University of North Carolina Press was created in 1922.

Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina School of the Arts, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Asheville, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Western Carolina University, and Winston-Salem State University

University of South Carolina Press was created in 1944.

Michael Jordan went to the University of North Carolina.

East Carolina University, a satellite campus of the University of North Carolina is in Greenville. North Carolina University proper, is found in Chapel Hill North Carolina.