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NC State Comparisons

Raleigh, North Carolina

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Compare with North Carolina Public Colleges

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$484 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


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Appalachian State University

$2,293 lower in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Charlotte

$2,723 lower in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


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Western Carolina University

$5,535 lower in-state tuition
47% higher acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$2,092 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Greensboro

$2,113 lower in-state tuition
50% higher acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Asheville

$2,413 lower in-state tuition
54% higher acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina School of the Arts

$38 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


Compare with North Carolina Private Colleges

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Duke University

$56,915 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


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Davidson College

$52,975 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


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Wake Forest University

$57,073 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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Clemson University

$7,503 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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University of Georgia

$3,255 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


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Penn State Main Campus

$13,137 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


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Virginia Tech

$6,163 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


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University of Maryland College Park

$3,354 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


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The University of Tennessee

$4,797 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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University of Virginia Main Campus

$10,955 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


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University of South Carolina Columbia

$5,753 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


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University of Delaware

$7,505 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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George Mason University

$3,560 higher in-state tuition
49% higher acceptance rate


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University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$13,619 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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James Madison University

$1,379 higher in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


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College of William and Mary

$11,717 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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United States Naval Academy

$6,535 lower in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


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University of Maryland Baltimore County

$2,703 higher in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


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University of Mary Washington

$2,403 higher in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Harrisburg

$8,853 higher in-state tuition
56% higher acceptance rate


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St Mary's College of Maryland

$5,581 higher in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Brandywine

$8,089 higher in-state tuition
55% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Beaver

$7,289 higher in-state tuition
52% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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Johns Hopkins University

$56,305 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


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University of Pennsylvania

$52,085 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


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Villanova University

$57,271 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$58,361 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


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Emory University

$53,385 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


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Carnegie Mellon University

$55,725 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


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George Washington University

$58,165 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Drexel University

$51,758 higher in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


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Mercer University

$34,055 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


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American University

$49,189 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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University of Richmond

$56,065 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


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Swarthmore College

$55,457 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


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Washington and Lee University

$56,780 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


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Haverford College

$60,987 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


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Duquesne University

$40,611 higher in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


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Wofford College

$45,215 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola University Maryland

$48,945 higher in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


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Gettysburg College

$57,695 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


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Furman University

$51,367 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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Saint Joseph's University

$44,605 higher in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


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University of the Sciences

$19,265 higher in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


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Oglethorpe University

$38,881 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


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Franklin and Marshall College

$61,645 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


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Bryn Mawr College

$54,655 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


B
Bridgewater College

$33,765 higher in-state tuition
51% higher acceptance rate


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Virginia Wesleyan College

$29,475 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


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St John's College

$31,307 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Agnes Scott College

$41,285 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


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Messiah College

$33,165 higher in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


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Hollins University

$34,815 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


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Goucher College

$44,465 higher in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


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Washington College

$45,611 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


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Eastern Mennonite University

$34,875 higher in-state tuition
60% higher acceptance rate


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Moore College of Art and Design

$41,721 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


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Berea College

$42,065 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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Thomas Jefferson University

$37,865 higher in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


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Patrick Henry College

$21,865 higher in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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University of Florida

$2,058 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


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The University of Texas at Austin

$5,143 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


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University of Michigan

$10,361 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


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University of California Los Angeles

$5,299 higher in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


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The University of Alabama

$4,565 higher in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


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Ohio State University

$5,291 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


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University of California Irvine

$5,299 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


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University of Wisconsin Madison

$3,109 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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University of Washington Seattle Campus

$4,989 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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University of California Berkeley

$5,299 higher in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


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Purdue University Main Campus

$3,183 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$5,299 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


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University of Arizona

$5,336 higher in-state tuition
46% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Colorado Boulder

$8,249 higher in-state tuition
43% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$5,299 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


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Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus

$3,723 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$5,299 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


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Indiana University Bloomington

$3,777 higher in-state tuition
40% higher acceptance rate


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Stony Brook University

$535 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY at Binghamton

$535 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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University of Massachusetts Amherst

$10,056 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

$6,177 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

$793 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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The University of Texas at Dallas

$8,029 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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Rutgers University New Brunswick

$7,139 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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University of Minnesota Twin Cities

$7,961 higher in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


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CUNY Hunter College

$395 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$9,797 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


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Mississippi State University

$3,130 higher in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate


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CUNY City College

$395 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


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CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$395 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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University of Alabama at Birmingham

$2,297 higher in-state tuition
48% higher acceptance rate