Guaranteed Transfer & Co-Admissions Programs between NC Community Colleges and NC Four-Year Colleges and Universities
Students enrolled (or enrolling) in an NC Community College may be interested in pursuing a 4-Year Degree at NC college or university. While there are many options for this transition, one of best paths is through a Guaranteed Admissions/Co-Admissions Program.
These programs are:
- Specific agreements between the community college and a four-year university
- Allow for a seamless transfer between the two institutions
- Usually require completion of an associate's degree while maintaining a certain grade or GPA level
- Often include perks, such as a student ID to the four-year university
Each program is different, so if you're interested, make sure you contact the admissions office at your community college for more information.
CFNC maintains a list of Guaranteed Admissions/Co-Admissions Programs (below); however, please note that this is not an exhaustive list and there may be other programs that are not listed.
Program with 27 community colleges
https://Transfer.appstate.edu/aspire
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Brunswick Community College
- Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
- Cape Fear Community College
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Cleveland Community College
- Davidson-Davie Community College
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Gaston College
- Guilford Technical Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Mayland Community College
- McDowell Technical Community College
- Mitchell Community College
- Piedmont Community College
- Randolph Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- Sandhills Community College
- South Piedmont Community College
- Surry Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
- Western Piedmont Community College
- Wilkes Community College
Local Program with one community college
https://catawba.edu/learnlocal/
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Program with 46 community colleges
https://piratepromise.ecu.edu/participating-colleges/
- Alamance Community College
- Beaufort County Community College
- Bladen Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Brunswick Community College
- Cape Fear Community College
- Carteret Community College
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Coastal Carolina Community College
- College of the Albemarle
- Craven Community College
- Davidson-Davie Community College
- Durham Technical Community College
- Edgecombe Community College
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Gaston College
- Halifax Community College
- James Sprunt Community College
- Johnston Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Martin Community College
- Montgomery Community College
- Nash Community College
- Pamlico Community College
- Piedmont Community College
- Pitt Community College
- Randolph Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Roanoke-Chowan Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Rockingham Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- Sampson Community College
- Sandhills Community College
- South Piedmont Community College
- Southeastern Community College
- Stanly Community College
- Surry Community College
- Vance-Granville Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
- Wayne Community College
- Wilkes Community College
- Wilson Community College
Program with 6 community colleges
https://www.ecsu.edu/admissions/articulation-agreements.php
- College of The Albemarle
- Edgecombe Community College
- Guilford Tech Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Pitt Community College
- Sandhills Community College
Program with 15 community colleges
https://www.uncfsu.edu/admission-and-aid/transfer-to-fsu/transfer-partnerships
- Alamance Community College
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Bladen Community College
- Carteret Community College
- Central-Piedmont Community College
- Craven Community College
- Halifax Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Pitt Community College
- Sampson Community College
- Sandhills Community College
- Southeastern Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
- Wayne Community College
- Wilson Community College
Program with 19 community colleges
https://gardner-webb.edu/admissions-aid/transfer-students/equivalencies/articulation-agreements/bulldog-bound/
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Cleveland Community College
- Davidson-Davie Community College
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Gaston College
- Greenville Technical College
- Isothermal Community College
- Mitchell Community College
- Piedmont Community College
- Richmond County Community College
- Spartanburg Community College
- Stanly Community College
- Southeastern Community College
- Western Piedmont Community College
- Wilkes Community College
Program with 29 community colleges
https://www.lmc.edu/admissions/guaranteed-admission.htm
- Alamance Community College
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Brunswick Community College
- Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
- Cape Fear Community College
- Carteret Community College
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- College of the Albemarle
- Davidson-Davie Community College
- Gaston College
- Haywood Community College
- Isothermal Community College
- Johnston Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Mayland Community College
- Mitchell Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Roanoke-Chowan Community College
- Rockingham Community College
- Southeastern Community College
- Southwestern Community College
- Stanly Community College
- Surry Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
- Western Piedmont Community College
- Wilson Community College
- Wilkes Community College
Program with 14 community colleges
https://www.lr.edu/admission/undergraduate-admission/transfer-students/bear-bound
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Cleveland Community College
- Gaston College
- Haywood Community College
- Isothermal Community College
- McDowell Technical Community College
- Mitchell Community College
- Southwestern Community College
- Tri-County Community College
- Western Piedmont Community College
- Wilkes Community College
Program with 3 community colleges
https://www.mhu.edu/future-students/traditional-undergraduate/transfer-students/
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- McDowell Technical Community College
Program with 6 community colleges
https://www.methodist.edu/academics/one-stop/transfer-partners/
- Bladen Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Sampson Community College
- Sandhills Community College
Program with 11 community colleges
https://www.ncat.edu/admissions/transfer-admissions/aggie-plus-program.php
- Alamance Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Davidson-Davie Community College
- Durham Technical Community College
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Johnston Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Rockingham Community College
- South Piedmont Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
Program with 5 community colleges
https://www.nccu.edu/ots/transfer-articulation-agreements
- Alamance Community College
- Cape Fear Community College
- Durham Technical Community College
- Vance-Granville Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
Program with 22 community colleges
https://c3.ncsu.edu
- Alamance Community College
- Asheville- Buncombe Technical Community College
- Brunswick Community College
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Coastal Carolina Community College
- Craven Community College
- Durham Technical Community College
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Gaston College
- James Sprunt Community College
- Johnston Community College
- Nash Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- Sampson Community College
- Vance-Granville Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
- Wayne Community College
- Wilson Community College
Open to all NC community college graduates but specific agreements signed with the following 36 community colleges:
https://ncwu.edu/academics/partnerships/community-college-transfer-credit-partnerships/
- Alamance Community College
- Beaufort County Community College
- Bladen Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Brunswick Community College
- Cape Fear Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Cleveland Community College
- College of Albemarle
- Craven Community College
- Durham Technical Community College
- Edgecombe Community College
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Isothermal Community College
- James Sprunt Community College
- Johnston Community College
- Louisburg Community College
- Martin Community College
- Mayland Community College
- McDowell Technical Community College
- Nash Community College
- Pamlico Community College
- Piedmont Community College
- Pitt Community College
- Randolph Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Sampson Community College
- South Piedmont Community College
- Southwestern Community College
- Stanly Community College
- Vance-Granville Community College
- Wake Tech Community College
- Wayne Community College
- Western Piedmont Community College
- Wilson Community College
Program with one community college
https://www.queens.edu/admissions/royalup/
- Central Piedmont Community College
Program with 58 community colleges
https://www.shawu.edu/transfer-agreements/
- Alamance Community College
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Beaufort County Community College
- Bladen Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Brunswick Community College
- Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
- Cape Fear Community College
- Carteret Community College
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Cleveland Community College
- Coastal Carolina Community College
- College of The Albemarle
- Craven Community College
- Davidson-Davie Community College
- Durham Technical Community College
- Edgecombe Community College
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Gaston College
- Guilford Technical Community College
- Halifax Community College
- Haywood Community College
- Isothermal Community College
- James Sprunt Community College
- Johnston Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Martin Community College
- Mayland Community College
- McDowell Technical Community College
- Mitchell Community College
- Montgomery Community College
- Nash Community College
- Pamlico Community College
- Piedmont Community College
- Pitt Community College
- Randolph Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Roanoke-Chowan Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Rockingham Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- Sampson Community College
- Sandhills Community College
- South Piedmont Community College
- Southeastern Community College
- Southwestern Community College
- Stanly Community College
- Surry Community College
- Tri-County Community College
- Vance-Granville Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
- Wayne Community College
- Western Piedmont Community College
- Wilkes Community College
- Wilson Community College
Program with 2 community colleges
https://www.queens.edu/admissions-aid/freshman/queens-royalup.html
- Sandhills Community College
- Richmond Community College
Program with 58 community colleges
https://my.umo.edu/external/pages/transfer-agreements
- Alamance Community College
- Asheville-Buncombe Tech Community College
- Beaufort County Community College
- Bladen Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Brunswick Community College
- Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute
- Cape Fear Community College
- Carteret Community College
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Cleveland Community College
- Coastal Carolina Community College
- College of The Albemarle
- Craven Community College
- Davidson County Community College
- Durham Tech Community College
- Edgecombe Community College
- Fayetteville Tech Community College
- Forsyth Tech Community College
- Gaston College
- Guilford Tech Community College
- Halifax Community College
- Haywood Community College
- Isothermal Community College
- James Sprunt Community College
- Johnston Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Martin Community College
- Mayland Community College
- McDowell Tech Community College
- Mitchell Community College
- Montgomery Community College
- Nash Community College
- Pamlico Community College
- Piedmont Community College
- Pitt Community College
- Randolph Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Roanoke-Chowan Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Rockingham Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- Sampson Community College
- Sandhills Community College
- South Piedmont Community College
- Southeastern Community College
- Southwestern Community College
- Stanly Community College
- Surry Community College
- Tri-County Community College
- Vance Granville Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
- Wayne Community College
- Western Piedmont Community College
- Wilkes Community College
- Wilson Community College
Program with 5 community colleges
https://www.unca.edu/admission/apply/partnerships/direct-admission-programs/
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Haywood Community College
- Sandhills Community College
- South Piedmont Community College
Program with 14 community colleges
https://admissions.unc.edu/apply/types-of-applications/c-step/
- Alamance Community College
- Cape Fear Community College
- Carteret Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Craven Community College
- Durham Technical Community College
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Guilford Technical Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Sandhills Community College
- Southwestern Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
Program with 6 community colleges
49ernext.charlotte.edu
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Gaston College
- Mitchell Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
Program with 9 community colleges
https://admissions.uncg.edu/admissions/transfer-admissions/uncg-transfer-promise/
- Alamance Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Durham Technical Community College
- Forsyth Tech Community College
- Guilford Technical Community College
- Randolph Community College
- Rockingham Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
Program with 19 community colleges
https://www.uncp.edu/academics/pathways-success/articulation-agreements
- Beaufort County Community College
- Bladen Community College
- Brunswick Community College
- Carteret Community College
- Cape Fear Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Louisburg College
- Montgomery Community College
- NC School of Science and Math
- Pitt Community College
- Randolph Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Sandhills Community College
- Southeastern Community College
- Southwestern Community College
- South Piedmont Community College
Program with 50 community colleges
https://uncw.edu/admissions/undergraduate/transfer/nc-community
- Alamance Community College
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Beaufort County Community College
- Bladen Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Brunswick Community College
- Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute
- Cape Fear Community College
- Carteret Community College
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Central Carolina Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Cleveland Community College
- College of the Albemarle
- Craven Community College
- Davidson-Davie Community College
- Durham Technical Community College
- Edgecombe Community College
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Gaston College
- Guilford Technical Community College
- Haywood Community College
- James Sprunt Community College
- Johnston Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- Mayland Community College
- Mitchell Community College
- Montgomery Community College
- Nash Community College
- Pamlico Community College
- Piedmont Community College
- Pitt Community College
- Randolph Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Rockingham Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- Sampson Community College
- Sandhills Community College
- Southeastern Community College
- South Piedmont Community College
- Stanly Community College
- Surry Community College
- Vance-Granville Community College
- Wake Technical Community College
- Wayne Community College
- Western Piedmont Community College
- Wilkes Community College
- Wilson Community College
Program with 19 community colleges
https://www.wcu.edu/apply/undergraduate-admissions/transfer-students/agreements-with-other-schools/admissions-partnerships/index.aspx
- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Caldwell Community College
- Cape Fear Community College
- Carteret Community College
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Davidson County Community College
- Fayetteville Technical Community College
- Forsyth Technical Community College
- Gaston College
- Haywood Community College
- Isothermal Community College
- Lenoir Community College
- NC School of Science and Math
- Randolph Community College
- Robeson Community College
- Southwestern Community College
- Tri-County Community College
- Western Piedmont Community College
Program with 6 community colleges
https://www.wingate.edu/admissions/transfers
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Richmond Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
- South Piedmont Community College
- Stanly Community College
Program with one community college
https://www.wssu.edu/admissions/dual-admissions-program.html
- Forsyth Technical Community College