Largest Online Colleges in North Carolina

North Carolina Colleges with the Largest Online Students

East Carolina University has the most online students of 19,428 for academic year 2022-2023 in North Carolina. The number only includes students enrolled exclusively in online programs and does not include students taking some online courses. University of North Carolina Wilmington is ranked second with 12,402 online students and University of North Carolina at Greensboro follows them with 19,428 online students. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have most online students by enrolled status. You may want to check colleges having the smallest online student population in North Carolina.

North Carolina Colleges with the Largest Online Students
	Name	Total # of Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Programs	Enrolld in Some Online Courses	Not in Online Courses
1	East Carolina University Public, four-yearsGreenville, NC	27,151	7,807	11,621	7,723
2	University of North Carolina Wilmington Public, four-yearsWilmington, NC	17,843	4,619	7,783	5,441
3	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Public, four-yearsGreensboro, NC	17,978	4,196	8,142	5,640
4	University of North Carolina at Pembroke Public, four-yearsPembroke, NC	7,666	3,721	2,150	1,795
5	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Public, four-yearsRaleigh, NC	36,700	3,124	13,593	19,983
6	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Public, four-yearsCharlotte, NC	29,551	3,111	13,566	12,874
7	Fayetteville State University Public, four-yearsFayetteville, NC	6,787	3,074	2,770	943
8	Western Carolina University Public, four-yearsCullowhee, NC	11,635	2,858	3,482	5,295
9	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public, four-yearsChapel Hill, NC	31,705	1,918	6,104	23,683
10	Appalachian State University Public, four-yearsBoone, NC	20,436	1,647	9,770	9,019
11	North Carolina A & T State University Public, four-yearsGreensboro, NC	13,487	1,604	6,643	5,240
12	North Carolina Central University Public, four-yearsDurham, NC	7,553	1,593	2,997	2,963
13	University of Mount Olive Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMount Olive, NC	2,239	1,247	387	605
14	Duke University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDurham, NC	18,023	950	1,198	15,875
15	Gardner-Webb University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoiling Springs, NC	3,144	897	600	1,647
16	Wake Forest University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinston-Salem, NC	8,963	872	537	7,554
17	Winston-Salem State University Public, four-yearsWinston-Salem, NC	5,004	857	3,176	971
18	Campbell University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBuies Creek, NC	5,272	730	832	3,710
19	Elizabeth City State University Public, four-yearsElizabeth City, NC	2,149	539	1,141	469
20	Queens University of Charlotte Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCharlotte, NC	1,873	464	795	614

^* Online completely college that all programs are offered online exclusively.

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North Carolina Colleges with the Largest Online Students

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