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4-Year Colleges

Meredith College

  • 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

Peace College

  • 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

Saint Augustine's College

  • 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

Shaw University

  • 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