In 1949, it was transferred to the South Carolina Baptist Convention, which renamed the school North Greenville Junior College a year later.

[7] NGC began offering its first junior- and senior-level classes in 1992 in Christian studies and church music and added a teacher education program in 1997.

In the following years, various other bachelor's degree programs were added, including English, History, Spanish, Psychology, Business, Criminal Justice, Theatre, Communications, Interdisciplinary Studies, Biology, and Mathematics, among other subjects.

[8] NGU was granted an exception to Title IX in 2015, which some groups, such as Campus Pride, allege allows them to discriminate against LGBTQ students legally.

[14] They were also a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), primarily competing as an independent in the South Region of the Division I level.