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College costs in North Carolina

All 131 colleges in North Carolina, 69 four-year and 62 two-year. Median published tuition and fees at the four-year schools is $19,140, rising about 2.3% a year. 17 of the four-year schools are public. 22 show a tuition freeze or guarantee.

Four-year colleges (69)

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Appalachian State University	public	$7,541	1.6%
Barton College	private	$35,600	3.3%
Belmont Abbey College	private	$19,500	0.6%
Bennett College	private	$19,140	1.2%
Brevard College	private	$31,250	2.0%
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences	private	$16,070	3.7%
Campbell University	private	$40,410	4.4%
Carolina Christian College	private	$9,420	9.9%
Carolina College of Biblical Studies	private	$6,276	3.2%
Carolina University	private	$16,000	7.5%
Carolinas College of Health Sciences	public	$19,095	4.0%
Catawba College	private	$33,400	2.2%
Chamberlain University-North Carolina	private	$20,412	0.7%
Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary	private	$11,960	3.5%
Chowan University	private	$27,110	1.9%
Davidson College	private	$73,630	4.2%
DeVry University-North Carolina	private	$15,032	-1.4%
Duke University	private	$76,095	4.0%
East Carolina University	public	$7,361	2.0%
Elizabeth City State University	public	$3,412	-3.0%
Elon University	private	$44,536	4.0%
Fayetteville State University	public	$3,969	-1.8%
Galen Health Institutes-Asheville	private	$16,400	n/a
Gardner-Webb University	private	$33,450	2.4%
Greensboro College	private	$20,400	-3.0%
Guilford College	private	$41,140	2.3%
Heritage Bible College	private	$8,688	-2.0%
High Point University	private	$44,208	3.8%
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte	private	$39,992	3.9%
Johnson C Smith University	private	$20,480	1.3%
Lees-McRae College	private	$31,740	3.1%
Lenoir-Rhyne University	private	$30,900	0.0%
Livingstone College	private	$18,296	0.9%
Manna University	private	$7,163	8.2%
Mars Hill University	private	$37,270	3.4%
Meredith College	private	$43,936	3.5%
Methodist University	private	$39,664	3.5%
Mid-Atlantic Christian University	private	$17,280	3.4%
Miller-Motte College-Wilmington	private	$11,105	-4.8%
Montreat College	private	$33,860	4.1%
North Carolina A & T State University	public	$6,748	2.0%
North Carolina Central University	public	$6,542	1.9%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	public	$9,247	0.7%
North Carolina Wesleyan University	private	$35,536	2.9%
Pfeiffer University	private	$33,930	3.1%
Queens University of Charlotte	private	$42,790	3.8%
Saint Augustine's University	private	$16,896	-0.6%
Salem College	private	$32,752	2.9%
Shaw University	private	$17,272	0.5%
South University-High Point	private	$20,556	2.3%
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary	private	$10,516	3.6%
Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College	private	$11,250	n/a
St. Andrews University	private	$30,800	3.0%
Strayer University-North Carolina	private	$13,920	0.8%
University of Mount Olive	private	$25,950	4.3%
University of North Carolina at Asheville	public	$7,461	1.7%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	public	$9,360	0.8%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	public	$7,214	1.6%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	public	$7,593	1.8%
University of North Carolina at Pembroke	public	$3,571	-4.3%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts	public	$9,477	1.4%
University of North Carolina Wilmington	public	$7,317	1.5%
Wake Forest University	private	$73,044	4.0%
Warren Wilson College	private	$40,290	3.0%
Watts School of Nursing	private	$21,822	4.8%
Western Carolina University	public	$4,532	-3.6%
William Peace University	private	$33,150	3.3%
Wingate University	private	$41,731	5.3%
Winston-Salem State University	public	$6,735	2.1%

Two-year colleges (62)

Community and technical colleges, projected over two years rather than four.

School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Alamance Community College	public	$2,498	1.6%
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College	public	$2,882	4.0%
Beaufort County Community College	public	$2,540	0.8%
Bladen Community College	public	$2,254	0.8%
Blue Ridge Community College	public	$2,660	1.2%
Brunswick Community College	public	$2,532	0.6%
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute	public	$2,537	0.7%
Cape Fear Community College	public	$2,748	0.9%
Carteret Community College	public	$2,310	-1.6%
Catawba Valley Community College	public	$2,367	-0.6%
Central Carolina Community College	public	$2,554	0.6%
Central Piedmont Community College	public	$2,792	0.5%
Cleveland Community College	public	$2,602	0.9%
Coastal Carolina Community College	public	$2,462	0.6%
College of the Albemarle	public	$2,249	0.8%
Craven Community College	public	$2,022	1.0%
Davidson-Davie Community College	public	$2,279	0.8%
Durham Technical Community College	public	$2,290	1.3%
Edgecombe Community College	public	$2,640	1.2%
Fayetteville Technical Community College	public	$2,628	1.0%
Forsyth Technical Community College	public	$2,256	1.0%
Gaston College	public	$3,186	2.5%
Guilford Technical Community College	public	$2,319	0.6%
Halifax Community College	public	$2,608	0.8%
Haywood Community College	public	$2,612	0.9%
Isothermal Community College	public	$2,030	-1.7%
James Sprunt Community College	public	$2,592	1.0%
Johnston Community College	public	$2,657	1.1%
Lenoir Community College	public	$2,568	0.6%
Louisburg College	private	$22,974	3.6%
Martin Community College	public	$2,523	1.3%
Mayland Community College	public	$2,560	0.1%
McDowell Technical Community College	public	$1,958	1.1%
Miller-Motte College-Fayetteville	private	$10,980	0.9%
Miller-Motte College-Jacksonville	private	$11,200	n/a
Miller-Motte College-Raleigh	private	$11,100	1.7%
Mitchell Community College	public	$2,651	1.1%
Montgomery Community College	public	$2,538	0.6%
Nash Community College	public	$2,883	0.9%
Pamlico Community College	public	$1,867	-2.5%
Piedmont Community College	public	$2,556	0.6%
Pitt Community College	public	$1,970	-0.1%
Randolph Community College	public	$2,416	3.2%
Richmond Community College	public	$2,552	0.8%
Roanoke-Chowan Community College	public	$2,642	1.1%
Robeson Community College	public	$2,571	0.8%
Rockingham Community College	public	$1,966	0.7%
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College	public	$2,064	-1.9%
Sampson Community College	public	$3,163	3.2%
Sandhills Community College	public	$2,648	1.2%
South Piedmont Community College	public	$2,022	0.9%
Southeastern Community College	public	$2,600	0.6%
Southwestern Community College	public	$5,806	n/a
Stanly Community College	public	$2,672	0.6%
Surry Community College	public	$2,545	3.7%
Tri-County Community College	public	$2,363	0.0%
Vance-Granville Community College	public	$1,956	0.7%
Wake Technical Community College	public	$2,336	-1.4%
Wayne Community College	public	$2,524	0.6%
Western Piedmont Community College	public	$2,650	1.0%
Wilkes Community College	public	$2,572	0.6%
Wilson Community College	public	$2,572	0.8%

Published rates before aid, from federal IPEDS data through 2023. Projections are estimates, not quotes. See the methodology, or browse another state.