| List of colleges and universities in North Carolina |
| Colleges and universities |
| Barber-Scotia College |
| Barton College |
| Belmont Abbey College |
| Bennett College |
| Brevard College |
| Campbell University |
| Catawba College |
| Central Piedmont Community College |
| Chowan College |
| Davidson College |
| Duke University |
| Elon University |
| Gardner-Webb University |
| Greensboro College |
| Guilford College |
| High Point University |
| Johnson C. Smith University |
| Lees-McRae College |
| Lenoir-Rhyne College |
| Livingstone College |
| Louisburg College |
| Mars Hill College |
| Meredith College |
| Methodist College |
| Montreat College |
| Mount Olive College |
| North Carolina Wesleyan College |
| Peace College |
| Pfeiffer University |
| Piedmont Baptist College |
| Queen's University |
| Roanoke Bible College |
| St. Andrews Presbyterian College |
| St. Augustine's College |
| Sandhills Community College |
| Salem College |
| Shaw University |
| University of North Carolina system : |
| Appalachian State University |
| East Carolina University |
| Elizabeth City State University |
| Fayetteville State University |
| North Carolina A&T State University |
| North Carolina Central University |
| North Carolina School of the Arts |
| North Carolina State University |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| University of North Carolina at Pembroke |
| University of North Carolina at Wilmington |
| Western Carolina University |
| Winston-Salem State University |
| Wake Forest University |
| Warren Wilson College |
| Wingate University |