North Carolina high school seniors applying to college might want to target NC Countdown to College Week, October 21st to 25th, 2019, for applying to college. During that week, 37 North Carolina colleges and universities, not to mention, every North Carolina community college, will waive application fees.
The application fee for most colleges is $25 or $50, so if you’re applying to more than one school the savings will really add up.
Find more information on NC Countdown to College.
In addition, three North Carolina universities have changed their policies so that in-state students pay just $500 tuition per semester, and out of state students pay just $2,500 per semester.
Those three universities are:
- Elizabeth City State University
- The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- Western Carolina University
North Carolina colleges and universities waiving application fees October 21-25, 2019
- All NC Community Colleges
- Barton College
- Belmont Abbey College
- Bennett College
- Brevard College
- Campbell University
- Catawba College
- Chowan University
- East Carolina University
- Elizabeth City State University
- Fayetteville State University
- Garner-Webb University
- Greensboro College
- Guilford College
- Johnson and Wales
- Johnson C. Smith University
- Lees-McRae College
- Lenoir-Rhyne University
- Livingstone College
- Louisburg College
- Mars Hill University
- Meredith College
- Methodist University
- Montreat College
- North Carolina A&T State University
- North Carolina Central University
- North Carolina Wesleyan College
- Pfeiffer University
- Saint Augustine’s University
- Salem College
- Shaw University
- St. Andrews University
- University of Mount Olive
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- Warren Wilson College
- William Peace University
- Wingate University
- Winston-Salem State University
North Carolina colleges and universities NOT waiving application fees October 21-25, 2019
- Appalachian State University
- Cabarrus College of Health Sciences
- Davison College
- Duke University
- Elon University
- High Point University
- North Carolina State University
- Queens University of Charlotte
- University of North Carolina Asheville
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- University of North Carolina Charlotte
- University of North Carolina Greensboro
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
- Wake Forest University
- Western Carolina University
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