Students
Who's on campus
A medium campus of 14,062 undergrads, where 50% receive Pell Grants, a high share compared to other colleges.
Race & ethnicity
Diversity index0.73
Economic access
Campus size
21% of undergraduates take every course online, and another 49% take some
Where first-years come from
2,433 first-time students
4.6% came from other states and 0.9% from abroad; 93% are from North Carolina. Fewer from other states than at 82% of colleges.
- In-state (North Carolina)93%
- Other states4.6%
- Abroad0.9%
- Not reported1.5%
Top home states
- North Carolina(home state)93% 2,262
- Virginia0.9% 22
- South Carolina0.5% 12
- Georgia0.4% 9
- New Jersey0.3% 8
From 28 states (counting DC).
Students starting college for the first time, by where they lived when admitted. Colleges report it every other fall.
Transfers in and out
Transferring in, fall 2024
1,793
new transfer students, 42% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 76% of colleges.
1,365 full-time, 428 part-time.
Going on to another college
26%
of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 1,502 students).
Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.
Who they are
16% of undergrads study part-time.
66% women
Another gender: Not reported: the college records other genders but leaves these counts blank when any is under 5, for privacy.
Degree-seeking undergraduates. Men and women add up to 100% because federal data has colleges count each student of another or unknown gender as a man or a woman.
Campus life
Housing, sports, faith, Greek life, and LGBTQ+ life
Housing for 5,600 students.
Housing
Beds
5,600
About 40 for every 100 undergrads (median college: 59). Can include graduate housing.
First-years
Not required to live on campus
Many colleges still expect it, with exceptions such as for local students.
Meal plans
Offered
Athletics & programs
Athletics
NCAA Division I · Southern Conference
Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays basketball, baseball, cross country/track (no football).
How the Southern Conference comparesROTC
Army, Air Force
Study abroad
Offered
Undergraduate research
Not listed
Calendar
Semesters
Student services
- Academic and career counseling
- Help finding a job while enrolled
- Job placement after graduating
- A program for students with intellectual disabilities
- 14% of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office
Greek life
On the national organizations' own chapter lists.
Councils and chapters
1listedPanhellenic sororities (NPC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
Zeta Psi Chapter
2listedInterfraternity (NIC and IFC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
Phi-Theta (North Carolina Greensboro)
Epsilon Iota
LGBTQ+ life
Policies
- Nondiscrimination policy covers gender identity or expression
- Chosen name and pronouns on campus records
Listed by Trans Policy Clearinghouse, read October 2026; not confirmed by the college.
State law for public colleges
North Carolina public universities and community colleges may not keep offices named diversity, equity, and inclusion or promoting different treatment by federally protected class; the law doesn't name sexual orientation or gender identity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. §§116-415 to 116-417 (North Carolina SB 558 (2026)), in effect since June 24, 2026.
Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024
Not reported: the college records other genders but leaves these counts blank when any is under 5, for privacy.
Gender unknown: 21
First-year applicants of another gender, fall 2024
Not reported: the college records other genders but leaves these counts blank when any is under 5, for privacy.
Colleges record gender so differently that these counts can't be compared between colleges.
Sources:College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part A, enrollment by level), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024;State laws on public colleges, In effect since June 24, 2026About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)