176 North Carolina Colleges Statistics by City

There are 176 colleges in North Carolina - 76 public and 100 private schools. The 2025 average undergraduate tuition of the North Carolina colleges is $7,622 for state residents and $25,580 for out-of-state students.

91 North Carolina cities have at least one college and, of them, Charlotte has the most of 18 colleges. It has 11 four-year colleges and 3 community colleges with a total of 57,341 students. Raleigh and Greensboro also has a number of colleges of 15 and 11 colleges respectively.

North Carolina Colleges by City

The following table shows the North Carolina colleges by city. The 2025 tuition & fees based on 4-year colleges' cost.

176 North Carolina Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Charlotte 181134 $23,232
($13,061)
$17,509
($8,037)
57,341 50,656 6,685 11 to 1
Raleigh 15843 $24,201
($8,799)
$17,850
($12,101)
68,583 58,193 10,390 11 to 1
Greensboro 11713 $22,656
($7,237)
$15,807
($8,491)
39,000 33,108 5,892 15 to 1
Fayetteville 8422 $16,404
($4,353)
$20,222
($6,791)
21,680 20,173 1,507 16 to 1
Asheville 7412 $20,144
($7,501)
$23,693
($8,293)
10,018 9,892 126 8 to 1
Winston-Salem 7412 $33,962
($6,126)
$18,856
($6,597)
24,741 19,814 4,927 15 to 1
Durham 6312 $36,996
($6,699)
$43,735
($7,638)
31,485 18,525 12,960 12 to 1
Wilmington 4211 $25,596
($7,277)
$24,198
($8,112)
33,108 29,514 3,594 15 to 1
Salisbury 431- $24,065 $13,892 9,455 9,214 241 11 to 1
Concord 32-1 $15,235 $32,240 1,034 926 108 10 to 1
Elizabeth City 321- $13,908
($6,536)
$21,973
($8,911)
5,303 5,199 104 14 to 1
Chapel Hill 21-1 $41,203
($8,994)
$31,408
($12,751)
32,636 21,083 11,553 18 to 1
Greenville 21-1 $23,638
($7,361)
$20,807
($7,658)
26,995 21,500 5,495 16 to 1
Mooresville 2-11 - - 1,363 1,363 - 22 to 1
Jacksonville 2-2- - - 3,854 3,854 - 15 to 1
High Point 22-- $31,604 $25,318 6,398 5,202 1,200 24 to 1
Rocky Mount 211- $35,586 $12,700 4,199 4,042 157 17 to 1
Winston Salem 22-- $18,591
($9,477)
$20,301
($12,676)
1,182 998 184 8 to 1
Hickory 211- $31,900 $13,020 7,160 6,376 784 13 to 1
Dallas 2-2- - - 6,443 6,443 - 9 to 1
Wilson 211- $37,000 $10,667 3,067 2,981 86 11 to 1
Belmont 11-- $19,500 $17,624 1,388 1,298 90 12 to 1
Shelby 1-1- - - 1,558 1,558 - 15 to 1
Dunn 11-- $8,688 $10,440 26 22 4 2 to 1
Mount Olive 11-- $27,366 $18,700 2,109 1,944 165 17 to 1
Laurinburg 11-- $32,388 $16,000 676 628 48 16 to 1
Sugar Grove 11-- $13,828 $15,148 69 - 69 -
Williamston 1-1- - - 891 891 - 11 to 1
Asheboro 1-1- - - 2,814 2,814 - 11 to 1
Swannanoa 11-- $41,500 $21,200 791 740 51 12 to 1
Dublin 1-1- - - 1,173 1,173 - 10 to 1
New Bern 1-1- - - 3,103 3,103 - 13 to 1
Spindale 1-1- - - 1,918 1,918 - 11 to 1
Sylva 1-1- - - 2,157 2,157 - 10 to 1
Mebane 1--1 - - 38 38 - 17 to 1
Polkton 1-1- - - 4,013 4,013 - 19 to 1
Boiling Springs 11-- $34,750 $12,125 3,104 1,861 1,243 12 to 1
Marion 1-1- - - 1,249 1,249 - 8 to 1
Ahoskie 1-1- - - 668 668 - 13 to 1
Morganton 1-1- - - 1,813 1,813 - 10 to 1
Brevard 11-- $32,280 $9,000 875 821 54 12 to 1
Davidson 11-- $64,430 - 1,869 1,869 - 8 to 1
Smithfield 1-1- - - 5,371 5,371 - 13 to 1
Grantsboro 1-1- - - 263 263 - 4 to 1
Wake Forest 11-- $11,318 $6,516 3,220 957 2,263 9 to 1
Nashville 11-- $14,016 - - - - -
Sanford 1-1- - - 5,882 5,882 - 12 to 1
Jamestown 1-1- - - 11,485 11,485 - 16 to 1
Statesville 1-1- - - 3,979 3,979 - 15 to 1
Wentworth 1-1- - - 1,803 1,803 - 12 to 1
Wingate 11-- $42,576 $11,864 3,458 2,673 785 15 to 1
Kinston 1-1- - - 2,591 2,591 - 15 to 1
Misenheimer 11-- $35,070 $12,240 889 696 193 11 to 1
Graham 1-1- - - 4,827 4,827 - 18 to 1
Washington 1-1- - - 1,856 1,856 - 11 to 1
Murfreesboro 11-- $27,910 $9,180 675 603 72 15 to 1
Clyde 1-1- - - 1,395 1,395 - 7 to 1
Montreat 11-- $36,450 $11,820 962 781 181 11 to 1
Pinehurst 1-1- - - 4,115 4,115 - 14 to 1
Buies Creek 11-- $41,600 $16,347 4,963 2,699 2,264 13 to 1
Elon 11-- $46,958 $22,086 7,239 6,452 787 11 to 1
Mars Hill 11-- $37,736 $14,364 1,110 1,061 49 11 to 1
Winterville 1-1- - - 7,684 7,684 - 17 to 1
Henderson 1-1- - - 2,936 2,936 - 17 to 1
Whiteville 1-1- - - 1,426 1,426 - 12 to 1
Cary 11-- $7,740 $8,845 201 - 201 -
Morehead City 1-1- - - 1,614 1,614 - 10 to 1
Spruce Pine 1-1- - - 850 850 - 8 to 1
Hamlet 1-1- - - 2,384 2,384 - 14 to 1
Goldsboro 1-1- - - 3,626 3,626 - 12 to 1
Flat Rock 1-1- - - 2,723 2,723 - 12 to 1
Thomasville 1-1- - - 4,305 4,305 - 15 to 1
Kenansville 1-1- - - 1,519 1,519 - 12 to 1
Albemarle 1-1- - - 2,468 2,468 - 11 to 1
Wendell 11-- $11,739 - 64 64 - 8 to 1
Boone 11-- $25,212
($7,579)
$25,241
($8,570)
21,570 19,560 2,010 16 to 1
Lumberton 1-1- - - 2,238 2,238 - 13 to 1
Wilkesboro 1-1- - - 2,593 2,593 - 8 to 1
Bolivia 1-1- - - 2,009 2,009 - 17 to 1
Banner Elk 11-- $33,850 $10,485 910 873 37 11 to 1
Pembroke 11-- $7,648
($3,648)
$19,987
($6,928)
7,674 5,437 2,237 14 to 1
Dobson 1-1- - - 2,796 2,796 - 14 to 1
Weldon 1-1- - - 1,061 1,061 - 11 to 1
Troy 1-1- - - 1,184 1,184 - 10 to 1
Clinton 1-1- - - 1,526 1,526 - 8 to 1
Cullowhee 11-- $8,630
($4,630)
$18,595
($7,876)
11,686 10,112 1,574 16 to 1
Hudson 1-1- - - 3,914 3,914 - 15 to 1
Tarboro 1-1- - - 1,397 1,397 - 10 to 1
Louisburg 1-1- - - 402 402 - 18 to 1
Roxboro 1-1- - - 896 896 - 6 to 1
Murphy 1-1- - - 1,023 1,023 - 13 to 1
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