Photo: Bbarnette · CC BY-SA 4.0Cabarrus College of Health Sciences is 3.8 miles from Kannapolis
No college sits inside Kannapolis’ boundary, but Cabarrus College of Health Sciences’s campus in Concord, with 597 students on campus, is 3.8 miles from the center of town, and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is 14.4 miles away in Salisbury. About 5% of Kannapolis’ residents are enrolled in college, below North Carolina (6%).
From the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard, June 2026; IPEDS fall 2023 enrollment) and the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–24. Straight-line distances from the center of Kannapolis. Colleges are described, not graded.
What stands out about college from Kannapolis
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges within 15 miles of Kannapolis
Three private colleges within 14.5 miles, one public college within 12.9 miles, and Rowan-Cabarrus Community College 14.4 miles away.
Degree-granting colleges with 100 or more students on campus (fall 2023 enrollment, minus students who study only online). Admitted: share of applicants offered a place. Net price: the average a year after grants, for students on federal aid. Graduate: within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting.
What would your family pay?
The average a year after grants, for families on federal aid, at the colleges within 15 miles. Pick your family’s income.
Starts at $48–75k, where Kannapolis’ median household income ($73,836) falls.
The average a year after grants and scholarships, for first-time, full-time students on federal aid, from the College Scorecard. Your own price depends on your aid package; every college has a net price calculator. For community colleges the net price counts housing and food at full cost, so tuition is shown beside it. “—”: not reported for that income.
Do students finish, and does it pay?
Each dot is a college within 15 miles of Kannapolis: across is the share who graduate, up is what they earn ten years after starting.
Graduation: first-time, full-time students within 6 years (4-year colleges) or 3 years (2-year). Earnings: median, 10 years after starting, for students who got federal aid. *Reported for all the campuses that file together: NASCAR Technical Institute (6).
Questions about college near Kannapolis
Is Kannapolis a college town?
No. About 5 of every 100 Kannapolis residents are enrolled in college (Census, 2020–24), below North Carolina (6). The nearest campus, Cabarrus College of Health Sciences, is 3.8 miles away in Concord.
What colleges are near Kannapolis?
Within 15 miles: Cabarrus College of Health Sciences (3.8 miles, 597 students on campus), Davidson College (11.1 miles, 1,904), the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (12.9 miles, 27,318), Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (14.4 miles, 3,353) and NASCAR Technical Institute (14.5 miles, 1,306).
What is the closest community college to Kannapolis, and what does it cost?
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College in Salisbury, 14.4 miles away. Tuition and fees are $2,064 a year for North Carolina residents; the federal net price, $7,981, counts housing and food at full cost.
How much does the University of North Carolina at Charlotte cost if we live in North Carolina?
Tuition and fees are $7,239 a year in-state and $22,492 from out of state. After grants, families on federal aid paid an average of $10,357 (under $30,000 income) to $21,761 (over $110,000), housing and food included.
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Colleges: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023 enrollment). “On campus” is fall enrollment minus students who study only online. Distances are straight-line from the center of Kannapolis. Residents in college, age, rent and poverty (including poverty without college students, table B14006): U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24. Colleges are described, not graded; the College town label marks towns where 15% or more of residents are enrolled. How TownRatings describes colleges →