.7% | $45,543 |
| Western Piedmont Community College | Morganton | Public | 1,332 | — | $34,195 |
| Lenoir Community College | Kinston | Public | 1,311 | — | $33,866 |
| NASCAR Technical Institute | Mooresville | Private For-Profit | 1,306 | — | $52,873 |
| Southwestern Community College | Sylva | Public | 1,304 | — | $34,145 |
| Meredith College | Raleigh | Private Nonprofit | 1,288 | 74.7% | $51,539 |
| Richmond Community College | Hamlet | Public | 1,279 | — | $29,951 |
| College of the Albemarle | Elizabeth City | Public | 1,271 | — | $33,234 |
| Cleveland Community College | Shelby | Public | 1,236 | — | $33,755 |
| North Carolina Wesleyan University | Rocky Mount | Private Nonprofit | 1,169 | 78.0% | $45,873 |
| Carteret Community College | Morehead City | Public | 1,144 | — | $33,357 |
| Catawba College | Salisbury | Private Nonprofit | 1,127 | 77.7% | $48,793 |
| Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | Charlotte | Private Nonprofit | 1,126 | 75.3% | $43,418 |
| Brunswick Community College | Bolivia | Public | 1,124 | — | $36,668 |
| Rockingham Community College | Wentworth | Public | 1,071 | — | $32,480 |
| Isothermal Community College | Spindale | Public | 1,056 | — | $33,325 |
| Johnson C Smith University | Charlotte | Private Nonprofit | 1,047 | 42.9% | $42,680 |
| Barton College | Wilson | Private Nonprofit | 1,020 | 95.9% | $47,913 |
| Guilford College | Greensboro | Private Nonprofit | 1,011 | 83.8% | $47,590 |
| Mars Hill University | Mars Hill | Private Nonprofit | 995 | 77.9% | $44,781 |
| Sampson Community College | Clinton | Public | 941 | — | $33,409 |
| Edgecombe Community College | Tarboro | Public | 938 | — | $33,267 |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winston Salem | Public | 902 | 33.1% | $38,357 |
| Bladen Community College | Dublin | Public | 880 | — | $30,591 |
| Montgomery Community College | Troy | Public | 854 | — | $32,742 |
| Shaw University | Raleigh | Private Nonprofit | 839 | 30.5% | $34,409 |
| Southeastern Community College | Whiteville | Public | 821 | — | $30,284 |
| Lees-McRae College | Banner Elk | Private Nonprofit | 817 | 80.8% | $43,415 |
| Wilson Community College | Wilson | Public | 807 | — | $32,973 |
| Livingstone College | Salisbury | Private Nonprofit | 798 | 74.1% | $32,600 |
| Haywood Community College | Clyde | Public | 793 | — | $34,770 |
| Saint Augustine's University | Raleigh | Private Nonprofit | 766 | 58.7% | $35,730 |
| James Sprunt Community College | Kenansville | Public | 761 | — | $29,307 |
| Brevard College | Brevard | Private Nonprofit | 760 | 39.5% | $43,545 |
| Montreat College | Montreat | Private Nonprofit | 750 | 65.5% | $45,151 |
| Warren Wilson College | Swannanoa | Private Nonprofit | 720 | 77.6% | $36,260 |
| Piedmont Community College | Roxboro | Public | 707 | — | $33,274 |
| William Peace University | Raleigh | Private Nonprofit | 661 | 97.4% | $46,643 |
| Greensboro College | Greensboro | Private Nonprofit | 656 | 92.0% | $46,566 |
| Pfeiffer University | Misenheimer | Private Nonprofit | 654 | 95.3% | $51,562 |
| Chowan University | Murfreesboro | Private Nonprofit | 638 | 72.4% | $38,412 |
| McDowell Technical Community College | Marion | Public | 614 | — | $33,035 |
| Cabarrus College of Health Sciences | Concord | Private Nonprofit | 602 | 49.2% | $58,708 |
| Halifax Community College | Weldon | Public | 540 | — | $31,644 |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | Wake Forest | Private Nonprofit | 466 | 76.6% | — |
| Tri-County Community College | Murphy | Public | 435 | — | $32,232 |
| Carolina University | Winston-Salem | Private Nonprofit | 424 | 34.0% | $32,864 |
| Louisburg College | Louisburg | Private Nonprofit | 413 | 32.0% | $34,818 |
| Carolinas College of Health Sciences | Charlotte | Public | 409 | 81.5% | $64,624 |
| Salem College | Winston-Salem | Private Nonprofit | 390 | 87.0% | $44,640 |
| Mayland Community College | Spruce Pine | Public | 371 | — | $34,663 |
| Martin Community College | Williamston | Public | 302 | — | $26,016 |
| Roanoke-Chowan Community College | Ahoskie | Public | 265 | — | $29,324 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Charlotte | Charlotte | Private For-Profit | 254 | — | $23,966 |
| Pamlico Community College | Grantsboro | Public | 240 | — | $30,005 |
| Southeastern College-Charlotte | Charlotte | Private For-Profit | 217 | 97.5% | $31,548 |
| Chamberlain University-North Carolina | Charlotte | Private For-Profit | 216 | 66.7% | $92,405 |
| Miller-Motte College-Raleigh | Raleigh | Private For-Profit | 214 | — | $31,102 |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Charlotte | Charlotte | Private For-Profit | 212 | — | $42,759 |
| Bennett College | Greensboro | Private Nonprofit | 191 | 33.6% | $36,654 |
| Miller-Motte College-Jacksonville | Jacksonville | Private For-Profit | 187 | — | $31,102 |
| Galen Health Institutes-Asheville | Asheville | Private For-Profit | 183 | — | $61,480 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Fayetteville | Fayetteville | Private For-Profit | 179 | — | $26,696 |
| Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill | Private For-Profit | 171 | — | $26,873 |
| Miller-Motte College-Fayetteville | Fayetteville | Private For-Profit | 169 | — | $31,102 |
| Manna University | Fayetteville | Private Nonprofit | 169 | 100.0% | — |
| Mid-Atlantic Christian University | Elizabeth City | Private Nonprofit | 161 | 76.2% | $38,342 |
| College of Wilmington | Wilmington | Private For-Profit | 154 | — | $19,235 |
| Empire Beauty School-Concord | Concord | Private For-Profit | 135 | — | $23,925 |
| Watts College of Nursing | Durham | Private Nonprofit | 134 | — | — |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Raleigh | Raleigh | Private For-Profit | 133 | — | — |
| Leons Beauty School Inc | Greensboro | Private For-Profit | 129 | — | $26,958 |
| Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro | Greensboro | Private For-Profit | 124 | — | $24,407 |
| Carolina College of Biblical Studies | Fayetteville | Private Nonprofit | 122 | — | $24,581 |
| Gwinnett College | Raleigh | Private For-Profit | 117 | — | $29,234 |
| Empire Beauty School-Charlotte | Charlotte | Private For-Profit | 81 | — | $24,022 |
| Empire Beauty School-Pineville | Charlotte | Private For-Profit | 81 | — | $23,925 |
| Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College | Wendell | Private Nonprofit | 74 | — | — |
| Empire Beauty School-Winston-Salem | Winston-Salem | Private For-Profit | 72 | — | $24,397 |
| South University-High Point | High Point | Private For-Profit | 70 | — | $34,421 |
| Center for Massage | Asheville | Private For-Profit | 57 | — | $19,244 |
| Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology | Mooresville | Private For-Profit | 55 | — | $22,786 |
| Carolina Christian College | Winston Salem | Private Nonprofit | 53 | — | $40,672 |
| Beyond Measure Barbering Institute | Mebane | Private For-Profit | 49 | — | — |
| Carolina College of Hair Design Inc | Asheville | Private For-Profit | 46 | — | — |
| Alexander Paul Institute of Hair Design | Greenville | Private For-Profit | 37 | — | — |
| Winston Salem Barber School | Winston-Salem | Private For-Profit | 36 | — | $16,389 |
| Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary | Charlotte | Private Nonprofit | 36 | — | $33,696 |
| Bull City Durham Beauty and Barber College | Durham | Private For-Profit | 32 | — | — |
| Heritage Bible College | Dunn | Private Nonprofit | 28 | — | $30,672 |
| One Stop Academy | Fayetteville | Private For-Profit | 19 | — | — |
| No Grease Barber School | Charlotte | Private For-Profit | 15 | — | — |
| Hood Theological Seminary | Salisbury | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical Arts | Asheville | Private For-Profit | — | — | — |
| Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine | Sugar Grove | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| Shepherds Theological Seminary | Cary | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| Gaston College | Dallas | Public | — | — | $35,386 |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary-Nash County Extension Center | Nashville | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary-Wake County Extension Center | Raleigh | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| Winston - Salem Barber School - Satellite | Greensboro | Private For-Profit | — | — | $16,389 |
| South College-Asheville | Asheville | Private For-Profit | — | — | $36,642 |
| Union Presbyterian Seminary-Charlotte | Charlotte | Private Nonprofit | — | — | — |
| ECPI University-Greensboro | Greensboro | Private For-Profit | — | — | $42,837 |
| ECPI University-Charlotte | Charlotte | Private For-Profit | — | — | $42,837 |
| ECPI University-Raleigh | Raleigh | Private For-Profit | — | — | $42,837 |
About This Data
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Enrollment, admissions, and earnings figures are the most recently available. Earnings represent median income 10 years after enrollment for students who received federal financial aid.