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North Carolina bachelor's earnings

A salary explorer for 60 schools in North Carolina (59 with published 4-year medians) and 794 bachelor's programs. Federal outcomes are shown as-is. Schools are listed most programs first. There are no ranks. Grades are our own modeled ranking of schools against each other, kept to two small columns.

Schools
59
with published 4-Yr medians
Programs
794
observed 4-Yr medians
Typical School Median
$52,065
median of school medians
High-School Benchmark
$32,286
state median, employed HS grads 25–34

Schools on the Map

Each dot is a school, colored by its median 4-year earnings. Hover a dot for its name.

<$40k$40–55k$55–70k$70–90k$90k+

no published median · Each state map is zoomed to fill its frame.

Program Earnings

Published 4-year medians across 794 programs.

$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k

How to Read

Median EarningsMedian of published 4-year earnings across the school's programs.
Earnings RangeLowest to highest program median at the school.
GradesAdj. Grade adjusts for selectivity, state, and peer group; Raw Grade ranks unadjusted 4-year medians.
DistributionOverview of observed program medians — the black tick marks the school median. Schools with under 5 programs show one bar per program.
DetailsAddress, website, enrollment, admit rate, and top programs per school.

Grades: Our Value-Add

Our modeled ranking of schools against each other — kept to two small columns below.

A 3 B 17 C 8 D/F 1 31 ungraded

Medians and spreads come straight from federal data (College Scorecard / Census). Our grades are modeled estimates.

Click a column header to change the sort.

SchoolEnrollmentMedian EarningsEarnings Range# Programs ↓Adj. GradeRaw GradeDistribution
North Carolina State University at Raleigh 27,371 $66,980 $35,867–$113,478 64 C+ B+ $40k$60k$80k$100k
University of North Carolina at Charlotte 24,453 $60,407 $39,112–$97,109 55 B− B $40k$60k$80k$100k
Appalachian State University 19,444 $54,790 $40,371–$97,670 52 C+ B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
East Carolina University 19,896 $56,134 $39,029–$98,406 49 B− B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
Western Carolina University 10,024 $50,987 $34,516–$86,853 44 C+ C+ $40k$60k$80k
University of North Carolina at Greensboro 14,062 $50,695 $35,628–$86,372 43 C C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 20,752 $68,086 $41,362–$137,047 38 B A− $40k$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
North Carolina A & T State University 12,182 $60,863 $31,202–$109,537 37 B+ B− $40k$60k$80k$100k
University of North Carolina Wilmington 14,922 $50,514 $33,461–$88,219 33 C− C+ $40k$60k$80k
Elon University 6,452 $72,436 $53,185–$112,303 22 A+ A $60k$80k$100k
Duke University 6,442 $95,115 $61,425–$297,029 20 A+ A+ $50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Campbell University 2,680 $62,938 $43,675–$79,566 20 — B− $50k$60k$70k$80k
North Carolina Central University 6,081 $47,682 $42,067–$90,760 20 B C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
University of North Carolina at Pembroke 5,330 $49,806 $36,793–$80,579 19 B C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
Winston-Salem State University 4,170 $47,527 $34,786–$94,298 19 B C $40k$60k$80k
University of North Carolina Asheville 2,910 $46,518 $33,714–$88,346 19 F C $40k$60k$80k
Wingate University 2,668 $60,074 $38,993–$78,487 16 B B− $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
University of Mount Olive 1,796 $56,226 $38,052–$93,698 15 B+ B− $40k$60k$80k
Wake Forest University 5,485 $79,599 $60,635–$146,608 13 A+ A+ $60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
High Point University 5,129 $65,607 $50,007–$99,053 13 B+ A− $50k$60k$70k$80k$90k$100k
Fayetteville State University 5,762 $46,119 $36,164–$88,701 13 B+ C $40k$60k$80k
Gardner-Webb University 1,856 $50,648 $35,982–$75,117 12 C+ C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte 1,184 $55,423 $47,042–$73,476 10 B B− $50k$60k$70k
Queens University of Charlotte 1,211 $72,786 $41,303–$94,719 8 B+ B+ $40k$60k$80k
Methodist University 1,448 $56,249 $45,457–$83,653 8 C B− $50k$60k$70k$80k
Guilford College 1,001 $52,065 $46,011–$67,698 8 B− C+ $45k$50k$55k$60k$65k
North Carolina Wesleyan University 1,214 $50,280 $38,717–$53,598 8 — C− $40k$45k$50k
Belmont Abbey College 1,276 $60,199 $44,460–$74,698 7 B+ B− $50k$60k$70k
Elizabeth City State University 1,975 $50,146 $45,224–$68,723 7 B C+ $45k$50k$55k$60k$65k$70k
Catawba College 1,235 $48,181 $39,633–$60,718 7 B− C $40k$45k$50k$55k$60k
Lees-McRae College 873 $45,862 $38,699–$87,523 7 — C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k$80k$90k
Chowan University 603 $44,711 $33,143–$54,889 7 — F $35k$40k$45k$50k$55k
Livingstone College 924 $40,328 $35,015–$46,945 7 — F $35k$38k$40k$42k$45k$48k
William Peace University 666 $53,132 $40,817–$60,289 6 C+ C+ $40k$45k$50k$55k$60k
Johnson C Smith University 1,244 $43,636 $38,941–$51,371 6 — F $40k$42k$45k$48k$50k
Strayer University-North Carolina 2,671 $66,108 $53,916–$87,413 5 — B− $60k$70k$80k$90k
Mars Hill University 1,044 $51,053 $41,384–$74,707 5 — C+ $40k$50k$60k$70k
Shaw University 875 $44,010 $28,545–$47,401 5 — F $30k$35k$40k$45k
DeVry University-North Carolina — $69,953 $68,126–$73,884 4 — — $70k$72k
Pfeiffer University 655 $55,867 $46,322–$75,033 4 — — $50k$60k$70k
Salem College 423 $48,476 $45,560–$68,431 4 — — $45k$50k$55k$60k$65k$70k
University of North Carolina School of the Arts 945 $37,511 $32,463–$48,664 4 — — $35k$40k$45k
Lenoir-Rhyne University 1,359 $53,609 $44,131–$78,839 3 — — $50k$60k$70k$80k
Brevard College 815 $51,834 $41,193–$57,660 3 — — $40k$45k$50k$55k
St. Andrews University 628 $49,068 $44,747–$50,253 3 — — $45k$48k$50k
Montreat College 762 $41,209 $39,845–$67,034 3 — — $40k$50k$60k
Barton College 982 $67,204 $55,125–$79,283 2 — — $55k$60k$65k$70k$75k$80k
Greensboro College 708 $57,906 $56,598–$59,215 2 — — $57k$58k$59k
Meredith College 1,188 $54,612 $49,124–$60,099 2 — — $50k$52k$55k$58k$60k
Carolina University 460 $47,927 $38,859–$56,995 2 — — $40k$45k$50k$55k
Miller-Motte College-Wilmington 46 $40,152 $38,918–$41,385 2 — — $39k$40k$41k
Mid-Atlantic Christian University 132 $29,628 $26,873–$32,383 2 — — $28k$30k$32k
Chamberlain University-North Carolina 202 $96,132 $96,132–$96,132 1 — — $96k
Galen Health Institutes-Asheville 253 $91,862 $91,862–$91,862 1 — — $92k
South University-High Point 67 $91,363 $91,363–$91,363 1 — — $91k
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences 712 $78,143 $78,143–$78,143 1 — — $78k
Warren Wilson College 707 $43,793 $43,793–$43,793 1 — — $44k
Saint Augustine's University 172 $38,086 $38,086–$38,086 1 — — $38k
Living Arts College — $33,079 $33,079–$33,079 1 — — $33k
1 school without published 4-year medians
Bennett College

Greensboro · 900 E Washington St · School website ↗

Enrollment (undergrad): 178 · Admit rate: 50.7% · Yield: 20.2% · Locale: City: Large

"—" means the value was not published. Distribution histograms are smoothed views of observed program medians — never imputed values, and never used in grades.