Colleges in North Carolina
We list 112 colleges in North Carolina.
Average net price — what students actually pay after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price — runs from $-264 a year at Wilkes Community College to $41,555 at Elon University, with a typical figure around $10,810.
The most affordable on this list are Wilkes Community College, Cleveland Community College and Piedmont Community College. A low average does not mean a low bill for everyone — aid depends on your family's income — but it is the right place to start.
Every college in North Carolina · 112
Sorted by name. The figure is the average net price per year after grants and scholarships; — means the school reports none.
- Alamance Community College
- Appalachian State University
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Barton College
- Beaufort County Community College
- Belmont Abbey College
- Bladen Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Brevard College
- Brunswick Community College
- Cabarrus College of Health Sciences
- Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
- Campbell University
- Cape Fear Community College
- Carolina University
- Carolinas College of Health Sciences
- Carteret Community College
- Catawba College
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Chamberlain University-North Carolina
- Chowan University
- Cleveland Community College
- Coastal Carolina Community College
- College of the Albemarle
- Craven Community College
- Davidson College
- Davidson-Davie Community College
- Duke University
- Durham Technical Community College
- East Carolina University
- Elizabeth City State University
- Elon University
- Fayetteville State University
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Galen Health Institutes-Asheville
- Gardner-Webb University
- Gaston College
- Greensboro College
- Guilford College
- Guilford Technical Community College
- Halifax Community College
- Haywood Community College
- High Point University
- Isothermal Community College
- James Sprunt Community College
- Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte
- Johnson C Smith University
- Johnston Community College
- Lees-McRae College
- Lenoir Community College
- Lenoir-Rhyne University
- Livingstone College
- Louisburg College
- Mars Hill University
- Martin Community College
- Mayland Community College
- McDowell Technical Community College
- Meredith College
- Methodist University
- Mitchell Community College
- Montgomery Community College
- Montreat College
- Nash Community College
- North Carolina A & T State University
- North Carolina Central University
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh
- North Carolina Wesleyan University
- Pfeiffer University
- Piedmont Community College
- Pitt Community College
- Queens University of Charlotte
- Randolph Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Roanoke-Chowan Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Rockingham Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- Salem College
- Sampson Community College
- Sandhills Community College
- Shaw University
- South Piedmont Community College
- Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Southeastern College-Charlotte
- Southeastern Community College
- Southwestern Community College
- Stanly Community College
- Surry Community College
- Tri-County Community College
- University of Mount Olive
- University of North Carolina Asheville
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Vance-Granville Community College
- Wake Forest University
- Wake Technical Community College
- Warren Wilson College
- Wayne Community College
- Western Carolina University
- Western Piedmont Community College
- Wilkes Community College
- William Peace University
- Wilson Community College
- Wingate University
- Winston-Salem State University
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