Religious and Seminary Schools

St. Andrews University, a branch of Webber International University, formerly St. Andrews Presbyterian College, is a private, Presbyterian, four-year liberal arts college in Laurinburg, in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

William Peace University is a SACS-accredited, small, private co-ed university in Raleigh, NC.

Warren Wilson College is a private four-year liberal arts college near Asheville, North Carolina, in the Swannanoa Valley

Shepherds Theological Seminary exists to glorify God and honor our Lord Jesus Christ. We base our philosophy of education on the theological certainty that the one true triune God has self-attestingly revealed Himself to mankind in the Christian Scriptures. This God of the Bible has many attributes-several of these are foundational for education.

Shaw University, founded as Raleigh Institute, is a private liberal arts institution and historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1865, it is the oldest HBCU in the Southern United States.

Salem College is a liberal arts women's college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States founded in 1772. Originally established as a primary school, it later became an academy (high school) and finally a college. It is the oldest female educational establishment that is still a women's college[citation needed] and the oldest female institution in the Southern United States.

Saint Augustine's University is a historically black college located in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. The college was founded in 1867 in Raleigh, North Carolina by prominent Episcopal clergy for the education of freed slaves.

Piedmont is an established provider of quality, Bible-centered higher education for effective lifetime ministry. Piedmont offers online, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs.

Pfeiffer University is a private university in the village of Misenheimer near Richfield, North Carolina that is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

North Carolina Wesleyan College is a private four-year coeducational, liberal arts college, located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

The University of Mount Olive is a small, private Christian college in Eastern NC offering affordable higher education for traditional students and working adults.

A Christian Liberal-Arts College located in North Carolina, offering degree and certificate programs for undergraduates, graduates, and professionals.

Mid-Atlantic Christian University is an undergraduate institution of Christian higher education whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary Christian leaders.

Methodist University, known until 2006 as Methodist College, is a private university that is historically related to the North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Louisburg College is a private Methodist-affiliated two-year college located in Louisburg, North Carolina.

Livingstone College is a private historically black institution, founded in 1879 that is secured by a strong commitment to quality instruction. Located in Salisbury, NC, Livingstone College prides itself as being a Holistic Learning Environment. Livingstone College is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

Lenoir-Rhyne University is a co-educational, private liberal arts university founded in 1891 and located in Hickory, North Carolina, USA. The university is affiliated with the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Lees-McRae College is a private four-year college in Banner Elk, North Carolina, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.

Heritage Bible College of Dunn, North Carolina, is a coeducational Bible college founded in 1971 and sponsored by the Pentecostal Free Will Baptist denomination. Heritage was established to provide systematic and comprehensive training in the Word of God from a Pentecostal perspective to enable students to fulfill their specific call to the ministry.

Guilford College, founded in 1837 by members of the Religious Society of Friends, is a small Liberal arts college in Greensboro, North Carolina. Guilford has both traditional students and students who attend its Center for Continuing Education.

Greensboro College is a four-year, independent, coeducational liberal-arts college, also offering four master's degrees, located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, and affiliated with the United Methodist Church

Grace College of Divinity, formerly Grace Leadership Institute was founded with the mission of providing practical and academic education and training to adults in a formal, traditional environment. This education was designed not to replace, but to complement the discipleship efforts of the local church. The curriculum was structured to prepare and equip believers; it concentrated its study and development in four particular tracks: Leadership, Worship, Ministry, and Family Life.

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892.

Davidson College is a highly selective independent liberal arts college for 1,920 students located 20 minutes north of Charlotte in Davidson, N.C.

Chowan University is a small private university of about 1200 students located in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, United States

Carolina Christian College is a special purpose, undergraduate institution. CCC educates persons for Christian ministries through a program of Biblical and theological studies, general education in the arts and sciences, and professional studies.

Campbell University is a coeducational, private university in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its main campus is located in the community of Buies Creek; its law school moved from Buies Creek to a new campus in the state capital of Raleigh in 2009. Campbell has an approximately equal number of male and female students. It is a university of the liberal arts and sciences, offering both theory and vocational education and hosting several professional schools.

Brevard College is a small, private, United Methodist, liberal arts college in Brevard, North Carolina, United States. The college grants the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Music degree.

Bennett College is a private four-year historically black liberal arts college for women. Located in Greensboro, NC, it was founded in 1873 as a normal school educating newly emancipated slaves.

Belmont Abbey College is a private liberal-arts Catholic college located in Belmont, North Carolina, USA, about 15 miles west of Uptown Charlotte. It was founded in 1876 by the Benedictine monks of Belmont Abbey.

Barton College is a private liberal arts college located in Wilson, North Carolina. Barton College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the NC Association of Colleges and Universities; the NC Department of Public; the NC Board of Nursing; and the Committee of Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association.

Apex School of Theology was founded in 1995 as Apex Academy School of Religion and later changed its name to Apex School of Theology (ASOT).