Colleges & Universities
Research Universities
Colleges
& Universities
Research
Universities
 Duke
University
Duke University and its precursors have been educating
North Carolinians since 1838. Located in Durham, Duke
has been regarded as one of the Research Triangle Region&rs
quos
most valuable assets. Duke is known for the quality
of its faculty as well as its academic and research
programs. However, Duke’s size enables it to offer
the atmosphere of a small college with the educational
resources of a major research university. Duke offers
50 undergraduate majors and 74 graduate or professional
degrees in law, divinity, medicine an allied health,
nursing, engineering, environmental studies and business.
Duke’s Fuqua School of Business is considered
one of the best in the nation.
Duke is recognized
not only as a leader in higher education but as an internationally known center for medicine. Its medical center features
clinical and training programs as well as research programs.
Many of Duke’s faculty members have been cited
for excellence in teaching and providing outstanding
published works and literary articles.
The gothic
architecture of the campus lends an air of scholarly
antiquity to Duke. However, its modern labs, faculty,
relationship with the Research Triangle Park, and leading-edge
research programs are all prime indicators that Duke
is pointed toward the 22nd century.
Rankings:
Statistics
at a Glance:
- Gender Breakdown: Male: 51.6%; Female: 48.4%
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 6,248
- Graduate Enrollment: 6,150
- Total Student Body: 12,398 (48.8% In-State; 51.2%
Out-of-State)
- Faculty: 948 (Excludes Medical School Faculty)
- Tuition fees (2004-2005): $30,720
- Room/board(2004-2005): $8,525
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U.S. News and World Report magazine
North
Carolina State University
North Carolina State University, the largest of
the universities in the University of North Carolina
system, is a national center for research, teaching
and outreach in the sciences and technologies, in the
humanities and social sciences, and in a wide range
of professional programs.
Located in!
the state’s capital of Raleigh, NC State was founded
March 7, 1887, by the North Carolina General Assembly.
N.C. State shares the distinctive character of land-grant
universities nationwide: broad academic offerings, national
and international partnerships, and large-scale public
services, extension and research activities. The university
is organized into ten colleges along with the Graduate
School and the Division of Undergraduate Studies. The
ten colleges include: Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Design, Education, Engineering, Humanities and Social
Sciences, Management, Natural Resources, Physical and
Mathematical Sciences, Textiles and Veterinary Medicine.
Baccalaureate degrees are offered in 98 fields, master
's degrees in 100 fields, and doctoral degrees in 53
fields.
N.C. State
’s outreach and extension programs reach into
every part of the state and cover everything from the
more traditional engineering, agriculture and textiles
extension programs to veterinary students helping injured
animals or faculty members preserving the dialect of
the Ocracoke Islanders.
Centennial Campus is North Carolina State University’s
vision of the campus of the future – a “technopolis”
;
of university, corporate and government R&D facilities
and business incubators, with an exciting town center,
executive conference center and hotel, upscale housing,
and recreational amenities. This 1,334-acre site, adjacent
to N.C. State’s main campus, is quickly emerging
as the Research Triangle Region’s fastest growing
development. There’s no other campus or research
park like it in the country.
Rankings:
Statistics
at a Glance:
- Gender Breakdown: Male: 56.7%; Female: 43.3%
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 22,971
- Graduate Enrollment: 6,883
- Total Student Body: 29,854 (86.4% In-State; 13.6%
Out-of-State)
- Faculty: 1,647 (Includes veterinary school faculty)
- Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $4,294 in-state,
$16,192 out-of-state
- Room/board (2004-2005): $6,496
Source: U.S. News and World Report magazine
The
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
is the nation’s first state university. Since
its founding in 1793, UNC-CH has been nationally known
for its achievements in teaching, research and public
service. Carolina is located in the heart of the town of Chapel Hill, the best college town in America It’s
a friendly town in the geographical center of North
Carolina and is located in the western point of the
Research Triangle.
Carolina
offers academic programs leading to 42 bachelor’s,
76 master’s-level programs and 63 doctoral-level
programs, as well as professional degrees in dentistry,
education, government, information and library science,
journalism and mass communication, law, medicine, nursing,
pharmacy, public health and social work. Also within
Chapel Hill is UNC-Hospitals, including North Carolina
Memorial Hospital, the state’s principal referral,
and diagnostic and treatment center.
Rankings:
Statistics
at a Glance:
- Gender Breakdown: Male: 41.5%; Female: 58.5%
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 16,144
- Graduate Enrollment: 10,215
- Total Student Body: 26,359 (75.5% In-State; 24.5%
Out-of-State)
- Faculty: 2,381 (Includes medical school faculty)
- Tuition and fees (2004-2005): $3,205 in-state,
$16,303 out-of-state
- Room/board (2004-2005): $6,245
Source: U.S. News and World Report magazine
Colleges
and Universities
Campbell
University
Campbell University is a Baptist University affiliated
with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.
Campbell 's present standing is among the state 's largest
church-related senior universities and occupies an 850-acre
campus in Buies Creek. James Archibald Campbell, a North
Carolina preacher who believed that no student should
be denied admission because of the lack of funds, founded
it in January of 1887. Originally known as Buies Creek
Academy, the school began with twenty-one students and
has grown to over 6,841 today. In 1926, the school attained
junior college status and changed its name from Buies
Creek Academy to Campbell Junior College. In 1961, Campbell
became a senior college. The name was changed to Campbell
University on June 6,1979. Graduate programs were begun
in 1977 with the Master of Education degree. The Master
of Business Administration degree was added in 1978
and the Master of Science in Government was established
in 1982. The Campbell University School of Law was founded
in 1976, and the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business
was begun in 1983. The Schools of Pharmacy and Education
were established in 1985. The Divinity School was established
in 1995.
Statistics
at a Glance:
- Gender Breakdown: Male: 50.2%; Female: 49.8%
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 5,206
- Graduate Enrollment: 1,635
- Total Student Body: 6,841 (85.9% In-State; 14.1%
Out-of-State)
- Faculty: 171
Louisburg
College
Louisburg College is the oldest chartered two-year,
church-related (Methodist), co-educational college in
the nation. It traces its heritage to the first charter
of the Franklin Academy in 1787. The college evolved
from Franklin Male Academy, Louisburg Female Academy
and Louisburg Female College. At the beginning of the
20th century, the institution became known as Louisburg
College. The College 's academic programs provide a
variety of choices for the transfer and two-year student.
Fields of study include Associate of Arts, Associate
of Science, Business Curricula, weekend/evening college
and special programs. Roughly 502 students are currently
attending Louisburg College. The college helps make
the transition between high school and the senior institution
of your choice. Being a student at Louisburg College,
you will be better prepared to enter and succeed at
a larger institution, and classes in your major will
be smaller and taught by experienced professors.
Statistics
at a Glance :
- Gender Breakdown: Male: 57.7%; Female: 42.3%
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 502
- Total Student Body: 502 (80.8% In-State; 19.2%
Out-of-State)
- Faculty: 18
Meredith
College
Meredith College is a woman's liberal arts college
located in Raleigh, NC on a 225-acre campus. Meredith
is a place where diverse groups of women unite to learn
and prepare for their futures. Meredith College was
founded by Thomas Meredith when his idea in 1838 called
for the establishment of a "female seminary of
high order." This seminary was named the Baptist
Female University, whose name was changed in 1909 to
Meredith College. Meredith is the largest private four-year
women 's college in the Southeast, and offers degrees
at the bachelor and master level while serving 2,000
undergraduates and 152 graduates.
Statistics
at a Glance:
- Gender Breakdown: Male: 1.6%; Female:!
98.4%
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 2,000
- Graduate Enrollment: 152
- Total Student Body: 2,152 (89.9% In-State; 10.1%
Out-of-State)
- Faculty: 137
North
Carolina Central University
North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is the nation
's first public liberal arts institution founded for
African-Americans. The university has a strong liberal
arts tradition with a commitment to diverse educational
and cultural environment. NCCU was chartered in 1909
and opened its doors in 1910. NCCU is one of the 16
senior institutions comprising the University of North
Carolina, the state 's tax-supported university system.
NCCU serves its more than 5,441 undergraduate and graduate
students through the College of Arts and Sciences, the
School of Business, the School of Education, the School
of Law, and the School of Library and Information Sciences.
In addition to its regular offerings, NCCU has a large
selection of courses in the evening with a number of
undergraduate and graduate degrees available to students
who attend evening courses only. NCCU 's campus is more than 100 acres, beautifully landscaped through sloping
hills and green valleys. The buildings are a mixture
of modern and modified Georgian structures.
Statistics
at a Glance:
- Gender Breakdown: Male: 31.8%; Female: 68.2%
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 5,362
- Graduate Enrollment: 1,829
- Total Student Body: 7,191 (90.5% In-State; 9.5%
Out-of-State)
- Faculty: 250
Peace
!
College
Peace College, a private college of liberal arts and
sciences for women and affiliated with the Presbyterian
Church (USA), was founded in 1857 by Presbyterian elder
William Peace. Peace offers the Associate of Arts, Associate
of Fine Arts in Music, Associate of Science, and the
Bachelor of Arts degrees in Biology, Business Management,
Communications, English, Human Resources, Leadership
Studies, Liberal Studies, Music, Psychology, Spanish,
and Visual Communications. Located on 8-acres of historic
downtown Raleigh, Peace is situated in the State 's
political, educational and cultural center that offers many internship opportunities for young women. Currently,
there are 699 students attending Peace College and is
one of two women's colleges in the Southeast that offer
both associate and baccalaureate degree programs. Peace
College is a member of the Women 's College Coalition.
Statistics
at a Glance:
- Gender Breakdown: Male: 4.4%; Female: 95.6%
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 699
- Total Student Body: 699 (87.8% In-State; 12.2% Out-of-State)
- Faculty: 40
St.
Augustine's College
St. Augustine's College is an undergraduate, co-educational,
liberal arts institution, affiliated with the Episcopal
Church. Founded in Raleigh in 1867 to educate free slaves,
the mission of St. Augustine's College has grown with
diversification of its once predominant African-American
heritage to one that is multi-national and multi-racial.
St. Augustine's College was first awarded its baccalaureate
degrees in 1931.
Statistics
at a Glance:
- Gender Breakdown: Male: 51.4%; Female: 48.6%
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 1,635
- Total Student Body: 1,635 (50.8% In-State; 49.2%
Out-of-State)
- Faculty: 128
Shaw
University
A co-educational, church-related institution in Raleigh
was founded in 1865 being the oldest historically black
university in the South. Shaw is firmly committed to
providing educational opportunities for all segments
of society but has been a particular pacesetter in developing
programs to serve the needs to Afro-Americans. Shaw
University all levels of education including thirteen
departments offering 29 majors leading to the bachelor
of arts or bachelor of science degree, three degree
programs leading to the associate of arts degree, and
one master 's degree program in divinity. The Center
for Alternative Programs of Education (CAPE) allows
students in nine cities across North Carolina the opportunity
to pursue an academic degree through flexible course
scheduling, independent study, and credit for prior
learning experiences. Shaw University is accredited
by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
to award the associate, bachelor 's and master 's degrees.
Three of its academic programs have national accreditation
including the Shaw Divinity School, the kinesiotherapy
program, and the teacher education program. Approximately
1,589 students from the United States, the Caribbean,
African countries and the Middle East attend Shaw University.
Statistics
at a Glance:
- Gender Breakdown: Male: 37.9%; Female: 62.1%
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 2,301
- Graduate Enrollment: 155
- Total Student Body: 2,456 (73.4% In-State; 26.6% Out-of-State)
- Faculty: 88
Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary
Southeastern
Baptist Theological Seminary was founded in May of 1950,
by vote of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Convention
purchased the campus of Wake Forest College (now Wake
Forest University) in Wake Forest, NC recognizing it
as the most beautiful place in the South. This campus
original heritage dates back to 1832 when the property
was originally obtained by the Baptists of North Carolina
in
order to build a college for educating ministers.
The Seminary is known for the beautiful Wake Forest
Baptist Church, organized in 1835, which sits within
the campus enclosure. The Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological
Schools in the United States and Canada and also the
Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools. This Seminary theological training
and educational preparation for ministry is one of the
best in the nation and provides studies ranging from
undergraduate to post-graduate degrees. The school offers
the Master of Divinity degree as a first professional degree for Christian ministers while also offering several
related Master of Arts programs. The Bachelor of Arts
is available to undergraduates entering into Biblical
and ministerial studies. Post-graduate degrees are also
offered in the Doctor of Ministry program as well as
two advanced research degrees in Master of Theology
and Doctor of Philosophy. Extension centers serve students
in Charlotte, NC; Norfolk, VA; and Augusta, GA. The
Seminary is ranked as the sixth largest seminary in
the nation with an enrollment of 1,725.
Statistics
at a Glance:
- Gender Breakdown: Male: 78.4%; Female: 21.6%
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 393
- Graduate Enrollment: 1,332
- Total Student Body: 1,725 (39.8% In-State; 60.2%
Out-of-State)
- Faculty: 59
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