Career and College Promise

Career and College Promise: Start College in High School

Career and College Promise offers North Carolina high school students the chance to earn college credits at a community college campus. The program is tuition-free for high school juniors and seniors (semester fees will apply). You must have a cumulative unweighted GPA of 2.8 or higher or passing test scores.

Students can earn:

• College credit transferable to all UNC System Institutions and many of NC’s Independent Colleges and Universities
• A credential, certificate, or diploma in a technical career
• A high school diploma and two years of college credit in four to five years through innovative cooperative high schools (limited availability).

Path To Success

1 Determine your Career and College Promise Pathway

• View our High School Programs to determine your pathway.

2 Complete the online application

• Visit the College for North Carolina (CFNC) website to complete your application.

3 Complete the Verification of Student Eligibility Form

• View and complete the Verification of Student Eligibility Form. 

  Note: A high school or homeschool administrator/counselor must be the one to submit this document to ccpadmissions@gtcc.edu

4 Submit a copy of your latest transcript

• If you are enrolled at a North Carolina public school, a transcript can be requested for free through CFNC.org.
• If you are homeschooled, the homeschool administrator must send the transcript via email, along with the homeschool registry, to ccpadmissions@gtcc.edu. A homeschool transcript template can be found here.
• If you attend a private school, your high school administrator/counselor will need to send the transcript to ccpadmissions@gtcc.edu.

Once all documents are received – application, verification form and transcript – processing can take up to two weeks. Application questions can be directed to ccpadmissions@gtcc.edu.