By james art 
Prospective students are encouraged to take advantage of North Carolina College Application Week, which currently runs through October 27, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. During this annually observed week, many North Carolina colleges and universities give up from your first-year application and transfer student fees.
To take advantage of the waived fees during College Application Week, you must apply through the College Foundation of North Carolina website, CFNC.com.
The following colleges and universities waive application fees during College Application Week for first-year applicants:
- Barton College
- Belmont Abbey College
- Bennett College
- Brevard College
- Campbell University
- Carolina College of Health Sciences
- Catawba ColleChowan University
- Davidson College
- East Carolina University
- Elizabeth City State University
- Elon University
- Fayetteville State University
- Gardner-Webb University
- Greensboro College
- Guilford College
- High Point University
- Johnson & Wales University – Charlotte
- Johnson K. Smith University
- Lees-McRae College
- Lenoir-Rhyne University
- Livingstone College
- Lewisburg College
- Mars Hill University
- Meredith College
- Methodist University
- Montreat College
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
- North Carolina Central University
- North Carolina Wesleyan University
- Pfeiffer University
- Queens University of Charlotte
- University of Saint Augustine
- Salem College
- Shaw University
- University of St Andrews
- University of North Carolina Asheville
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts
- Mount Olive University
- Warren Wilson College
- Western Carolina University
- William Peace University
- Wingate University
- Winston-Salem State University
- All 58 NC Community Colleges
The following colleges and universities are waiving application fees during Application Week for students who want to transfer from one college to another:
- Barton College
- Belmont Abbey College
- Bennett College
- Brevard College
- Campbell University
- Carolina College of Health Sciences
- Catawba College
- Chowan University
- Davidson College
- East Carolina University
- Elizabeth City State University
- Fayetteville State University
- Gardner-Webb University
- Greensboro College
- Guilford College
- High Point University
- Johnson & Wales University – Charlotte
- Johnson K. Smith University
- Lees-McRae College
- Livingstone College
- Lewisburg College
- Mars Hill University
- Meredith College
- Methodist University
- Montreat College
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
- North Carolina Central University
- North Carolina Wesleyan University
- Pfeiffer University
- Queens University of Charlotte
- University of Saint Augustine
- Salem College
- Shaw University
- University of St Andrews
- University of North Carolina Asheville
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- Mount Olive University
- Warren Wilson College
- Western Carolina University
- William Peace University
- Wingate University
- Winston-Salem State University
- All 58 NC Community Colleges
In addition, the following institutions will waive application fees during College Application Week for students who were enrolled in high schools in counties designated by FEMA for Hurricane Helena:
- Appalachian State University
- NC State University
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
For additional information and additional resources, we encourage you to visit CFNC.org.