North Carolina · Opportunity Scholarship
Private schools and learning programs in North Carolina
Who is on the NC Opportunity Scholarship list, what it pays, and what each school costs after the award where tuition is published. Every fact links its source.
The North Carolina award
NC Opportunity Scholarship
What it pays (2026-27)
Which tier is your household?
$7,942 a year at most, never more than required tuition and fees. For a household of 4 (2025 income): up to $61,050; other household sizes are in the guidelines. NCSEAA income guidelines (every household size), checked
Next application window
around 1 February 2027 to around 1 March 2027
Projected for 2027-28: no official date yet
How we estimate this
G.S. 115C-562.2: applications available no later than February 1, awards to those who applied by March 1; 2026 priority period ran Feb 2 - Mar 2 (NCSEAA release); NCSEAA's how-to-apply page (first Monday in February) could not be read live
On the official list here
624 of the 1,099 listings shown by name (home-based programs are listed without one)
How to apply for NC Opportunity Scholarship 2027-28We are an independent directory and cannot take applications.
- Apply or log in at NCSEAA, the official sitek12.ncseaa.edu
Browse by city
Largest first, by number of listings.
- Charlotte118 listed43 on the list
- Raleigh69 listed34 on the list
- Durham51 listed29 on the list
- Fayetteville35 listed27 on the list
- Greensboro32 listed19 on the list
- Winston-Salem30 listed13 on the list
- Cary24 listed4 on the list
- Wilmington21 listed15 on the list
- Asheville19 listed14 on the list
- High Point15 listed9 on the list
- Jacksonville15 listed11 on the list
- Burlington14 listed9 on the list
All 262 cities, A to Z
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- Cameron 1
- Candler 3
- Candor 2
- Canton 1
- Cape Carteret 1
- Carrboro 1
- Carthage 2
- Cary 34
- Chapel Hill 15
- Charliotte 1
- Charlotte 128
- Cherokee 1
- China Grove 1
- Chocowinity 1
- Clayton 4
- Clemmons 6
- Clinton 7
- Clover 1
- Colfax 1
- Columbia 1
- Concord 16
- Connelly Springs 2
- Conover 2
- Cornelius 1
- Cornelius NC 1
- Cramerton 1
- Creedmoor 1
- Crouse 1
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- Eden 3
- Edenton 1
- Elizabeth City 8
- Elizabethtown 2
- Elk Park 1
- Elkin 1
- Ellenboro 2
- Elm City 2
- Elon 1
- Erwin 2
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- Garner 6
- Gastonia 7
- Gibsonville 1
- Gold Hill 1
- Goldsboro 11
- Goldston 1
- Graham 3
- Grandy 1
- Grassy Creek 1
- Greensboro 34
- Greenville 9
- Grifton 1
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- Zebulon 1
No city by that name yet. Try a nearby larger town.
| Listed | 1,209 how we count, as of |
|---|---|
| Published tuition | $2,145 to $37,500 a year (150 listings) how we count, as of |
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Verified on 2026-09-29
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