This study presents the results of the 30th annual inventory and utilization study of space at North Carolina institutions of higher education for the 1996 fall semester. Text and 26 tables present data for 113 institutions, including the 16 public senior institutions which comprise the University of North Carolina (UNC), 39 private nonprofit colleges and universities, and 58 public two-year institutions, as well as the UNC hospitals at Chapel Hill. All proprietary institutions, as well as two Bible colleges and a theological seminary, are omitted. The study is organized in four sections: (1) utilization of instructional space, which includes ratios, percentages and indices that relate the amount of instructional activity to various categories of campus space; (2) interior space characteristics, which describes campus space by the uses and programs to which it is assigned; (3) building characteristics, which cover elements such as building age, condition and replacement cost; and (4) accessibility of facilities to mobility impaired individuals, both for program accessibility and facilities use. An institutional index is appended.(Contains 10 references).(LEE)