State Colleges in North Carolina

North Carolina State University

• North Carolina State University in Raleigh enrolls more than 31,000 total students per semester and employs approximately 8,000 faculty and staff members. It features 65 departments offering more than 300 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. Areas of study include agriculture, engineering, textiles, economics, mathematics and education. N.C. State University promotes research with more than 70 percent of the faculty involved in projects and 2,500 graduate students supported by research grants. It also has degree-seeking and non-degree distance-learning programs. The Princeton Review consistently ranks this state college as a top 50 U.S. public university.

  North Carolina State University
  Raleigh, NC 27695
  919-515-2011
  ncsu.edu

Appalachian State University

• Appalachian State University in Boone is located in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains and enrolls more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students. This university offers more than 140 bachelor's and graduate programs in accounting, Appalachian studies, technology, athletics, chemistry, education, counseling and library science. Appalachian and the Community Together arranges community service and service-learning projects in North Carolina and internationally. The Appalachian ACCESS scholarship program awards scholarships to students from low-income North Carolina families. U.S. News and World Report's 2010 America's Best College Guide ranks ASU No. 8 in "Best Universities--Master's in the South" category.

  Appalachian State University
  Boone, NC 28608
  828-262-2000
  appstate.edu

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's student body consists of 28,916 undergraduate and graduate students. UNC offers more than 200 bachelor's and postgraduate degrees in health and medicine, fine arts, music, education, communications, linguistics and sciences. This state college receives research contracts and grants from federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health. Several faculty members have won prestigious awards, including the Nobel Prize in Medicine. In fall 2009, UNC opened the North Carolina Cancer Hospital, the state's first public cancer hospital.

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  210 Pittsboro St.
  Chapel Hill, NC 27599
  919-962-2091
  unc.edu

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

• University of North Carolina at Wilmington enrolls approximately 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students each semester. UNC-Wilmington awards bachelor's degrees in 52 majors and 35 master's degrees in education, marine biology, science, nursing, business, fine arts, computer science and information systems, and gerontology. U.S. News and World Report ranks UNC-Wilmington as one of the top 10 public master's universities in the South. This state university is recognized by the Peace Corps for its students' volunteer service, including their work during Hurricane Katrina.

  University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  601 S. College Road
  Wilmington, NC 28403
  910-962-3000
  uncw.edu