NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ORIGIN OF STUDENTS BY LEVEL
FALL 1998 RESIDENT CREDIT HEADCOUNT
1. Immediate 11-County Area
2. Other Appalachian Counties
3. Piedmont Counties
4. Eastern Counties
| Immediate 11-County Area | Undergraduate | Graduate | Total | ||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||
| Buncombe | 205 | 290 | 81 | 190 | 766 | ||
| Cherokee | 69 | 79 | 3 | 20 | 171 | ||
| Clay | 22 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 60 | ||
| Graham | 18 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 63 | ||
| Haywood | 116 | 209 | 29 | 56 | 410 | ||
| Henderson | 96 | 111 | 23 | 63 | 293 | ||
| Jackson | 180 | 238 | 44 | 75 | 537 | ||
| Macon | 88 | 143 | 8 | 32 | 271 | ||
| Madison | 14 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 39 | ||
| Swain | 44 | 75 | 5 | 13 | 137 | ||
| Transylvania | 49 | 52 | 6 | 17 | 124 | ||
| TOTAL | 901 | 1,282 | 203 | 485 | 2,871 | ||
| Percent of NC Students | 38 | 49 | 77 | 80 | 49 | ||
| Other Appalachian Counties | Undergraduate | Graduate | Total | ||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||
| Alexander | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Burke | 51 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 101 | ||
| Caldwell | 20 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 55 | ||
| Forsyth | 67 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 125 | ||
| McDowell | 25 | 36 | 5 | 23 | 89 | ||
| Mitchell | 9 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 31 | ||
| Rutherford | 24 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 65 | ||
| Wilkes | 30 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 64 | ||
| Yancey | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | ||
| Remaining 9 Counties | 68 | 86 | 11 | 9 | 174 | ||
| TOTAL | 312 | 337 | 29 | 62 | 740 | ||
| Percent of NC Students | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 13 | ||
| Piedmont Counties | Undergraduate | Graduate | Total | ||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||
| Cabarrus | 23 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 50 | ||
| Catawba | 87 | 57 | 4 | 8 | 156 | ||
| Cleveland | 51 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 97 | ||
| Davidson | 27 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 48 | ||
| Durham | 26 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 50 | ||
| Gaston | 57 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 119 | ||
| Guilford | 95 | 62 | 2 | 2 | 161 | ||
| Iredell | 28 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 71 | ||
| Lincoln | 47 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 83 | ||
| Mecklenburg | 198 | 153 | 3 | 11 | 365 | ||
| Rowan | 32 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 55 | ||
| Union | 45 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 98 | ||
| Wake | 124 | 89 | 6 | 9 | 228 | ||
| Remaining 18 Counties | 147 | 123 | 3 | 8 | 281 | ||
| TOTAL | 987 | 790 | 32 | 53 | 1,862 | ||
| Percent of NC Students | 42 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 32 | ||
| Eastern Counties | Undergraduate | Graduate | Total | ||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | ||||
| Brunswick | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Carteret | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Cumberland | 37 | 39 | 1 | 4 | 81 | ||
| New Hanover | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | ||
| Onslow | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 28 | ||
| Robeson | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Remaining 35 Counties | 75 | 71 | 1 | 8 | 155 | ||
| TOTAL | 172 | 142 | 5 | 15 | 334 | ||
| Percent of NC Students | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| GRAND TOTAL | 2,372 | 2,551 | 269 | 615 | 5,807 | ||
| Percent of University Total | 92 | 93 | 81 | 91 | 92 | ||
| Source: NCHED A-1.3: Home Base of Students | |||||||