Colleges in North Carolina
Solyo has full profiles for 11 colleges in North Carolina: 6 public, 5 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $17,303 a year after grant aid, $4,262 below the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 66% of applicants. They sit across 11 cities, concentrated in Boone, Chapel Hill, Charlotte.
What North Carolina costs
Published in-state tuition at the median North Carolina public university is $7,661 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where an out-of-state family pays $32,209 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $10,965 at University of North Carolina at Greensboro to $41,555 at Elon University. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in North Carolina.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective North Carolina schools are
Duke University admits 6% of applicants and Appalachian State University admits 90%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in North Carolina is 1548 at Duke University.
Every North Carolina college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina · Private nonprofit6% acceptance · $29,612 net price · 1548 avg SAT
- Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina · Private nonprofit13% acceptance · $17,379 net price · 1469 avg SAT
- University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina · Public15% acceptance · $11,655 net price · 1439 avg SAT
- Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina · Private nonprofit22% acceptance · $28,719 net price · 1475 avg SAT
- North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina · Public42% acceptance · $17,303 net price · 1376 avg SAT
- Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina · Private nonprofit66% acceptance · $41,555 net price · 1208 avg SAT
- High Point UniversityHigh Point, North Carolina · Private nonprofit75% acceptance · $38,707 net price · 1288 avg SAT
- University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina · Public80% acceptance · $15,435 net price · 1231 avg SAT
- University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina · Public89% acceptance · $10,965 net price · 1193 avg SAT
- East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina · Public89% acceptance · $15,739 net price · 1180 avg SAT
- Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina · Public90% acceptance · $16,836 net price · 1214 avg SAT
Other South states
On median net price North Carolina is the 5th most affordable of the 17 South states in this directory, and the 12th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- Texas (17)
- Florida (12)
- Georgia (12)
- Virginia (12)
- Maryland (8)
- Tennessee (8)
- South Carolina (7)
- Alabama (7)
- Kentucky (5)
- Louisiana (3)
- Oklahoma (3)
- District of Columbia (2)
- Mississippi (2)
- Delaware (1)
- West Virginia (1)
- Arkansas (1)
Where to go next
- College search filter North Carolina and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- All 10 HBCUs in North Carolina admission rates, net price and graduate earnings
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
- All 50 states and Washington D.C.