List of college athletic programs in North Carolina
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This is a list of college athletic programs in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
NCAA
Division I
Appalachian State
Campbell
Charlotte
Davidson
Duke
East Carolina
Elon
Gardner-Webb
High Point
NC State
North Carolina
North Carolina A&T
NC Central
Queens
UNC Asheville
UNC Greensboro
UNC Wilmington
Wake Forest
Western Carolina
Full NCAA Division I member colleges in North Carolina.
- FBS Football, 
- FCS Football, 
- Non-football
- FBS Football, 
- FCS Football, 
- Non-football- Campbell, Elon, and North Carolina A&T's football teams all compete in CAA Football, the technically separate football league operated by the all-sports CAA.
- Davidson's football team competes in the Pioneer Football League.
- Gardner-Webb’s football team competes in the Ohio Valley Conference.
Division II
Barton
Belmont Abbey
Catawba
Chowan
Elizabeth City State
Fayetteville State
Johnson C. Smith
Lees-McRae
Lenoir-Rhyne
Livingstone
Mars Hill
Mount Olive
Shaw
UNC Pembroke
Wingate
Winston-Salem State
Full NCAA Division II member colleges in North Carolina.
- Football, - Non-football
- Football, - Non-football- Shaw's soccer teams compete as independents.
Division III
Brevard
Greensboro
Guilford
Johnson & Wales
Meredith
Methodist
North Carolina Wesleyan
Pfeiffer
Salem
Warren Wilson
William Peace
Full NCAA Division III member colleges in North Carolina.
- Football, - Non-football
- Football, - Non-football- As of the 2025-26 academic year, Johnson & Wales is in the first year of a three-year transition to Division III and will be an active member in 2028-29.
NAIA
Carolina
Montreat
Full NAIA member colleges in North Carolina.
- Football, - Non-football
- Football, - Non-football| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Football | Basketball | Baseball | Softball | Soccer | ||||||
| M | W | M | W | |||||||
| Carolina Bruins | Carolina University | Winston-Salem | Continental |  |  | | | | | |
| Montreat Cavaliers | Montreat College | Montreat | Appalachian | | | | | | | |
USCAA
NCCAA
| Team | School | City | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Bruins | Carolina University | Winston-Salem | I |
NJCAA
See also
- List of NCAA Division I institutions
- List of NCAA Division II institutions
- List of NCAA Division III institutions
- List of NAIA institutions
- List of USCAA institutions
- List of NCCAA institutions
- List of NJCAA Division I institutions
- List of NJCAA Division II institutions
- List of NJCAA Division III institutions