Carolina Utara juga merupakan rumah bagi banyak perguruan tinggi dan universitas swasta yang terkenal, termasuk Duke University, Wake Forest University, Pfeiffer University, Lees-McRae College, Davidson College, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Elonford College, Guilford College, Livingstone College, Salem College, Shaw University (yang pertama kali kuliah kulit hitam atau universitas di South), Laurel University, Meredith College, Methodist University, Belmont Abbeys (satu-satunya perguruan tinggi Katolik di Carolinas), Campbell University of Olive, University, Montreat University, High Point University, Lenoir-hyr-Rne (satu-satunya Universitas Lutheran di North University), North Carolina University, dan Wingate University.
Apa universitas kulit hitam pertama di selatan?
Shaw University