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Education & Early Childhood community-college programs in North Carolina

29 community colleges in North Carolina report awarding credentials in Education & Early Childhood. Early childhood and paraeducator pathways, plus transfer routes into four-year teaching degrees. The list below ranks them by share of total credentials awarded in this field — a directional measure of program scale and focus.

If you are choosing a Education & Early Childhood program in North Carolina, weigh program-specific accreditation, clinical or apprenticeship placement, and the institution's articulation agreements with North Carolina public universities (for transfer-bound students) or its local employer relationships (for occupational tracks). Within North Carolina published tuition tends to fall in a tight range, so the program-quality questions usually matter more than cost. The ranked list below is a useful starting point but should not substitute for a campus visit and a conversation with the program advisor.

Each college below links to a full profile with cost, enrollment, completion, and transfer numbers from the College Scorecard. Use the cost-and-aid guide for North Carolina and the state's transfer-outcomes guide for additional context.

  1. Haywood Community CollegeClyde14%
  2. Southeastern Community CollegeWhiteville10%
  3. Western Piedmont Community CollegeMorganton8%
  4. Robeson Community CollegeLumberton8%
  5. Roanoke-Chowan Community CollegeAhoskie7%
  6. Bladen Community CollegeDublin7%
  7. Sandhills Community CollegePinehurst6%
  8. McDowell Technical Community CollegeMarion6%
  9. South Piedmont Community CollegePolkton6%
  10. Wilson Community CollegeWilson6%
  11. Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem6%
  12. Sampson Community CollegeClinton6%
  13. Vance-Granville Community CollegeHenderson6%
  14. Pitt Community CollegeWinterville5%
  15. Cleveland Community CollegeShelby5%
  16. Durham Technical Community CollegeDurham5%
  17. Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown4%
  18. Brunswick Community CollegeBolivia3%
  19. Piedmont Community CollegeRoxboro3%
  20. College of the AlbemarleElizabeth City3%
  21. Caldwell Community College and Technical InstituteHudson2%
  22. Craven Community CollegeNew Bern2%
  23. Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford2%
  24. Tri-County Community CollegeMurphy2%
  25. Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville2%
  26. Rockingham Community CollegeWentworth1%
  27. Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory1%
  28. Halifax Community CollegeWeldon1%
  29. Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington1%

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