Schools in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
K-12 and higher education at a glance
Back to Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC overviewK-12 Education Overview
Percentage of schools that are charter schools
Percentage of schools receiving Title I funding
The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area has 587 K-12 schools serving 415,464 students. The average pupil-teacher ratio is 0:1, which is below the national average, meaning smaller class sizes. About 7.4% of schools are charter schools, and 0% receive Title I federal funding for low-income students.
Colleges & Universities
Top Institutions by Graduation Rate
Carolinas College of Health Sciences
410 studentsDavidson College
1,904 studentsNo Grease Barber School
15 studentsUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
30,298 studentsKenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Rock Hill
172 studentsQueens University of Charlotte
1,846 studentsWinthrop University
4,694 studentsSoutheastern College-Charlotte
217 studentsNASCAR Technical Institute
1,306 studentsEmpire Beauty School-Pineville
81 studentsCatawba College
1,241 studentsJohnson & Wales University-Charlotte
1,128 studentsGaston College
5,871 studentsPaul Mitchell the School-Gastonia
254 studentsAviation Institute of Maintenance-Charlotte
212 studentsEmpire Beauty School-Charlotte
81 studentsWingate University
3,322 studentsBelmont Abbey College
1,650 studentsCabarrus College of Health Sciences
753 studentsEmpire Beauty School-Concord
135 studentsPinnacle Institute of Cosmetology
55 studentsSouth Piedmont Community College
3,548 studentsJohnson C Smith University
1,102 studentsYork Technical College
4,731 studentsRowan-Cabarrus Community College
6,862 studentsUniversity of South Carolina-Lancaster
2,328 studentsLivingstone College
814 studentsCentral Piedmont Community College
18,446 studentsMitchell Community College
3,617 studentsClinton College
106 studentsChamberlain University-North Carolina
216 studentsHood Theological Seminary
132 studentsThere are 34 higher education institutions in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area. Average in-state tuition is $17,529, while out-of-state students pay an average of $20,419. The average graduation rate across local institutions is 49.0%. The average acceptance rate is 70.2%.