NC faculties waive software charges Oct. 16-20, 2023

It’s college application season in North Carolina and around the country — and with the average application fee nationwide at about $50, the cost of applying to any number of colleges can add up quickly.

Enter: College Application Week, the annual, weeklong event from the College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) that allows high school seniors to apply to dozens of North Carolina colleges and universities for free.

This year’s event runs from Oct. 16-20 and includes public and private universities, plus all 58 community colleges, across the state. To have the student’s application fee waived by the participating colleges, students must apply through the application hub on the CFNC website: CFNC.org/apphub.

Curious about which colleges are participating in the weeklong promotion? Need information about how to apply to a college using the CFNC hub?

Here’s what to know about College Application Week in North Carolina.

List of colleges participating in College Application Week 2023

The following colleges are participating in College Application Week:

• Barton College

• Belmont Abbey College

• Brevard College

• Cabarrus College of Health Sciences (Application fee is only waived for certain applicants. Check with the school for more information.)

• Campbell University

• Catawba College

• Chowan University

• Davidson College (Application fee is only waived for certain applicants. Check with the school for more information.)

• East Carolina University

• Elizabeth City State University

• Elon University (Application fee is only waived for certain applicants. Check with the school for more information.)

• Fayetteville State University

• Gardner-Webb University

• Greensboro College

• Guilford College

• Johnson and Wales University – Charlotte

• Johnson C. Smith University

• Lees-McRae College

• Lenoir-Rhyne University

• Livingstone College

• Louisburg College

• Mars Hill University

• Meredith College

• Methodist University

• Montreat College

• North Carolina A&T State University (Application fee is only waived for certain applicants. Check with the school for more information.)

• North Carolina Central University (Application fee is only waived for certain applicants. Check with the school for more information.)

• North Carolina Wesleyan University

• Pfeiffer University

• Queens University of Charlotte

• Saint Augustine’s University

• Salem College

• Shaw University (Application fee is only waived for certain applicants. Check with the school for more information.)

• St. Andrews University

• UNC Asheville

• UNC Pembroke

• UNC School of the Arts (Application fee is only waived for certain applicants. Check with the school for more information.)

• University of Mount Olive

• Warren Wilson College

• Western Carolina University

• William Peace University

• Wingate University

• Winston-Salem State University

• All 58 community colleges in North Carolina

How to apply to college through CFNC portal

To apply to a college through CFNC, you’ll need to do so through the organization’s application hub at CFNC.org/apphub.

You will need to create a CFNC account to navigate to the application hub and start an application.

Once you are in the application hub, CFNC offers these directions:

“Select the button immediately to the right of the “Start an Application” paragraph. A window will appear which contains a list of all colleges whose applications are available. You may enter an appropriate term to search for your desired college, or you may directly navigate the list.

“Once you have found the college, select the application you want to start from the drop-down list to the right of the campus name.

“Once you have selected the application for the college, click the ‘Apply’ button immediately to the right of the selected application name.”

More information about College Application Week and applying to college through CFNC is available at cfnc.org/apply-to-college/nc-countdown-to-college/nc-countdown-to-college-faqs/college-applications-faqs.