Colleges Near Rocky Mount
There are no colleges in Rocky Mount, but 62 are within 100 miles, enrolling 376,270 students combined.
The closest option is Ferrum College in Ferrum, 9.3 miles from Rocky Mount (about 11-16 minutes by car). Rocky Mount (pop. 4,799) is in Virginia.
Duke University in Durham, North Carolina ranks #2 nationally. Vance Granville Community College in Henderson has the lowest tuition at $1,944 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Rocky Mount. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Rocky Mount. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Rocky Mount.
Mountain Gateway Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Clifton Forge, VA
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- 56 miles from Rocky Mount
Mountain Gateway is a community college known for undergraduate nursing and technical career programs. The campus sits in the small mountain town of Clifton Forge in western Virginia.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,728
Southern Virginia University
- Private 4 Year
- Buena Vista, VA
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- 59 miles from Rocky Mount
Southern Virginia is a private liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in business, the arts, and the sciences. Most undergrads follow an LDS honor code on the small campus in Buena Vista in the Shenandoah Valley.
- SAT Range 943-1253
- Avg GPA 3.19
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $24,561
Sweet Briar College
- Private 4 Year
- Sweet Briar, VA
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4.2 | 5 reviews
- 58 miles from Rocky Mount
Sweet Briar is a private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate equestrian studies and engineering. The rural campus sits in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
- SAT Range 1100-1310
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Acceptance Rate 76%
- Net Price $21,322
Virginia Military Institute
- Public 4 Year
- Lexington, VA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 60 miles from Rocky Mount
VMI is a public military college known for undergraduate engineering and the sciences. All students join the Corps of Cadets and live in barracks under a military regimen on the historic Lexington campus.
- SAT Range 1050-1270
- Avg GPA 3.65
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $18,825
Washington and Lee University
- Private 4 Year
- Lexington, VA
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4.3 | 3 reviews
- 59 miles from Rocky Mount
Washington and Lee is a highly selective private liberal arts university known for undergraduate business, journalism, and politics. Most undergrads live under a strict student-run honor system on the historic campus in Lexington.
- SAT Range 1430-1540
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.87
- Acceptance Rate 14%
- Net Price $23,055
Guilford College
- Private 4 Year
- Greensboro, NC
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- 63 miles from Rocky Mount
Guilford is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate peace and conflict studies. The Quaker-founded residential campus sits in Greensboro.
- SAT Range 1120-1260
- Avg GPA 3.14
- Acceptance Rate 80%
- Net Price $22,270
Piedmont Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Roxboro, NC
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- 64 miles from Rocky Mount
Piedmont Community College is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing and industrial technologies. The campus is located in the small town of Roxboro in north-central North Carolina.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $1,095
Surry Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Dobson, NC
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- 63 miles from Rocky Mount
Surry Community College is a public community college known for associate programs in viticulture and enology, nursing, and technical trades. The main campus is in the small town of Dobson in North Carolina's Yadkin Valley region.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,020
Carolina Christian College
- Private 4 Year
- Winston Salem, NC
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- 63 miles from Rocky Mount
Carolina Christian is a private Christian college known for undergraduate biblical studies and ministry. The small campus is located in Winston-Salem.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.6
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $21,274
Bennett College
- Private 4 Year
- Greensboro, NC
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- 65 miles from Rocky Mount
Bennett is a private historically Black women's college known for undergraduate education, social work, and the liberal arts. The small residential campus in Greensboro is one of only two remaining HBCUs dedicated exclusively to women.
- SAT Range 820-1060
- Predicted Avg GPA 2.74
- Acceptance Rate 51%
- Net Price $26,990
Greensboro College
- Private 4 Year
- Greensboro, NC
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- 65 miles from Rocky Mount
Greensboro College is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate teacher education. The historic campus sits in a residential neighborhood of Greensboro.
- SAT Range 900-1100
- Avg GPA 3.35
- Acceptance Rate 70%
- Net Price $18,730
North Carolina A & T State University
- Public 4 Year
- Greensboro, NC
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 65 miles from Rocky Mount
NC A&T is a large public HBCU known for undergraduate engineering and agriculture. The urban campus is in Greensboro.
- SAT Range 1020-1190
- Avg GPA 3.61
- Acceptance Rate 50%
- Net Price $10,097
Wake Forest University
- Private 4 Year
- Winston-Salem, NC
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- 64 miles from Rocky Mount
Wake Forest is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate business and the liberal arts. Most undergraduates live on the residential campus in Winston-Salem.
- SAT Range 1410-1520
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 22%
- Net Price $24,401
Elon University
- Private 4 Year
- Elon, NC
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 66 miles from Rocky Mount
Elon is a private university known for undergraduate communications and business. Most students live on the residential campus in the small college town of Elon.
- SAT Range 1130-1280
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.65
- Acceptance Rate 66%
- Net Price $44,440
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Public 4 Year
- Greensboro, NC
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 65 miles from Rocky Mount
UNCG is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and the performing arts. The urban campus is located in Greensboro.
- SAT Range 1150-1355
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Acceptance Rate 89%
- Net Price $11,404
Winston Salem State University
- Public 4 Year
- Winston-Salem, NC
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- 66 miles from Rocky Mount
Winston-Salem State is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The urban campus is part of the University of North Carolina system.
- SAT Range 830-1020
- Avg GPA 3.01
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price $12,989
Wytheville Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Wytheville, VA
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- 66 miles from Rocky Mount
A public community college known for undergraduate nursing and allied health programs. Students attend a small campus in the mountain town of Wytheville in southwest Virginia.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,331
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
- Public 4 Year
- Winston Salem, NC
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- 67 miles from Rocky Mount
UNCSA is a public arts conservatory known for undergraduate dance, drama, music, and filmmaking. Students train on a specialized campus in Winston-Salem devoted to intensive performing-arts study.
- SAT Range 1140-1370
- Avg GPA 3.75
- Acceptance Rate 30%
- Net Price $13,140