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Students

Who's on campus

A medium campus of 5,330 undergrads, where 50% receive Pell Grants, a high share compared to other colleges.

+1% since fall 2014Over time

Race & ethnicity

Diversity index0.77

Diversity index vs. every college0.77
0.77
← 0.00higher than 95% of 1,8930.80 →

Economic access

Pell Grant recipients50%
National median: 34%Above typical
First-generation students37%
National median: 33%Above typical
Pell Grant share vs. every college50%
50%
← 0%higher than 81% of 1,88287% →

Campus size

5,330undergrads
Compared to every college5.3K
5.3K
← 19larger than 78% of 1,89337.8K →

38% of undergraduates take every course online, and another 30% take some

Where first-years come from

801 first-time students

9.2% came from other states and 7.2% from abroad; 81% are from North Carolina. Fewer from other states than at 74% of colleges.

  • In-state (North Carolina)81%
  • Other states9.2%
  • Abroad7.2%
  • Not reported2.6%

Top home states

  1. North Carolina(home state)81% 648
  2. Florida2.1% 17
  3. South Carolina2.1% 17
  4. Georgia0.9% 7
  5. Virginia0.7% 6

From 17 states (counting DC) and 1 from U.S. territories.

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFL
Share of first-yearsNoneUnder 1%1–3%3–10%10–25%25%+Home state

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

803

new transfer students, 50% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 82% of colleges.

566 full-time, 237 part-time.

Going on to another college

31%

of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 590 students).

Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.

Who they are

Many adult students

26% of undergrads study part-time.

Men37%
National median: 44%Below typical

63% women

Another gender: Not collected by this college.

Part-time students26%
National median: 7.5%Above typical
Students 25 and older33%
National median: 11%Above typical

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 1,848 students.

Housing

Beds

1,848

About 35 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

Up to 21 meals a week

Athletics & programs

Athletics

NCAA Division II · Conference Carolinas

Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays football, basketball, baseball, cross country/track.

Recent move: Football moved from the Mountain East Conference to the Conference Carolinas, 2025–26

How the Conference Carolinas compares

ROTC

Army, Air Force

Study abroad

Offered

Undergraduate research

A formal program

Calendar

Semesters

Student services

  • Academic and career counseling
  • Help finding a job while enrolled
  • Job placement after graduating
  • 3% or fewer of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office

Religious life

Faith communities · 1

Nonreligious and secular

Secular Student Alliance

University of North Carolina-Pembroke Secular Student Alliance

Greek life

Councils and chapters

  • 1listedPanhellenic sororities (NPC)

    From each organization's own chapter list.

    Kappa Delta

    Epsilon Zeta

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 collected by this college.

Gender unknown: 63

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)