Four-year Colleges and Universities
- Independent private women's college
- More than 2,100 students
- 50 majors and concentrations at undergraduate level
- Independent private women's college, founded in 1857
- Student to faculty ratio of 11:1
- Approximately 700 students
- 91% of graduates complete their degree within 4 years
- Founded in 1865, Shaw University is the first historically black college of the South
- Private, co-ed, liberal arts university. Affiliated with the Baptist Church.
- Approximately 2,700 students
- Founded in 1867 by prominent Episcopal clergy
- Private, historically black, co-ed institution.
- Approximately 1,600 students
- Private university, affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
- Approximately 6,800 students
- Recently announced relocation of Law School to downtown Raleigh
- Nation's first public liberal arts institution founded for African Americans
- Approximately 7,100 students
- Part of the 16-campus University of North Carolina system
- Founded in 1950 on the former Wake Forest College campus (Which in 1956 moved to Winston-Salem, NC and became Wake Forest University)
- 1,725 students (393 undergraduate, 1332 graduate)
