Colleges in North Carolina
North Carolina has 56 private and 17 public 4-year colleges that enroll 50,938 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $21,021 for in-state students and $33,669 for out-of-state and international students.
Private colleges in North Carolina charge around $31,510 per year in tuition regardless of residency.
In the 2020-2021 academic year, North Carolina provided $61.2 million in financial aid to 17,034 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $351.4 million in grants and scholarships to 30,605 students.
North Carolina receives 2.9% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20,451 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $101.1 million in pell grant ($4,865 per student on average), and 28,795 students received a total amount of $162.9 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($6,156 per student on average).
| Net price | Acceptance Rate | Graduation Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University 4 year | $26,932 | 95.5% | 7.7% |
| Davidson College 4 year | $28,615 | 93.0% | 20.0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 year | $10,038 | 90.7% | 25.0% |
| Grace College of Divinity 4 year | $11,548 | 90.0% | 100.0% |
| Wake Forest University 4 year | $26,324 | 88.7% | 32.0% |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh 4 year | $14,600 | 83.9% | 46.2% |
| Elon University 4 year | $39,401 | 82.8% | 71.7% |
| Southeastern College-Charlotte Less than 2 year | $32,206 | 77.1% | 100.0% |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington 4 year | $17,946 | 73.5% | 68.0% |
| Appalachian State University 4 year | $10,687 | 72.7% | 79.5% |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts 4 year | $11,940 | 72.2% | 36.3% |
| High Point University 4 year | $40,719 | 68.9% | 77.0% |
| Salem College 4 year | $19,128 | 66.0% | 84.6% |
| Cabarrus College of Health Sciences 4 year | $14,475 | 65.2% | 35.4% |
| East Carolina University 4 year | $15,403 | 65.2% | 87.9% |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte 4 year | $16,029 | 65.2% | 79.5% |
| Meredith College 4 year | $25,357 | 63.7% | 71.6% |
| Western Carolina University 4 year | $13,221 | 63.6% | 48.5% |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville 4 year | $13,854 | 62.4% | 79.4% |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro 4 year | $9,853 | 58.7% | 87.5% |