Statistical data on higher education in North Carolina are presented for 1981-82 and the 1970s. Information is presented for state four-year colleges, community colleges, and private colleges regarding: headcount enrollment by institution, residence status, full-time and part-time status, sex, and level of instruction; full-time equivalent enrollment by institution, level of instruction, and residence status; average age of total headcount enrollment; home county of in-state and out-of-state undergraduate headcount enrollment; first professional and graduate headcount enrollment; summer school headcount enrollment; foreign student enrollment; racial composition of headcount enrollment; undergraduate transfer students by institution and sex; degrees conferred by field of study, level of degree, race, and sex; academic rank and sex of full-time faculty by institution; highest earned degree held by full-time faculty by institution and academic rank; library resources by institution; library operating expenditures; undergraduate tuition and fees; costs to students in undergraduate, graduate, and first professional degree programs; average Scholastic Aptitude Test scores and distribution of scores of entering freshmen; high school class rank of entering freshmen; number of applications, acceptances, and enrollees for freshmen; undergraduate transfer students, graduate students, and first professional degree students; undergraduate student employment; scholarships, grants, awards, and loans provided to undergraduate students; financial aid for first professional degree and graduate students; and enrollment by type of housing. (SW)