Of the 134 colleges in North Carolina, 134 colleges offer online programs. By school type, there are 75 public and 59 private schools.

By offered degree, 130 schools offer undergraduate level programs and 57 schools offer graduate programs through online.

The 2024 average tuition & fees of the schools is $17,852 for undergraduate programs and $17,704 for graduate programs. Schools may offer "in-state" rate for North Carolina residents.

A total of 161,231 students were in online degree programs or took online courses. It is 29.33% of total enrollment.

North Carolina Online Schools Average Statistics

The following table shows the 2024 average academic statistics for North Carolina Online Schools.

North Carolina Online Schools Average Statistics (2023-2024)
Number of Online Schools134 Online Schools (75 public, 59 private)
Tuition & Fees$17,852 Undergraduate
$17,704 Graduate
Student PopulationTotal 549,649 (4,102 in average)
Online Student PopulationTotal 161,231 (1,203 in average)
Average Number of Online Programs Offered15
Student to Faculty Ratio12.5 to 1

North Carolina Online Schools Comparison

The following table lists and compare North Carolina colleges that offer online degree and/or courses.

2024 Tuition Comparison Between Online Schools in North Carolina
NameUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationOnline PopulationNumber of Total ProgramsNumber of Online Programs
College of the AlbemarleElizabeth City, NC $7,222 - 2,314 1,681 55
South Piedmont Community CollegePolkton, NC $6,630 - 3,338 1,294 65 16
Appalachian State UniversityBoone, NC $24,537 $24,140 20,436 1,647 164 47
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, NC $9,026 - 6,473 2,016 128 12
Barton CollegeWilson, NC $35,600 $10,397 1,265 187 38 4
Beaufort County Community CollegeWashington, NC $8,684 - 1,741 626 46 21
Belmont Abbey CollegeBelmont, NC $19,500 $17,624 1,501 63 27 2
Bennett CollegeGreensboro, NC $19,140 - 168 2 14
Bladen Community CollegeDublin, NC $8,702 - 978 279 43 6
Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, NC $8,804 - 2,794 1,119 91 31
Brevard CollegeBrevard, NC $31,250 $10,800 759 12 30
Brunswick Community CollegeBolivia, NC $8,676 - 1,678 928 38 21
Cabarrus College of Health SciencesConcord, NC $16,070 $31,490 528 99 17 3
Caldwell Community College and Technical InstituteHudson, NC $8,681 - 3,703 1,193 70 18
Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, NC $40,410 $16,158 5,272 730 119 5
Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, NC $8,892 - 14,170 4,133 130
Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, NC $7,954 - 1,554 682 71
Catawba CollegeSalisbury, NC $33,400 $3,594 1,172 184 50 5
Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, NC $7,743 - 4,172 2,584 94 4
Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, NC $8,698 - 5,231 2,526 112 12
Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, NC $8,936 - 17,694 16,997 134 1
Chowan UniversityMurfreesboro, NC $27,110 $8,730 886 108 39
Cleveland Community CollegeShelby, NC $8,746 - 1,946 1,023 80 7
Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville, NC $8,606 - 3,611 1,310 65 15
Craven Community CollegeNew Bern, NC $6,630 - 2,701 1,216 70 17
Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, NC $6,586 - 3,921 1,400 84 19
Duke UniversityDurham, NC $65,805 $63,985 18,023 950 279 4
Durham Technical Community CollegeDurham, NC $6,594 - 4,294 2,553 78 13
East Carolina UniversityGreenville, NC $23,638 $20,807 27,151 7,807 241 123
Edgecombe Community CollegeTarboro, NC $8,784 - 1,313 932 78 1
Elizabeth City State UniversityElizabeth City, NC $7,412 $18,849 2,149 539 29 6
Elon UniversityElon, NC $44,536 $20,574 7,123 - 97
Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, NC $8,772 - 10,233 5,532 114 14
Fayetteville State UniversityFayetteville, NC $7,969 $17,262 6,787 3,074 61 37
Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, NC $6,864 - 8,270 3,196 152 14
Gardner-Webb UniversityBoiling Springs, NC $33,450 $11,300 3,144 897 95 19
Gaston CollegeDallas, NC $9,330 - 5,558 2,705 92 28
Greensboro CollegeGreensboro, NC $20,400 $4,416 826 125 69
Guilford CollegeGreensboro, NC $41,140 $14,880 1,167 - 48
Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, NC $7,695 - 10,067 3,552 143 4
Halifax Community CollegeWeldon, NC $8,752 - 995 553 45
Haywood Community CollegeClyde, NC $8,756 - 1,286 551 56 15
Heritage Bible CollegeDunn, NC $8,688 $10,440 26 26 2 2
High Point UniversityHigh Point, NC $44,208 $34,329 5,981 226 95 21
Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, NC $6,638 - 1,876 889 80 12
James Sprunt Community CollegeKenansville, NC $8,736 - 1,359 716 46 2
Johnson C Smith UniversityCharlotte, NC $20,480 $19,612 1,093 66 26
Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, NC $8,801 - 4,282 1,643 65 9
Lees-McRae CollegeBanner Elk, NC $31,140 $9,750 855 159 28 3
Lenoir Community CollegeKinston, NC $8,712 - 2,199 1,103 83 18
Lenoir-Rhyne UniversityHickory, NC $30,900 $12,240 2,354 375 77 11
Livingstone CollegeSalisbury, NC $18,296 $12,439 839 66 29
Mars Hill UniversityMars Hill, NC $37,270 $14,364 1,032 75 49 4
Martin Community CollegeWilliamston, NC $8,673 - 842 475 61 17
Mayland Community CollegeSpruce Pine, NC $8,704 - 783 315 37 1
McDowell Technical Community CollegeMarion, NC $6,566 - 1,100 580 69
Meredith CollegeRaleigh, NC $43,936 $13,619 1,587 17 72
Methodist UniversityFayetteville, NC $39,664 $43,365 1,811 253 89 1
Miller-Motte College-WilmingtonWilmington, NC $25,240 - 517 402 8 6
Mitchell Community CollegeStatesville, NC $8,795 - 3,456 1,162 65 25
Montgomery Community CollegeTroy, NC $8,682 - 702 170 60 12
Montreat CollegeMontreat, NC $33,860 $11,310 972 233 41 4
University of Mount OliveMount Olive, NC $25,950 $18,700 2,239 1,247 65 10
Nash Community CollegeRocky Mount, NC $8,883 - 2,645 1,645 84 17
North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, NC $20,408 $20,903 13,487 1,604 122 31
University of North Carolina at AshevilleAsheville, NC $24,809 $24,575 2,914 73 37
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC $39,330 $30,819 31,705 1,918 237 25
University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, NC $21,876 $22,438 29,551 3,111 206 42
University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, NC $23,339 $22,676 17,978 4,196 197 67
North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, NC $19,578 $20,788 7,553 1,593 66 28
University of North Carolina School of the ArtsWinston Salem, NC $27,211 $27,379 1,104 - 12
North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, NC $31,767 $31,793 36,700 3,124 324 78
North Carolina Wesleyan UniversityRocky Mount, NC $35,536 $12,700 1,337 341 35 4
University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, NC $22,985 $23,029 17,843 4,619 121 40
Pamlico Community CollegeGrantsboro, NC $6,475 - 329 204 44 12
William Peace UniversityRaleigh, NC $33,150 - 713 117 36 2
University of North Carolina at PembrokePembroke, NC $7,571 $19,910 7,666 3,721 57 16
Pfeiffer UniversityMisenheimer, NC $33,930 $12,240 1,076 242 48 13
Piedmont Community CollegeRoxboro, NC $8,700 - 1,150 278 60 11
Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, NC $6,580 - 7,144 2,891 93 19
Queens University of CharlotteCharlotte, NC $43,285 $15,270 1,873 464 77 21
Randolph Community CollegeAsheboro, NC $8,176 - 2,469 1,493 62 11
Richmond Community CollegeHamlet, NC $8,696 - 2,290 705 53 19
Mid-Atlantic Christian UniversityElizabeth City, NC $17,280 - 133 19 14 1
Roanoke-Chowan Community CollegeAhoskie, NC $8,786 - 569 282 41 2
Robeson Community CollegeLumberton, NC $8,715 - 1,901 788 41
Rockingham Community CollegeWentworth, NC $6,574 - 1,712 915 54
Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, NC $6,672 - 6,754 3,393 87 14
Saint Augustine's UniversityRaleigh, NC $16,896 $11,300 1,108 107 26 2
Salem CollegeWinston-Salem, NC $32,236 $6,600 469 67 49 2
Sampson Community CollegeClinton, NC $9,742 - 1,590 1,057 59
Sandhills Community CollegePinehurst, NC $6,598 - 3,778 1,463 73 10
Shaw UniversityRaleigh, NC $17,176 $13,188 1,067 170 23
St. Andrews UniversityLaurinburg, NC $30,800 $15,000 809 283 31 2
Southeastern Community CollegeWhiteville, NC $8,744 - 1,228 429 39 1
Southwestern Community CollegeSylva, NC $19,630 - 2,256 735 77 17
Stanly Community CollegeAlbemarle, NC $8,816 - 2,319 1,527 74 23
Southeastern Baptist Theological SeminaryWake Forest, NC $10,646 $6,388 2,764 1,023 60 5
Surry Community CollegeDobson, NC $8,689 - 2,797 626 86 28
Alamance Community CollegeGraham, NC $8,642 - 3,939 2,246 91 3
Tri-County Community CollegeMurphy, NC $8,507 - 888 429 62 8
Vance-Granville Community CollegeHenderson, NC $6,564 - 2,814 1,620 55 23
Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, NC $64,758 $39,350 8,963 872 100 2
Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, NC $7,582 - 21,551 10,859 132 15
Warren Wilson CollegeSwannanoa, NC $40,290 $20,550 793 - 24
Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, NC $8,668 - 2,732 1,257 81 24
Western Piedmont Community CollegeMorganton, NC $8,794 - 1,749 546 66 2
Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, NC $8,716 - 2,321 617 72 3
Wilson Community CollegeWilson, NC $8,716 - 1,779 1,133 61
Wingate UniversityWingate, NC $40,196 $12,600 3,396 209 49 7
Carolina Christian CollegeWinston Salem, NC $9,420 $11,440 70 23 4
Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston-Salem, NC $17,391 $17,741 5,004 857 49 12
Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, NC $8,532 $18,497 11,635 2,858 110 26
Carolinas College of Health SciencesCharlotte, NC $19,095 - 409 67 9 1
Hood Theological SeminarySalisbury, NC $19,600 $20,350 146 74 2
Charlotte Christian College and Theological SeminaryCharlotte, NC $11,960 $9,612 113 96 10 10
Johnson & Wales University-CharlotteCharlotte, NC $40,408 $14,706 1,140 12 24
Southeastern College-CharlotteCharlotte, NC $24,184 - 142 8 9
Strayer University-North CarolinaGreensboro, NC $13,920 $15,135 3,074 3,074 35 35
Aveda Institute-Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC $22,989 - 208 - 2
Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical ArtsAsheville, NC - $22,730 88 - 3
Miller-Motte College-RaleighRaleigh, NC $25,240 - 166 - 8
Miller-Motte College-FayettevilleFayetteville, NC $5,000 - 191 - 6
Miller-Motte College-JacksonvilleJacksonville, NC $25,240 - 157 - 4
Carolina College of Biblical StudiesFayetteville, NC $6,276 $5,340 152 47 9 6
Shepherds Theological SeminaryCary, NC $7,380 $7,535 161 56 1
Manna UniversityFayetteville, NC $7,163 $5,963 256 213 24 22
MyComputerCareer at RaleighRaleigh, NC $17,271 - 1,251 1,032 4 4
South University-High PointHigh Point, NC $20,650 $14,880 51 30 3 2
DeVry University-North CarolinaCharlotte, NC $17,488 $17,552 12 11 16
Chamberlain University-North CarolinaCharlotte, NC $19,686 - 268 39 1
Carolina UniversityWinston-Salem, NC $16,000 $11,500 826 519 38 34
Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible CollegeWendell, NC $11,250 - 74 1 4
Galen Health Institutes-AshevilleAsheville, NC $16,400 - 52 - 1
Average$17,852 $17,704 4,102 1,203 64.7164 15.3469