North Carolina Average Net Price Ranking

The Cheapest Colleges in North Carolina by Average Net Price for 2023

Cheapest Colleges in North Carolina by Average Net Price

The lowest net price colleges in North Carolina are ranked by the average net price paid. Net price is the average cost paid as determined by tuition minus scholarship and grant financial aid and grant financial aid and may be a more accurate estimation of real life costs than published tuition. Discount from list price represents the effective percent discount from published costs that students averaged. Please note that net price varies on a student by student basis based on finanical situation and no financial aid is guaranteed. Elizabeth City State University leads the list with a $3,270 average annual net price paid in 2014-2015.

Net price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2019/2020 academic year.

North Carolina's Cheapest Colleges by Average Net Price
College Net Price Discount
#1 Elizabeth City State University

Elizabeth City, Public Not For Profit

$3,270 75%
#2 Carolina Christian College

Winston Salem, Private Not For Profit

$6,944 54%
#3 Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, Public Not For Profit

$7,016 54%
#4 North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, Public Not For Profit

$9,541 40%
#5 University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, Public Not For Profit

$9,853 46%
#6 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, Public Not For Profit

$10,038 54%
#7 University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Pembroke, Public Not For Profit

$10,069 34%
#8 Appalachian State University

Boone, Public Not For Profit

$10,687 40%
#9 Apex School of Theology

Durham, Private Not For Profit

$10,745 54%
#10 Grace College of Divinity

Fayetteville, Private Not For Profit

$11,548 29%
#11 Winston Salem State University

Winston-Salem, Public Not For Profit

$11,868 39%
#12 University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Winston-Salem, Public Not For Profit

$11,940 45%
#13 Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, Public Not For Profit

$13,221 18%
#14 North Carolina Central University

Durham, Public Not For Profit

$13,324 29%
#15 University of North Carolina at Asheville

Asheville, Public Not For Profit

$13,854 26%
#16 Cabarrus College of Health Sciences

Concord, Private Not For Profit

$14,475 44%
#17 North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, Public Not For Profit

$14,600 34%
#18 Mount Olive College

Mount Olive, Private Not For Profit

$14,805 55%
#19 Piedmont International University

Winston Salem, Private Not For Profit

$15,119 9%
#20 East Carolina University

Greenville, Public Not For Profit

$15,403 20%