C3 is now accepting applications for Fall 2021.
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NC State values your success as a student and C3 pairs your path to an NC State degree with academic and social support to enhance your experience.
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Students interested in applying to C3 must first apply to one of our partner community colleges and be working towards an associate degree.
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We invite all our future students and their families to explore our campus to get an up-close look at NC State.
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Jan 8, 2021
NC State University is pleased to welcome Brunswick Community College and Richmond Community College as the newest partners in the university’s Community College Collaboration (C3). Through partnerships with 13 community colleges in our region, the C3 program reaches rural and underserved students who might otherwise think an NC State degree is out of reach.
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Sep 3, 2020
NC State University’s Community College Collaboration (C3) program and the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation have partnered to make a four-year degree more accessible and affordable for transfer students.
Sep 10, 2020
Meet four of the more than 750 first-year and transfer students who are bringing their bright ideas and big hearts to the College of Sciences.
