Enrollment Statistics at North Carolina Colleges

Student Population at North Carolina Colleges

At North Carolina colleges, there are 586,836 students including 506,474 undergraduate and 80,362 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 359,345 full-time and 227,491 part-time students.By gender, 40.54% male and 59.46% female students enrolled in North Carolina colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
North Carolina Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	586,836	237,895	348,941
Undergraduate	506,474	206,801	299,673
Graduate	80,362	31,094	49,268
By Attending Status
Full-time	359,345	153,446	205,899
Part-time	227,491	84,449	143,042

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - North Carolina Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

North Carolina colleges have a total of 359,345 full-time students and 227,491 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 305,295 students are attending classes with full-time status and 201,179 are part-time students. In graduate school, 54,050 students are full-time and 26,312 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
North Carolina Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	586,836	359,345	227,491
Undergraduate	506,474	305,295	201,179
Graduate	80,362	54,050	26,312

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

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For North Carolina colleges, 159,773 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 193,165 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 586,836 students. In undergraduate schools, 312,264 students enrolled in online courses and 40,674 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
North Carolina Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	586,836	506,474	80,362
Online Exclusively	159,773	132,409	27,364
In Some Online Classes	193,165	179,855	13,310
Not In Online Classes	233,898	194,210	39,688

[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 294,714 Caucasian, 121,429 Black/African American, 26,263 Asian, and 69,927 Hispanic students in North Carolina colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
North Carolina Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	586,836	237,895	348,941
American Indian/Native American	5,559	1,842	3,717
Asian	26,263	11,707	14,556
Black/African American	121,429	41,910	79,519
Hispanic	69,927	27,513	42,414
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	726	289	437
White	294,714	124,239	170,475
Two More	22,534	8,892	13,642
Un-Known	23,425	10,042	13,383

[Chart] North Carolina Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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