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North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC · Public · 6,081 students · mostly bachelor degrees
79th-cheapest of 146 North Carolina colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$15,359
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$26,556
Graduation rate
42%
Admission rate
87%
Median graduate earnings
$42,968
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$28,250
Average SAT
1050
Median ACT
18
Pell grant recipients
59%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
65 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree38 grads/yr$90,760Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management · Bachelor's Degree$88,454Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$88,053Law · First Professional Degree130 grads/yr$83,361Accounting · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$78,048Information Science/Studies · Master's Degree42 grads/yr$77,440Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$74,724Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree39 grads/yr$72,023Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Master's Degree45 grads/yr$65,600Public Administration · Master's Degree50 grads/yr$65,374Clinical/Medical Social Work · Master's Degree26 grads/yr$59,513Psychology, General · Master's Degree16 grads/yr$57,573College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree15 grads/yr$57,412Social Work · Master's Degree69 grads/yr$57,082Library and Information Science · Master's Degree71 grads/yr$56,291Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree106 grads/yr$54,999Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Master's Degree22 grads/yr$54,659Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree61 grads/yr$54,192Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$53,794Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General · Master's Degree13 grads/yr$51,714Social Work · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$49,856Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree114 grads/yr$48,443Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$48,047Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree33 grads/yr$47,317Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree$47,124
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.