Federal data

Largest liberal arts programs in North Carolina

North Carolina liberal arts 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-year1,822
2Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleighPublic, 2-year1,458
3Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmingtonPublic, 2-year747
4Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-SalemPublic, 2-year489
5Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickoryPublic, 2-year443
6Gaston CollegeDallasPublic, 2-year432
7Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonvillePublic, 2-year401
8Alamance Community CollegeGrahamPublic, 2-year335
9Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayettevillePublic, 2-year326
10Caldwell Community College and Technical InstituteHudsonPublic, 2-year320
11Johnston Community CollegeSmithfieldPublic, 2-year314
12Pitt Community CollegeWintervillePublic, 2-year301
13Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAshevillePublic, 2-year294
14Mitchell Community CollegeStatesvillePublic, 2-year284
15Vance-Granville Community CollegeHendersonPublic, 2-year280
16Central Carolina Community CollegeSanfordPublic, 2-year277
17Sandhills Community CollegePinehurstPublic, 2-year260
18Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasvillePublic, 2-year247
19South Piedmont Community CollegePolktonPublic, 2-year241
20Cleveland Community CollegeShelbyPublic, 2-year239
21Craven Community CollegeNew BernPublic, 2-year237
22Durham Technical Community CollegeDurhamPublic, 2-year237
23East Carolina UniversityGreenvillePublic, 4-year233
24Brunswick Community CollegeBoliviaPublic, 2-year219
25Richmond Community CollegeHamletPublic, 2-year212

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.