Largest Graduate Schools in North Carolina

In North Carolina, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has the most enrolled graduate students of 11,676 students. Duke University and North Carolina State University at Raleigh also have the large number of graduate students, following University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The following table shows the top 10 largest North Carolina graduate schools with and offered programs.
Largest Graduate Schools in North Carolina (2022-2023)
School NameGraduate Student PopulationTuition & FeesNumber of Graduate Programs
TotalStudents Enroll Only exclusivelyMenWomenIn-StateOut-of-StateTotalOnline Programs
1University of North Carolina at Chapel HillPublic, 4 yearsChapel Hill 11,6761,918
(16.43%)
4,6537,023 $12,527$30,819 16023
2Duke UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsDurham 11,383950
(8.35%)
5,0086,375 $63,985 15918
3North Carolina State University at RaleighPublic, 4 yearsRaleigh 10,4463,124
(29.91%)
5,3565,090 $11,819$31,793 16228
4University of North Carolina at CharlottePublic, 4 yearsCharlotte 6,0903,111
(51.08%)
2,4133,677 $7,869$22,438 8620
5East Carolina UniversityPublic, 4 yearsGreenville 5,4637,807
(142.91%)
1,7153,748 $7,658$20,807 9054
6University of North Carolina at GreensboroPublic, 4 yearsGreensboro 3,7804,196
(111.01%)
1,1602,620 $8,546$22,676 8427
7University of North Carolina WilmingtonPublic, 4 yearsWilmington 3,5494,619
(130.15%)
9872,562 $7,853$23,029 4418
8Wake Forest UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsWinston-Salem 3,516872
(24.80%)
1,4312,085 $39,350 484
9Campbell UniversityPrivate, 4 yearsBuies Creek 2,307730
(31.64%)
9091,398 $16,158 285
10Southeastern Baptist Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4 yearsWake Forest 2,0851,023
(49.06%)
1,545540 $6,388 292
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