Location Enrollment Unduplicated total of curriculum and continuing education students, as of 2020–2021 Founded Joined system Former name/predecessor institution (s) References Alamance Community College ACC Graham 11,682 1958 1963 Alamance Industrial Education Center (1958–1963) Technical College of Alamance (1963–1988) [2][12] Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College A-B Tech Asheville 16,079 1959 1963 Asheville-Buncombe Industrial Education Center (1959–1963) [2][12] Beaufort County Community College BCCC Washington 4,718 1963 1967 Beaufort County Extension Unit (1963–1967) Beaufort County Technical Institute (1967–1979) [2][12] Bladen Community College BCC Dublin 3,234 1967 1967 Bladen Technical Institute (1967–1987) [2]" />[12] Blue Ridge Community College BRCC East Flat Rock 8,234 1969 1969 Henderson County Technical Institute (1969–1970) Blue Ridge Technical Institute (1970–1979) Blue Ridge Technical College (1979–1987) [2][12] Brunswick Community College BCC Supply 4,767 1979 1979 Brunswick Technical College (1979–1988) [2][12] Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute CCC&TI Hudson 8,989 1964 1964 Caldwell Technical Institute (1964–1970) [2][12] Cape Fear Community College CFCC Wilmington 19,775 1958 1963 Wilmington Industrial Education Center (1958–1963) Cape Fear Technical Institute (1963–1988) [2][12] Carteret Community College CCC Morehead City 4,445 1963 1968 Carteret Extension Unit (1963–1968) Carteret Technical Institute (1968–1979) Carteret Technical College (1979–1987) [2][12] Catawba Valley Community College CVCC Hickory 11,355 1960 1964 Catawba Industrial Education Center (1960–1964) Catawba Valley Technical Institute (1964–1979) Catawba Valley Technical College (1979–1987) [2][12][13] Central Carolina Community College CCCC Sanford Pittsboro Buies Creek 11,900 1961 1965 Lee County Industrial Education Center (1961–1965) Lee County Technical Institute (1965–1979) Lee County Technical College (1979–1988) [2][12][14] Central Piedmont Community College Central Piedmont (current) CPCC (former) Charlotte 38,255 1963 1963 Merger of the Central Industrial Education Center (1959–1963) with Mecklenburg College (1961–1963, formerly Carver College from 1949–1961) [2][12][15] Cleveland Community College CCC Shelby 7,778 1965 1967 Cleveland Extension Unit (1965–1967) Cleveland County Technical Institute (1967–1979) Cleveland County Technical College (1980–1987) [2][12][16] College of The Albemarle COA Elizabeth City 7,020 1960 1963 [2][12] Coastal Carolina Community College CCCC Jacksonville 10,578 1965 1970 Onslow County Extension Unit (1963–1965) Onslow Industrial Education Center (1965–1967) Onslow Technical Institute (1967–1970) [2][12] Craven Community College CCC New Bern 7,115 1968 1968 Craven Extension Unit (1965–1968) Craven County Technical Institute (1968–1979) [2][12][17] Davidson-Davie Community College DDCC Lexington Mocksville Advance 10,510 1963 1965 Davidson County Industrial Education Center (1963–1965) Davidson County Community College (1965–2021) [2][12] Durham Technical Community College DTCC, Durham Tech Durham 13,000 1958 1965 Durham Industrial Education Center (1958–1965) Durham Technical Institute (1965–1986) [2][12] Edgecombe Community College (Edgecombe Technical Institute, until 1987) ECC Tarboro Rocky Mount 4,390 1967 1967 Edgecombe Technical Institute (1967–1987) [2][12] Fayetteville Technical Community College FTCC Fayetteville 27,289 1961 1963 Fayetteville Industrial Education Center (1961–1963) Fayetteville Technical Institute (1963–1987) [2][12] Forsyth Technical Community College Forsyth Tech Winston-Salem 17,968 1959 1964 Winston-Salem Industrial Education Center (1959–1960) Forsyth County Industrial Education Center (1960–1964) Forsyth Technical Institute (1964–1985) Forsyth Technical College (1985–1987) [2][12] Gaston College - Dallas Lincolnton 13,962 1963 1965 Formed by the 1965 consolidation of Gaston College (established as a community college in 1963) with the Gastonia Industrial Education Center (established 1959) and the Gaston Technical Institute (established 1952, formerly the Morehead City Technical Institute from 1947–1952).