Debt by Degrees » North Carolina
This database was last updated in March 2017 and should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data is available from the U.S. Dept. of Education’s College Scorecard.
North Carolina Colleges
Research University (9)
Predominately Associate Degrees College (69)
Predominately Bachelor's Degrees College (31)
Medical & Nursing School (3)
Business School (2)
Art School (3)
Master's College (18)
Unclassified (46)
| Name | Type | Students Receiving Pell Grants | Avg. Cost for Low-Income Students | Median Federal Debt of Pell Grantees | Nonrepayment Rate of Pell Grantees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Mitchell the School-Fayetteville | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 53% | $13,319 | $9,500 | 69.5% |
| College of Wilmington | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 62% | $12,569 | $6,750 | |
| Carolina School of Broadcasting | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 42% | $17,932 | ||
| MyComputerCareer.com-Raleigh | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 0% | $29,527 | $9,500 | |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Gastonia | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 55% | $15,754 | $12,175 | 83.4% |
| Brookstone College-Greensboro | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 38% | $13,976 | $7,385 | 79.0% |
| Beyond Measure Barbering Institute | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 61% | $10,947 | ||
| Mitchells Hairstyling Academy-Wilson | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 88% | $6,274 | $5,312 | 62.2% |
| Fayetteville Beauty College | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 94% | $9,193 | ||
| Regina's College of Beauty-Monroe | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 100% | $10,338 | ||
| Brookstone College-Charlotte | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 51% | $29,507 | $7,385 | 79.0% |
| Sherrill's University of Barber & Cosmetology | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 19% | $11,294 | ||
| Empire Beauty School-Matthews | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 83% | $13,285 | $6,890 | 78.5% |
| Alexander Paul Institute of Hair Design | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 49% | $7,085 | ||
| Watts School of Nursing | Private not-for-profit, 2-year | 56% | |||
| Virginia College-Greensboro | Private for-profit, 4-year | 93% | $15,060 | $11,367 | 88.5% |
| Winston Salem Barber School | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 94% | $9,615 | ||
| Mitchells Hairstyling Academy-Goldsboro | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 50% | $8,426 | ||
| Regency Beauty Institute-Winston-Salem | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 88% | $20,456 | 86.4% | |
| Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 60% | $12,384 | $12,500 | |
| Mitchell's Hair Styling Academy-Raleigh | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 83% | $11,312 | $5,312 | 62.2% |
| Durham Beauty Academy | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 57% | $24,034 | ||
| CET-Durham | Private not-for-profit, less-than 2-year | 74% | $13,613 | $5,255 | 73.4% |
| The Medical Arts School | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 46% | $18,307 | $9,500 | |
| NASCAR Technical Institute | Private for-profit, 2-year | 52% | $17,960 | $14,750 | 64.3% |
| Empire Beauty School-Pineville | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 83% | $12,938 | $6,890 | 78.5% |
| Southeastern Institute-Charlotte | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 37% | $20,562 | $9,500 | 73.5% |
| The Hair Design School-Charlotte | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 84% | $11,739 | $8,161 | 78.9% |
| Regina's College of Beauty-High Point | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 100% | $13,937 | ||
| Park West Barber School | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 84% | $19,024 | $9,500 | |
| Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 39% | $15,893 | $6,333 | 67.7% |
| Regency Beauty Institute-Charlotte | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 85% | $20,923 | $9,500 | 81.3% |
| Mercy School of Nursing | Public, 2-year | 23% | $10,250 | ||
| Center for Massage | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 27% | $11,518 | $6,333 | |
| Empire Beauty School-Concord | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 84% | $12,977 | $6,890 | 78.5% |
| Regency Beauty Institute-Durham | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 86% | $19,228 | $9,500 | 81.3% |
| Health And Style Institute | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 74% | $15,533 | $6,180 | |
| The Hair Design School-E Greensboro | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 83% | $12,254 | $7,340 | 67.8% |
| The Hair Design School-Winston-Salem | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 83% | $12,468 | $7,340 | 67.8% |
| Regina's College of Beauty-Charlotte | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 31% | $20,302 | ||
| Carolina College of Hair Design | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 53% | $8,325 | ||
| Body Therapy Institute | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 54% | $26,705 | $6,967 | |
| Leons Beauty School Inc | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 58% | $16,404 | ||
| Paul Mitchell The School-Raleigh | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 50% | $14,616 | $9,500 | |
| Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro | Private for-profit, less-than 2-year | 81% | $13,951 | $8,578 | 76.8% |
| Grace College of Barbering | Private not-for-profit, less-than 2-year | 79% | $13,585 | ||
| North Carolina A & T State University | Public, 4-year | 61% | $8,597 | $20,667 | 77.1% |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Public, 4-year | 44% | $7,923 | $17,044 | 49.3% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Public, 4-year | 21% | $4,431 | $13,451 | 22.6% |
| Gardner-Webb University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 24% | $17,912 | $18,250 | 55.7% |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Public, 4-year | 22% | $6,451 | $18,000 | 29.7% |
| East Carolina University | Public, 4-year | 34% | $10,257 | $19,750 | 45.1% |
| Duke University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 14% | $8,777 | $8,336 | 15.0% |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Public, 4-year | 40% | $8,307 | $18,174 | 42.9% |
| Wake Forest University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 11% | $13,603 | $28,901 | 21.3% |
| Gaston College | Public, 2-year | 49% | $10,190 | ||
| Pamlico Community College | Public, 2-year | 39% | $2,735 | ||
| Blue Ridge Community College | Public, 2-year | 44% | $8,202 | $7,052 | 73.5% |
| College of the Albemarle | Public, 2-year | 40% | $6,584 | ||
| South Piedmont Community College | Public, 2-year | 42% | $5,364 | ||
| Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College | Public, 2-year | 40% | $8,148 | $9,096 | 66.5% |
| Beaufort County Community College | Public, 2-year | 53% | $10,111 | $9,500 | |
| Bladen Community College | Public, 2-year | 72% | $10,401 | ||
| Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute | Public, 2-year | 55% | $11,434 | $9,000 | 77.5% |
| Carteret Community College | Public, 2-year | 55% | $13,770 | $5,500 | 73.4% |
| Catawba Valley Community College | Public, 2-year | 44% | $9,716 | $5,375 | 71.6% |
| Central Carolina Community College | Public, 2-year | 47% | $7,723 | ||
| Cleveland Community College | Public, 2-year | 49% | $145 | ||
| Coastal Carolina Community College | Public, 2-year | 47% | $8,343 | ||
| Craven Community College | Public, 2-year | 47% | $7,299 | $9,098 | 66.1% |
| Davidson County Community College | Public, 2-year | 60% | $7,999 | $9,500 | 78.5% |
| Durham Technical Community College | Public, 2-year | 45% | $5,329 | $8,134 | |
| Edgecombe Community College | Public, 2-year | 65% | $7,704 | $4,520 | 85.3% |
| Forsyth Technical Community College | Public, 2-year | 47% | $3,947 | $8,598 | 87.9% |
| Brunswick Community College | Public, 2-year | 41% | $6,819 | ||
| Halifax Community College | Public, 2-year | 82% | $2,897 | $4,500 | 88.1% |
| Haywood Community College | Public, 2-year | 51% | $7,846 | $6,565 | |
| Isothermal Community College | Public, 2-year | 48% | $6,221 | ||
| James Sprunt Community College | Public, 2-year | 88% | $6,861 | 81.5% | |
| Lenoir Community College | Public, 2-year | 49% | $7,782 | ||
| Louisburg College | Private not-for-profit, 2-year | 76% | $18,247 | $9,500 | 86.3% |
| Martin Community College | Public, 2-year | 50% | $5,915 | ||
| Mayland Community College | Public, 2-year | 51% | $7,224 | ||
| McDowell Technical Community College | Public, 2-year | 61% | $4,344 | ||
| Mitchell Community College | Public, 2-year | 44% | $8,050 | ||
| Montgomery Community College | Public, 2-year | 42% | $6,091 | ||
| Nash Community College | Public, 2-year | 48% | $6,623 | $5,500 | |
| Piedmont Community College | Public, 2-year | 51% | $7,284 | $9,500 | |
| Pitt Community College | Public, 2-year | 55% | $4,849 | $7,590 | 81.4% |
| Randolph Community College | Public, 2-year | 50% | $8,023 | ||
| Robeson Community College | Public, 2-year | 73% | $10,624 | $10,500 | |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | Public, 2-year | 57% | $5,418 | $8,159 | |
| Sampson Community College | Public, 2-year | 55% | $13,335 | ||
| Sandhills Community College | Public, 2-year | 44% | $8,942 | ||
| Southeastern Community College | Public, 2-year | 61% | $7,848 | $5,500 | 83.0% |
| Stanly Community College | Public, 2-year | 69% | $7,481 | ||
| Alamance Community College | Public, 2-year | 52% | $6,864 | ||
| Vance-Granville Community College | Public, 2-year | 58% | $5,407 | $6,000 | |
| Wake Technical Community College | Public, 2-year | 42% | $8,607 | $7,735 | 70.6% |
| Wayne Community College | Public, 2-year | 8% | $4,196 | $7,500 | 80.0% |
| Western Piedmont Community College | Public, 2-year | 63% | $7,124 | $4,500 | 78.4% |
| Wilson Community College | Public, 2-year | 44% | $8,227 | $4,497 | |
| Miller-Motte College-Cary | Private for-profit, 2-year | 77% | $19,645 | $10,545 | 83.5% |
| Miller-Motte College-Greenville | Private for-profit, 2-year | 90% | $20,385 | $9,906 | 81.1% |
| Miller-Motte College-Raleigh | Private for-profit, 2-year | 91% | $19,411 | $10,545 | 83.5% |
| Harrison College-Morrisville | Private for-profit, 2-year | 61% | $22,477 | $10,054 | 82.1% |
| Cape Fear Community College | Public, 2-year | 52% | $8,448 | $6,885 | 76.8% |
| Central Piedmont Community College | Public, 2-year | 43% | $8,358 | $6,250 | 86.7% |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College | Public, 2-year | 51% | $4,403 | $5,683 | 85.0% |
| Guilford Technical Community College | Public, 2-year | 61% | $11,575 | $7,504 | 86.8% |
| Johnston Community College | Public, 2-year | 47% | $7,413 | $9,500 | 75.1% |
| Richmond Community College | Public, 2-year | 64% | $4,956 | ||
| Roanoke-Chowan Community College | Public, 2-year | 64% | $2,312 | ||
| Rockingham Community College | Public, 2-year | 54% | $7,223 | ||
| Southwestern Community College | Public, 2-year | 50% | $8,174 | $8,000 | 67.7% |
| Surry Community College | Public, 2-year | 39% | $7,917 | 64.9% | |
| Tri-County Community College | Public, 2-year | 52% | $6,988 | ||
| Wilkes Community College | Public, 2-year | 51% | $4,651 | $6,500 | 73.9% |
| King's College | Private for-profit, 2-year | 83% | $14,058 | $10,924 | 63.7% |
| Carolinas College of Health Sciences | Public, 2-year | 26% | $9,500 | 34.8% | |
| Miller-Motte College-Fayetteville | Private for-profit, 2-year | 94% | $20,961 | $10,545 | 83.5% |
| Brightwood College-Charlotte | Private for-profit, 2-year | 79% | $21,503 | $8,876 | 84.8% |
| Miller-Motte College-Jacksonville | Private for-profit, 2-year | 57% | $21,377 | $10,545 | 83.5% |
| ITT Technical Institute-Durham | Private for-profit, 4-year | 83% | $24,330 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| Belmont Abbey College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 51% | $20,444 | $21,344 | 68.6% |
| Brevard College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 40% | $16,780 | $12,000 | 50.5% |
| Warren Wilson College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 37% | $16,897 | $15,000 | 32.2% |
| Livingstone College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 85% | $15,523 | $15,750 | 91.7% |
| William Peace University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 53% | $14,782 | $12,500 | 59.7% |
| Saint Augustine's University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 62% | $28,780 | $16,000 | 76.0% |
| North Carolina Wesleyan College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 60% | $19,588 | $12,825 | 67.0% |
| Shaw University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 79% | $23,549 | $15,317 | 88.6% |
| Lees-McRae College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 48% | $16,030 | $16,000 | 48.7% |
| High Point University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 12% | $30,779 | $24,923 | 46.5% |
| St Andrews University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 43% | $17,999 | $10,500 | 70.5% |
| Catawba College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 45% | $16,766 | $16,599 | 49.8% |
| Johnson C Smith University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 66% | $19,002 | $21,163 | 79.6% |
| Bennett College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 73% | $20,915 | $14,750 | 73.9% |
| Guilford College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 43% | $18,544 | $19,100 | 58.9% |
| Greensboro College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 43% | $18,870 | $18,749 | 58.5% |
| Living Arts College | Private for-profit, 4-year | 77% | $25,892 | $12,667 | 81.1% |
| Chowan University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 69% | $12,073 | $9,500 | 75.8% |
| Barton College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 47% | $17,205 | $25,000 | 53.1% |
| Meredith College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 34% | $18,258 | $23,250 | 46.5% |
| Davidson College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 13% | $8,289 | $11,502 | |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville | Public, 4-year | 34% | $8,127 | $15,556 | 46.7% |
| South University-High Point | Private for-profit, 4-year | 66% | $24,447 | $9,500 | 85.1% |
| ITT Technical Institute-Charlotte North | Private for-profit, 4-year | 82% | $22,609 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| Mars Hill University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 56% | $15,367 | $14,334 | 53.7% |
| ITT Technical Institute-High Point | Private for-profit, 4-year | 74% | $23,410 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| Salem College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 58% | $12,272 | $20,000 | 51.9% |
| Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 52% | $21,753 | $22,000 | 41.8% |
| ITT Technical Institute-Cary | Private for-profit, 4-year | 81% | $24,667 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| ITT Technical Institute-Charlotte South | Private for-profit, 4-year | 82% | $24,406 | $13,947 | 80.6% |
| University of Mount Olive | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 53% | $11,949 | $19,000 | 64.0% |
| Cabarrus College of Health Sciences | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 39% | $9,924 | $12,250 | 34.4% |
| South College-Asheville | Private for-profit, 4-year | 77% | $32,147 | $12,667 | 72.4% |
| Miller-Motte College-Wilmington | Private for-profit, 4-year | 87% | $21,337 | $9,906 | 81.1% |
| DeVry University-North Carolina | Private for-profit, 4-year | 66% | $27,619 | $20,000 | 71.1% |
| University of Phoenix-North Carolina | Private for-profit, 4-year | 66% | $17,505 | $14,250 | 81.7% |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Public, 4-year | 32% | $6,474 | $23,317 | 46.2% |
| The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham | Private for-profit, 4-year | 67% | $23,198 | $9,500 | 85.1% |
| The Art Institute of Charlotte | Private for-profit, 4-year | 71% | $24,773 | $9,500 | 85.1% |
| Methodist University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 40% | $21,449 | $10,500 | 64.2% |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington | Public, 4-year | 29% | $10,912 | $18,000 | 45.2% |
| Wingate University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 38% | $13,571 | $17,146 | 42.2% |
| Fayetteville State University | Public, 4-year | 58% | $5,491 | $17,865 | 76.7% |
| North Carolina Central University | Public, 4-year | 65% | $8,678 | $25,256 | 82.5% |
| Strayer University-North Carolina | Private for-profit, 4-year | 55% | $30,447 | $9,500 | 82.7% |
| Pfeiffer University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 44% | $13,830 | $17,297 | 46.0% |
| Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 0% | |||
| University of North Carolina at Pembroke | Public, 4-year | 55% | $9,002 | $12,750 | 63.9% |
| Appalachian State University | Public, 4-year | 27% | $7,671 | $16,558 | 31.5% |
| Winston-Salem State University | Public, 4-year | 58% | $5,912 | $21,500 | 72.1% |
| Western Carolina University | Public, 4-year | 38% | $9,009 | $16,237 | 45.6% |
| Elon University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 9% | $23,385 | $24,500 | 18.7% |
| Campbell University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 38% | $20,812 | $19,000 | 46.2% |
| Elizabeth City State University | Public, 4-year | 71% | $1,099 | $21,109 | 80.0% |
| Montreat College | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 44% | $16,603 | $19,875 | 50.8% |
| Queens University of Charlotte | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 31% | $19,975 | $20,138 | 53.6% |
| Lenoir-Rhyne University | Private not-for-profit, 4-year | 43% | $16,070 | $21,062 | 44.6% |