Enrollment Statistics at North Carolina Colleges

Student Population at North Carolina Colleges

At North Carolina colleges, there are 556,719 students including 476,091 undergraduate and 80,628 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2023-2024. By attending status, there are 343,287 full-time and 213,432 part-time students.By gender, 40.39% male and 59.61% female students enrolled in North Carolina colleges in the academic year 2023-2024.

Student Population By Gender
North Carolina Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	556,719	224,868	331,851
Undergraduate	476,091	193,288	282,803
Graduate	80,628	31,580	49,048
By Attending Status
Full-time	343,287	145,550	197,737
Part-time	213,432	79,318	134,114

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - North Carolina Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

North Carolina colleges have a total of 343,287 full-time students and 213,432 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 290,477 students are attending classes with full-time status and 185,614 are part-time students. In graduate school, 52,810 students are full-time and 27,818 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
North Carolina Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	556,719	343,287	213,432
Undergraduate	476,091	290,477	185,614
Graduate	80,628	52,810	27,818

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - North Carolina Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For North Carolina colleges, 161,231 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 170,059 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 556,719 students. In undergraduate schools, 294,183 students enrolled in online courses and 37,107 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2023-2024)
North Carolina Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	556,719	476,091	80,628
Online Exclusively	161,231	135,343	25,888
In Some Online Classes	170,059	158,840	11,219
Not In Online Classes	225,429	181,908	43,521

[Chart] North Carolina Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at North Carolina colleges. There are 294,428 Caucasian, 113,883 Black/African American, 23,131 Asian, and 58,542 Hispanic students in North Carolina colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
North Carolina Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	556,719	224,868	331,851
American Indian/Native American	5,342	1,822	3,520
Asian	23,131	10,319	12,812
Black/African American	113,883	38,878	75,005
Hispanic	58,542	22,790	35,752
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	638	268	370
White	294,428	123,805	170,623
Two More	20,282	7,792	12,490
Un-Known	19,540	8,145	11,395

[Chart] North Carolina Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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