#2 Region for Increase of Educated Migrants
Forbes.com,  June 2011

4-Year Colleges

Meredith College

  • Independent private women's college, Chartered in 1891
  • Approximately 2,100 students with an average class size of 17 students
  • Beautiful 225-acre campus located near downtown Raleigh

William Peace University

  • Founded in 1857 as a two-year women's college (Now offers four-year degrees and will admit men to it's day program starting Fall 2012)
  • Approximately 750 students with a student to faculty ratio of 11:1
  • Offers 10 majors and a wide range of minors

Saint Augustine's College

  • Founded in 1867
  • Private, historically black, co-ed institution
  • 1,500 students.  14:1 student to teacher ratio

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

  • Cooperative program ministry of the Southern Baptist Convention
  • Offer various Masters and Doctoral programs
  • 1,725 students

Shaw University

  • Private, co-ed liberal arts University, founded in 1865
  • First historically black university of the South
  • 2,700 students

Campbell University (Buies Creek & Raleigh)

  • Private University, affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
  • 7,000 students
  • Normal Adrian Wiggins School of Law has relocated to downtown Raleigh

North Carolina Central University (Durham)

  • Nation's first public liberal arts institution founded for African Americans
  • Part of the 17-campus University of North Carolina System
  • 8,700 students
  • 100 undergraduate degrees and 40 graduate degrees