North Carolina Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 137 colleges in North Carolina with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. North Carolina State University at Raleigh tops the list with a population of 36,700 students.

List of North Carolina Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
School Enrollment
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, NC

36,700
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

31,705
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

29,551
East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

27,151
Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, NC

21,551
Appalachian State University

Boone, NC

20,436
Duke University

Durham, NC

18,023
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, NC

17,978
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, NC

17,843
Central Piedmont Community College

Charlotte, NC

17,694
Cape Fear Community College

Wilmington, NC

14,170
North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, NC

13,487
Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, NC

11,635
Fayetteville Technical Community College

Fayetteville, NC

10,233
Guilford Technical Community College

Jamestown, NC

10,067
Wake Forest University

Winston Salem, NC

8,963
Forsyth Technical Community College

Winston Salem, NC

8,270
University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Pembroke, NC

7,666