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August 19, 2013

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	North Carolina	Nation

Demographics

Population
	North Carolina	Nation
Total (State rank: 10)	9,656,401	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	North Carolina	Nation
Up to 4	6.5%	6.4%
5 to 14	13.3%	13.2%
15 to 19	6.9%	7.0%
20 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 44	26.6%	26.4%
45 to 64	26.5%	26.5%
65 and older	13.2%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	North Carolina	Nation
American Indian	1.2%	0.8%
Asian	2.2%	4.8%
Black	21.7%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	70.1%	74.1%
More than one race	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	8.6%	16.7%
Other	2.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	North Carolina	Nation
8th grade or less	5.7%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	9.5%	8.1%
High-school diploma	27.3%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	21.8%	21.2%
Associate degree	8.7%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	17.8%	17.9%
Master’s degree	6.5%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.1%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.5%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	North Carolina	Nation
	10.7%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	North Carolina	Nation
(State rank: 39)	$37,049	$42,693

Poverty rate
	North Carolina	Nation
	17.9%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	North Carolina	Nation
Total for 2013-14	90,852	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	12.2%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	North Carolina	Nation
	11,935	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	North Carolina	Nation
	5.4%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	North Carolina	Nation
Professor	$121,655	$118,822
Associate professor	$80,588	$81,373
Assistant professor	$72,410	$70,325
All	$83,991	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	North Carolina	Nation
Professor	$89,901	$89,076
Associate professor	$71,640	$71,297
Assistant professor	$61,547	$60,506
All	$67,911	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	North Carolina	Nation
Professor	$159,129	$152,042
Associate professor	$102,030	$95,762
Assistant professor	$80,805	$82,983
All	$112,226	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	North Carolina	Nation
Professor	$80,323	$91,161
Associate professor	$63,818	$71,963
Assistant professor	$57,271	$58,901
All	$64,433	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	North Carolina	Nation
Public	$66,474	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$56,305	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	North Carolina	Nation
Public	$47,582	$62,568
Private nonprofit	$38,615	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	North Carolina	Nation
Undergraduate	515,436	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	69,577	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	220,305	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	250,684	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	93,442	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	679	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	15,744	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	4,159	396,832
Total	585,013	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	North Carolina	Nation
Public	81%	72%
4-year	56%	64%
2-year	44%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	North Carolina	Nation
Associate	25,154	942,217
Bachelor’s	48,670	1,712,538
Master’s	16,226	730,635
Doctorate	4,116	163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 81% of all freshmen enrolled in North Carolina in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 89% of all North Carolina residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	North Carolina	Nation
All	59.2%	59.0%
Men	56.2%	56.4%
Women	61.6%	61.2%
American Indian	41.3%	40.6%
Asian	73.7%	69.7%
Black	43.6%	40.2%
Hispanic	62.5%	51.4%
White	65.3%	62.3%
2 or more races	33.3%	64.0%
Race unknown	53.4%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	North Carolina	Nation
American Indian	6,876	174,629
Asian	14,335	1,133,719
Black	142,978	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	668	61,179
Hispanic	25,307	2,695,637
White	340,904	11,519,372
2 or more races	7,362	405,812
Race unknown	30,668	1,409,094
Foreign	15,915	738,624
Total	585,013	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	North Carolina	Nation
Women	59.4%	57.0%
American Indian	1.2%	0.8%
Asian	2.5%	5.4%
Black	24.4%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Hispanic	4.3%	12.8%
White	58.3%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Race unknown	5.2%	6.7%
Foreign	2.7%	3.5%
Minority	33.8%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	29.9%	27.2%
Full-time	64.1%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 21.9 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 20% of North Carolina’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 997 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 68% of North Carolina’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	North Carolina	Nation
Public 4-year	$5,262	$7,087
Public 2-year	$1,832	$2,419
Private 4-year	$24,403	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	North Carolina	Nation
State funds	$4,092,304,288	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	4.5%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	North Carolina	Nation
Need-based grants	$268,110,165	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$59,635,270	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$75,126,618	$1,737,198,826
Total	$402,872,053	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	North Carolina	Nation
Total	$2,567,118,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	4.1%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	North Carolina	Nation
Federal government	62.7%	62.6%
State and local governments	6.0%	5.9%
Industry	11.7%	4.9%
Nonprofit	5.4%	5.9%
Institution itself	14.1%	19.1%
Other	0.0%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	North Carolina	Nation
Engineering	7.4%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	3.0%	4.9%
Life sciences	75.1%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	3.2%	3.6%
Physical sciences	3.7%	7.3%
Psychology	1.6%	1.7%
Social sciences	4.0%	3.1%
Other sciences	0.2%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	1.8%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	North Carolina
Duke University	$5,555,196,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	North Carolina
Duke University	$350,944,320
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$286,709,822
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	$100,323,833

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	North Carolina	Nation
Public 4-year	16	679
Public 2-year	59	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	48	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	1	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	16	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	8	669
Total	148	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	North Carolina
North Carolina State University	27,438
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	24,222
East Carolina University	21,093

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

None

Institutions on NCAA probation

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wingate University

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Almanac 2013 »

North Carolina

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	North Carolina	Nation

Demographics

Population
	North Carolina	Nation
Total (State rank: 10)	9,656,401	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	North Carolina	Nation
Up to 4	6.5%	6.4%
5 to 14	13.3%	13.2%
15 to 19	6.9%	7.0%
20 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 44	26.6%	26.4%
45 to 64	26.5%	26.5%
65 and older	13.2%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	North Carolina	Nation
American Indian	1.2%	0.8%
Asian	2.2%	4.8%
Black	21.7%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	70.1%	74.1%
More than one race	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	8.6%	16.7%
Other	2.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	North Carolina	Nation
8th grade or less	5.7%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	9.5%	8.1%
High-school diploma	27.3%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	21.8%	21.2%
Associate degree	8.7%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	17.8%	17.9%
Master’s degree	6.5%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.1%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.5%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	North Carolina	Nation
	10.7%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	North Carolina	Nation
(State rank: 39)	$37,049	$42,693

Poverty rate
	North Carolina	Nation
	17.9%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	North Carolina	Nation
Total for 2013-14	90,852	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	12.2%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	North Carolina	Nation
	11,935	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	North Carolina	Nation
	5.4%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	North Carolina	Nation
Professor	$121,655	$118,822
Associate professor	$80,588	$81,373
Assistant professor	$72,410	$70,325
All	$83,991	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	North Carolina	Nation
Professor	$89,901	$89,076
Associate professor	$71,640	$71,297
Assistant professor	$61,547	$60,506
All	$67,911	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	North Carolina	Nation
Professor	$159,129	$152,042
Associate professor	$102,030	$95,762
Assistant professor	$80,805	$82,983
All	$112,226	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	North Carolina	Nation
Professor	$80,323	$91,161
Associate professor	$63,818	$71,963
Assistant professor	$57,271	$58,901
All	$64,433	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	North Carolina	Nation
Public	$66,474	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$56,305	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	North Carolina	Nation
Public	$47,582	$62,568
Private nonprofit	$38,615	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	North Carolina	Nation
Undergraduate	515,436	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	69,577	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	220,305	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	250,684	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	93,442	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	679	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	15,744	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	4,159	396,832
Total	585,013	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	North Carolina	Nation
Public	81%	72%
4-year	56%	64%
2-year	44%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	North Carolina	Nation
Associate	25,154	942,217
Bachelor’s	48,670	1,712,538
Master’s	16,226	730,635
Doctorate	4,116	163,715

Residence of new students

State

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	North Carolina	Nation
All	59.2%	59.0%
Men	56.2%	56.4%
Women	61.6%	61.2%
American Indian	41.3%	40.6%
Asian	73.7%	69.7%
Black	43.6%	40.2%
Hispanic	62.5%	51.4%
White	65.3%	62.3%
2 or more races	33.3%	64.0%
Race unknown	53.4%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	North Carolina	Nation
American Indian	6,876	174,629
Asian	14,335	1,133,719
Black	142,978	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	668	61,179
Hispanic	25,307	2,695,637
White	340,904	11,519,372
2 or more races	7,362	405,812
Race unknown	30,668	1,409,094
Foreign	15,915	738,624
Total	585,013	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	North Carolina	Nation
Women	59.4%	57.0%
American Indian	1.2%	0.8%
Asian	2.5%	5.4%
Black	24.4%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Hispanic	4.3%	12.8%
White	58.3%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Race unknown	5.2%	6.7%
Foreign	2.7%	3.5%
Minority	33.8%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	29.9%	27.2%
Full-time	64.1%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	North Carolina	Nation
Public 4-year	$5,262	$7,087
Public 2-year	$1,832	$2,419
Private 4-year	$24,403	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	North Carolina	Nation
State funds	$4,092,304,288	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	4.5%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	North Carolina	Nation
Need-based grants	$268,110,165	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$59,635,270	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$75,126,618	$1,737,198,826
Total	$402,872,053	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	North Carolina	Nation
Total	$2,567,118,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	4.1%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	North Carolina	Nation
Federal government	62.7%	62.6%
State and local governments	6.0%	5.9%
Industry	11.7%	4.9%
Nonprofit	5.4%	5.9%
Institution itself	14.1%	19.1%
Other	0.0%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	North Carolina	Nation
Engineering	7.4%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	3.0%	4.9%
Life sciences	75.1%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	3.2%	3.6%
Physical sciences	3.7%	7.3%
Psychology	1.6%	1.7%
Social sciences	4.0%	3.1%
Other sciences	0.2%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	1.8%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	North Carolina
Duke University	$5,555,196,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	North Carolina
Duke University	$350,944,320
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$286,709,822
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	$100,323,833

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	North Carolina	Nation
Public 4-year	16	679
Public 2-year	59	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	48	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	1	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	16	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	8	669
Total	148	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	North Carolina
North Carolina State University	27,438
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	24,222
East Carolina University	21,093

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

None

Institutions on NCAA probation

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wingate University

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.