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Largest early childhood education programs in North Carolina

North Carolina early childhood education programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.

RankSchoolCitySectorAwards conferred
1Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlottePublic, 2-year409
2Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayettevillePublic, 2-year339
3Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleighPublic, 2-year162
4Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-SalemPublic, 2-year134
5Beaufort County Community CollegeWashingtonPublic, 2-year125
6Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisburyPublic, 2-year124
7University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillPublic, 4-year115
8Pitt Community CollegeWintervillePublic, 2-year105
9Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestownPublic, 2-year94
10Alamance Community CollegeGrahamPublic, 2-year80
11Stanly Community CollegeAlbemarlePublic, 2-year64
12Randolph Community CollegeAsheboroPublic, 2-year60
13James Sprunt Community CollegeKenansvillePublic, 2-year52
14Gaston CollegeDallasPublic, 2-year49
15Sandhills Community CollegePinehurstPublic, 2-year48
16University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboroPublic, 4-year43
17Vance-Granville Community CollegeHendersonPublic, 2-year43
18Durham Technical Community CollegeDurhamPublic, 2-year42
19Cleveland Community CollegeShelbyPublic, 2-year41
20Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboroPublic, 2-year41
21University of Mount OliveMount OlivePrivate nonprofit, 4-year40
22Sampson Community CollegeClintonPublic, 2-year37
23Surry Community CollegeDobsonPublic, 2-year37
24South Piedmont Community CollegePolktonPublic, 2-year36
25Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboroPublic, 2-year35

Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.

How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.