North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27707
919-530-6100
North Carolina Central University is a public research university in Durham, North Carolina. It is a member institution of the University of North Carolina system. Founded in 1887 as the Durham Colored Normal School, it is the first public four-year historically black university in the state. NCCU is a part of the Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area, which has a population of over 1.5 million people.
The university is classified as a Doctoral University: Higher Research Activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. In 2019, U.S. News & World Report ranked NCCU as the #2 public HBCU in the nation and the #5 HBCU overall. The university offers over 50 undergraduate degrees and 30 graduate degrees through its 13 schools and colleges.
NCCU's main campus is located on a 150-acre (61 ha) site in north-central Durham, with several satellite campuses located throughout the city. The campus is adjacent to the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, the country's first public residential high school for gifted students. NCCU operates the only public school of library science in the state and is home to the only jazz studies program at a public HBCU in the country.
The university is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the United Negro College Fund. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
Quick Facts
Enrollment: 8078
Acceptance Rate: 87.42%
Type: Public, 4-year or above
Main Website: https://www.nccu.edu/
Financial Aid: https://www.nccu.edu/admissions/financial-aid
Annual Costs
Total Cost In-State On-Campus: $25048
Total Cost Out-State On-Campus: $37755
Return on Investment Rating
The estimated cost for four years as an undergraduate at North Carolina Central University is $97075.02. This includes the average cost of attendance for four years plus the interest on the average loan over a ten year repayment minus the average of grants and scholarships per student.
We then contrast this figure with average early-career and mid-career average incomes of graduates of four year programs at North Carolina Central University. For graduates of North Carolina Central University, we saw an average early-career income of $47100.00 and mid-career income of $74400.00. We then ranked the school's value based on how many years of mid-career income it takes to repay the educational costs.