| 1 | University of Mount Olive | NC | $51,374 | 48 |
| 2 | Beaufort County Community College | NC | $48,958 | 230 |
| 3 | Wake Technical Community College | NC | $48,145 | 1,388 |
| 4 | Fayetteville Technical Community College | NC | $46,852 | 584 |
| 5 | Davidson-Davie Community College | NC | $45,283 | 239 |
| 6 | Central Piedmont Community College | NC | $45,205 | 1,341 |
| 7 | Lenoir Community College | NC | $44,556 | 180 |
| 8 | Pitt Community College | NC | $44,381 | 460 |
| 9 | Surry Community College | NC | $43,441 | 214 |
| 10 | Mitchell Community College | NC | $43,374 | 293 |
| 11 | Rockingham Community College | NC | $43,129 | 112 |
| 12 | Alamance Community College | NC | $42,755 | 559 |
| 13 | Durham Technical Community College | NC | $42,665 | 402 |
| 14 | Montgomery Community College | NC | $42,654 | 53 |
| 15 | McDowell Technical Community College | NC | $42,366 | 103 |
| 16 | Cape Fear Community College | NC | $42,093 | 962 |
| 17 | Wayne Community College | NC | $42,057 | 215 |
| 18 | Southwestern Community College | NC | $41,953 | 126 |
| 19 | Carteret Community College | NC | $41,798 | 123 |
| 20 | Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute | NC | $41,713 | 424 |
| 21 | Stanly Community College | NC | $41,619 | 144 |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina Community College | NC | $41,616 | 428 |
| 23 | Central Carolina Community College | NC | $41,536 | 280 |
| 24 | Catawba Valley Community College | NC | $41,497 | 437 |
| 25 | Tri-County Community College | NC | $41,496 | 167 |
| 26 | Southeastern Community College | NC | $41,492 | 109 |
| 27 | Brunswick Community College | NC | $41,131 | 211 |
| 28 | Johnston Community College | NC | $41,119 | 291 |
| 29 | Nash Community College | NC | $40,987 | 178 |
| 30 | Forsyth Technical Community College | NC | $40,722 | 469 |
| 31 | Craven Community College | NC | $40,158 | 470 |
| 32 | Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | NC | $40,094 | 475 |
| 33 | Edgecombe Community College | NC | $39,993 | 38 |
| 34 | Guilford Technical Community College | NC | $39,971 | 675 |
| 35 | Randolph Community College | NC | $39,800 | 190 |
| 36 | Vance-Granville Community College | NC | $39,644 | 266 |
| 37 | Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College | NC | $39,097 | 292 |
| 38 | Cleveland Community College | NC | $38,334 | 252 |
| 39 | College of the Albemarle | NC | $38,310 | 242 |
| 40 | Western Piedmont Community College | NC | $37,986 | 141 |
| 41 | South Piedmont Community College | NC | $37,941 | 200 |
| 42 | Wilson Community College | NC | $37,315 | 115 |
| 43 | Sandhills Community College | NC | $37,123 | 317 |
| 44 | Martin Community College | NC | $36,795 | 44 |
| 45 | Robeson Community College | NC | $36,751 | 72 |
| 46 | Sampson Community College | NC | $36,671 | 122 |
| 47 | Blue Ridge Community College | NC | $36,495 | 177 |
| 48 | Richmond Community College | NC | $36,462 | 192 |
| 49 | Isothermal Community College | NC | $34,997 | 185 |
| 50 | Wilkes Community College | NC | $34,852 | 199 |