In North Carolina, 40,202 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 5,522 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

East Carolina University has the most online students of 7,807 out of 27,151 total students (28.75%) among 14 North Carolina colleges that offer online programs.

University of North Carolina Wilmington with 4,619 online students and University of North Carolina at Greensboro with 4,196 online students are following it in The largest online North Carolina Public Colleges ranking.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of The Largest Online North Carolina Public Colleges

East Carolina University has the most online students with 7,807 students and University of North Carolina Wilmington has the second highest online population with 4,619 students.

East Carolina University stay at first place of the largest online college ranking since last year. University of North Carolina Wilmington ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $21,154 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,137 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 73.59% and the average SAT score is 1,219 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 66.30% and the students to faculty ratio is 17 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 The Largest Online North Carolina Public Colleges.

Table. The Largest Online North Carolina Public Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
-		East Carolina University Greenville, NCPublic, 4-year 7,807
411		27,15121,6885,46310,75316,398$23,638
($7,361)
2
1		University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NCPublic, 4-year 4,619
238		17,84314,2943,5496,04211,801$22,985
($7,317)
3
1		University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NCPublic, 4-year 4,196
781		17,97814,1983,7805,92412,054$23,339
($7,593)
4
1		University of North Carolina at Pembroke Pembroke, NCPublic, 4-year 3,721
94		7,6665,6432,0232,6784,988$7,571
($3,571)
5
1		North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NCPublic, 4-year 3,124
681		36,70026,25410,44618,64318,057$31,767
($8,895)
6
2		University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NCPublic, 4-year 3,111
1,114		29,55123,4616,09014,57814,973$21,876
($7,214)
7
-		Fayetteville State University Fayetteville, NCPublic, 4-year 3,074
416		6,7875,7481,0392,0654,722$7,969
($3,969)
8
-		Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NCPublic, 4-year 2,858
38		11,6359,9561,6794,7976,838$8,532
($4,532)
9
-		University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCPublic, 4-year 1,918
273		31,70520,02911,67612,59419,111$39,330
($8,989)
10
3		Appalachian State University Boone, NCPublic, 4-year 1,647
20		20,43618,5581,8788,65011,786$24,537
($7,541)
Average3,60820,74515,9834,7628,67212,073$21,154
($6,698)