North Carolina Highway 144 (NC 144) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

It runs from Laurel Hill to Wagram, in the North Carolina Sandhills.

A two-lane rural highway, it traverses 12 miles (19 km) from Laurel Hill to Wagram.

[1] Established in February 2002 as a new primary route connecting Laurel Hill and Wagram, unchanged since.

The entire route is in Scotland County.