| HIGHEST DEGREE HELD BY ALL INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL, 2004-05 | ||||||||||||||
| Less Than | Bachelors | Masters | Sixth Year | |||||||||||
| Bachelors | Degree | Degree | Level | Doctorate | Other | TOTAL | ||||||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |||
| Beaufort | County | 0 | 0 | 392 | 66.2 | 181 | 30.6 | 11 | 1.9 | 2 | 0.3 | 6 | 1 | 592 |
| Bertie | County | 2 | 0.7 | 189 | 70.8 | 62 | 23.2 | 6 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 7 | 2.6 | 267 |
| Bladen | County | 0 | 0 | 308 | 68.9 | 124 | 27.7 | 5 | 1.1 | 3 | 0.7 | 7 | 1.6 | 447 |
| Brunswick | County | 2 | 0.3 | 464 | 66.1 | 212 | 30.2 | 5 | 0.7 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1.7 | 702 |
| Camden | County | 1 | 0.8 | 77 | 61.6 | 42 | 33.6 | 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 125 |
| Carteret | County | 0 | 0 | 449 | 60.9 | 272 | 36.9 | 5 | 0.7 | 5 | 0.7 | 6 | 0.8 | 737 |
| Edenton/Chowan | 0 | 0 | 34 | 54 | 26 | 41.3 | 3 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |
| Columbus | County | 1 | 0.2 | 336 | 61.9 | 187 | 34.4 | 6 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 12 | 2.2 | 543 |
| Craven | County | 0 | 0 | 660 | 64.8 | 324 | 31.8 | 21 | 2.1 | 6 | 0.6 | 8 | 0.8 | 1,019 |
| Cumberland | County | 3 | 0.1 | 2,616 | 66.5 | 1,242 | 31.6 | 25 | 0.6 | 18 | 0.5 | 32 | 0.8 | 3,936 |
| Currituck | County | 0 | 0 | 190 | 62.9 | 102 | 33.8 | 7 | 2.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.7 | 302 |
| Dare | County | 0 | 0 | 262 | 59.3 | 159 | 36 | 8 | 1.8 | 4 | 0.9 | 9 | 2 | 442 |
| Duplin | County | 2 | 0.3 | 427 | 66.5 | 190 | 29.6 | 5 | 0.8 | 7 | 1.1 | 11 | 1.7 | 642 |
| Edgecombe | County | 0 | 0 | 391 | 68.1 | 160 | 27.9 | 14 | 2.4 | 5 | 0.9 | 4 | 0.7 | 574 |
| Gates | County | 0 | 0 | 107 | 62.2 | 58 | 33.7 | 5 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.2 | 172 |
| Greene | County | 1 | 0.4 | 175 | 68.1 | 76 | 29.6 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 3 | 1.2 | 257 |
| Halifax | County | 0 | 0 | 288 | 70.4 | 101 | 24.7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0.7 | 9 | 2.2 | 409 |
| Harnett | County | 1 | 0.1 | 889 | 69.3 | 365 | 28.4 | 7 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.2 | 19 | 1.5 | 1,283 |
| Hertford | County | 0 | 0 | 201 | 71.5 | 69 | 24.6 | 4 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.7 | 5 | 1.8 | 281 |
| Hoke | County | 0 | 0 | 108 | 61 | 54 | 30.5 | 3 | 1.7 | 3 | 1.7 | 9 | 5.1 | 177 |
| Hyde | County | 0 | 0 | 57 | 67.9 | 24 | 28.6 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.4 | 84 |
| Johnston | County | 4 | 0.2 | 1,462 | 70.1 | 557 | 26.7 | 24 | 1.2 | 14 | 0.7 | 24 | 1.2 | 2,085 |
| Jones | County | 0 | 0 | 87 | 64.4 | 44 | 32.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 135 |
| Lenoir | County | 1 | 0.1 | 528 | 68.4 | 213 | 27.6 | 16 | 2.1 | 4 | 0.5 | 10 | 1.3 | 772 |
| Martin | County | 0 | 0 | 263 | 68.7 | 105 | 27.4 | 11 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 383 |
| Nash-Rocky Mount | 3 | 0.2 | 885 | 71.5 | 310 | 25 | 17 | 1.4 | 8 | 0.6 | 15 | 1.2 | 1,238 | |
| New Hanover | County | 1 | 0.1 | 1,097 | 66.3 | 523 | 31.6 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0.4 | 10 | 0.6 | 1,655 |
| Northampton | County | 0 | 0 | 183 | 69.8 | 68 | 26 | 5 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.3 | 262 |
| Onslow | County | 2 | 0.1 | 1,103 | 68.5 | 455 | 28.2 | 24 | 1.5 | 7 | 0.4 | 20 | 1.2 | 1,611 |
| Pamlico | County | 0 | 0 | 102 | 66.2 | 47 | 30.5 | 2 | 1.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.6 | 154 |
| Pasquotank | County | 0 | 0 | 320 | 65.7 | 150 | 30.8 | 12 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.6 | 487 |
| Pender | County | 1 | 0.2 | 381 | 70 | 147 | 27 | 4 | 0.7 | 3 | 0.6 | 8 | 1.5 | 544 |
| Perquimans | County | 0 | 0 | 95 | 64.2 | 48 | 32.4 | 4 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 148 |
| Pitt | County | 1 | 0.1 | 1,109 | 61.9 | 613 | 34.2 | 30 | 1.7 | 17 | 0.9 | 22 | 1.2 | 1,792 |
| Robeson | County | 2 | 0.1 | 1,117 | 65.9 | 534 | 31.5 | 9 | 0.5 | 7 | 0.4 | 25 | 1.5 | 1,694 |
| Sampson | County | 0 | 0 | 427 | 68.2 | 190 | 30.4 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.6 | 3 | 0.5 | 626 |
| Scotland | County | 0 | 0 | 411 | 67.5 | 176 | 28.9 | 9 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 10 | 1.6 | 609 |
| Tyrrell | County | 0 | 0 | 42 | 60 | 26 | 37.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 | 1 | 1.4 | 70 |
| Washington | County | 1 | 0.5 | 139 | 68.8 | 55 | 27.2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 202 |
| Wayne | County | 2 | 0.1 | 1,013 | 69.4 | 400 | 27.4 | 18 | 1.2 | 6 | 0.4 | 20 | 1.4 | 1,459 |
| Wilson | County | 0 | 0 | 634 | 70.5 | 235 | 26.1 | 22 | 2.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.6 | 899 |