4-Year Colleges
- Independent private women's college, Chartered in 1891
- 2,200 + students with an average class size of 16 students
- Beautiful 225-acre campus located near downtown Raleigh
- Founded in 1857 as a two-year women's college (Now offers four-year degrees)
- Approximately 700 students with a student to faculty ratio of 11:1
- Offers 15 majors and a wide range of minors
- Founded in 1867
- Private, historically black, co-ed institution
- 1,600 students. 16:1 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
- Private, co-ed liberal arts University, founded in 1865
- First historically black university of the South
- 2,866 students
Campbell University (Buies Creek)
- Private University, affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
- 6,800 students
- Normal Adrian Wiggins School of Law is relocating to downtown Raleigh
North Carolina Central University (Durham)
- Nation's first public liberal arts institution founded for African Americans
- Part of the 16-campus University of North Carolina System
- 9,000 students
- 100 undergraduate degrees and 40 graduate degrees