4-year degree available in Randolph County school

ASHEBORO — Three four-year colleges are working with Randolph Community College in Asheboro to allow local students to get college degrees without leaving home.

The News & Record of Greensboro reported Monday that Greensboro College, Salem College in Winston-Salem and Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer have opened the University Center of Randolph County.

Professors from the three schools will teach night courses at the Randolph campus that will lead to bachelor’s degrees.

Those who earn an associate’s degree at RCC can enter University Center and pursue a bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice, business administration or elementary education.

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