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CollegeROIData

College Debt & ROI in Nc

66 colleges and universities in Nc with 1,012 school+major combinations analyzed.

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66
Schools
$26K
Avg Median Debt
$56K
Avg Year 1 Earnings
100%
Avg Graduation Rate

All Schools in Nc

Strayer University-North Carolina

private · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $5K
Avg earnings: $69K/yr

William Peace University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $18K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Mid-Atlantic Christian University

private · 7 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $18K
Avg earnings: $48K/yr

Duke University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $19K
Avg earnings: $64K/yr

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $21K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $22K
Avg earnings: $71K/yr

Davidson College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

North Carolina A & T State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $23K
Avg earnings: $68K/yr

Wake Forest University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $61K/yr

Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College

private · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $43K/yr

Catawba College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Western Carolina University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Elizabeth City State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Warren Wilson College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Salem College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

private · 11 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $24K
Avg earnings: $45K/yr

Shaw University

private · 17 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

University of North Carolina Asheville

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Elon University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Appalachian State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $64K/yr

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Wingate University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

University of North Carolina at Pembroke

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $25K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Guilford College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Lenoir-Rhyne University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Brevard College

private · 17 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

East Carolina University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Gardner-Webb University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Methodist University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Carolina Christian College

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $40K/yr

University of North Carolina Wilmington

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Belmont Abbey College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Mars Hill University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Carolinas College of Health Sciences

public · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Carolina University

private · 9 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $26K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Fayetteville State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

University of North Carolina School of the Arts

public · 4 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $42K/yr

Meredith College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

University of Mount Olive

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Montreat College

private · 18 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

High Point University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $58K/yr

Winston-Salem State University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Lees-McRae College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $50K/yr

Bennett College

private · 10 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $27K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Campbell University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte

private · 12 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

North Carolina Central University

public · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Barton College

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

Livingstone College

private · 16 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $28K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

St. Andrews University

private · 15 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Queens University of Charlotte

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 99%

Avg debt: $29K
Avg earnings: $55K/yr

Johnson C Smith University

private · 16 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $54K/yr

Greensboro College

private · 19 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $52K/yr

North Carolina Wesleyan University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $30K
Avg earnings: $57K/yr

Saint Augustine's University

private · 18 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $31K
Avg earnings: $56K/yr

Cabarrus College of Health Sciences

private · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $32K
Avg earnings: $59K/yr

Manna University

private · 5 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $34K
Avg earnings: $42K/yr

Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary

private · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $34K
Avg earnings: $40K/yr

Miller-Motte College-Wilmington

private · 2 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $34K
Avg earnings: $64K/yr

Carolina College of Biblical Studies

private · 3 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $36K
Avg earnings: $40K/yr

Chowan University

private · 17 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $36K
Avg earnings: $51K/yr

Pfeiffer University

private · 20 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $38K
Avg earnings: $53K/yr

Heritage Bible College

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $40K
Avg earnings: $40K/yr

Chamberlain University-North Carolina

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $40K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

South University-High Point

private · 1 majors · Grad rate: 100%

Avg debt: $40K
Avg earnings: $62K/yr

Frequently Asked Questions

CollegeROIData tracks 66 colleges and universities in Nc, covering 1,012 school+major combinations with debt and earnings data.

The average median student debt across all school+major combinations in Nc is $26K. First-year earnings average $56K.

Among tracked schools, Strayer University-North Carolina has one of the lowest average debt levels in Nc. Use our school pages to compare ROI scores by major.

The this entity record above pulls directly from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. college cost, debt, and post-graduation earnings distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.

Every number on this page links back to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.

Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for this entity’s peers within U.S. degree-granting institutions. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2026.