North Carolina Carolina at Chapel Hill). More than 200 years later, the University of North Carolina system encompasses 17 public universities including North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, East Carolina University, Western Carolina University, Winston-Salem State University, the University of North Carolina at Asheville, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, UNC Wilmington, Elizabeth City State University, Appalachian State University, Fayetteville State University, and UNC School of the Arts, and . Along with
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte Research Institute Campus, Center City Campus, and the main campus, located in University City. The main campus sits on 1,000 wooded acres with approximately 85 buildings about from Uptown Charlotte. UNC Charlotte is the largest institution of higher education in the Charlotte region, which is the second-largest banking center in the United States. The University has experienced rapid enrollment growth of 33.4% over the past 10 years, making it the fastest-growing institution in the UNC System, and contributing to more than 50% of the system's growth since 2009. The city of Charlotte had sought a public university since 1871