According to U.S. News and World Report, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill ranked fifth among all public universities nationwide for the year of 2010. Rankings were based on a number of factors with the most important being faculty surveys conducted on a nationwide basis. The university also ranked 28th overall when private colleges like Harvard and Yale were considered as part of the list. The university is the home of a number of prominent academic programs including a highly-rated pharmacy college. Academic programs include most of the usual programs in the arts and sciences, but also include a wide range of professional programs such as medicine, dentistry and law. UNC also offers a number of distance education programs in the fields of education, journalism, health sciences, public health, social work and its unique Trans-Atlantic Masters Program, a blend of various disciplines including "administration, diplomacy, business, policy-making, consulting, teaching, and research."
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jackson Hall
153A Country Club Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
919-966-3621
unc.edu
Among the best values in education, North Carolina State University in Raleigh was ranked 21st in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for 2010. Among public universities NC State was ranked 39th and 88th among all universities nationwide. NC State enrolls over 31,000 students on an annual basis and research expenditures by the university exceed $325 million annually. NC State houses ten separate colleges and schools, which include the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Design, College of Textiles, College of Education, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Management and the College of Natural Resources.
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
NC State University
203 Peele Hall
Campus Box 7103
Raleigh, NC 27695
919-515-2434
ncsu.edu
East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, is another well-known North Carolina public college. East Carolina was rated as a fourth-tier school by U.S. News and World Report. East Carolina has emerged in recent years as a leader in online education programs, offering a number of distance education in fields such as engineering and even the highly sought after, Master of Business Administration degree. East Carolina also houses a highly respected medical school program that offers the MD and a PhD in a wide variety of biomedical science fields. Schools and colleges housed by the university include the fields of business, education, fine arts and communication, health and human performance, human ecology, technology and computer science, allied health sciences, dentistry, medicine and nursing.
East Carolina University
East Fifth Street
Greenville, NC 27858
252-328-6131
ecu.edu