Colleges in North Carolina

The Tar Heel State is home to a number of excellent institutions of higher education. There are 124 colleges in North Carolina, 75 public and 48 private, offering a wide range of programs and majors. North Carolina has both small schools (defined as less than 2000 students) and "very large" ones (10,000 or more students) and everything in between, including community colleges, in urban and rural environments.

Duke University in Durham is a large, private North Carolina university, housing over 6,000 students. Duke students are known to be academically well-rounded and ambitious, and many remark that the opportunities for self-exploration at Duke allowed them to discover new passions. Duke's academic program includes a requirement for students to take classes in fields other than their major, creating a very balanced and strong educational foundation. Duke is also known for its basketball fever and shares a fierce rivalry with its Chapel Hill neighbors of the University of North Carolina, a decorated academic institution in its own right.

Wake Forest University in Winston Salem is home to about 7,000 students of varying interests, passions, and cultures. Wake Forest students enjoy a research university on a smaller scale. Classes tend to have less than fifty students in them, and students really enjoy the city setting the college provides. Professors get to know their students fairly well, and students frequent their offices and build lasting relationships with them. The typical Wake Forest student tends to be hard-working, passionate, and motivated.

Davidson College, located in the Charlotte suburb of Davidson, is a smaller college with only about 1,600 students. Davidson is somewhat more selective than most colleges, however, with an acceptance rate of about 26%. It offers students an excellent liberal arts education to students, and boasts 23 alumni who became Rhodes Scholars. It also runs on an honor code, allowing students freedom in exchange for honorable and respectful academic conduct. Davidson also prides itself on its financial aid policy, which has replaced all loans with grants, allowing many talented students to pursue a prestigious liberal arts education without the financial burden they might otherwise be presented with.

Other North Carolina colleges include Appalachian State University in Boone, Campbell University in Buies Creek, Catawba College in Salisbury, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Western Carolina University, and many, many more.

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