Duke University has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 96% last year.
Wake Forest University with 89% and Elon University with 83% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of North Carolina Private Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.
For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $53,877 and graduate tuition & fees is $35,017 for the academic year 2023-2024.
The average acceptance rate is 47.50% and the average SAT score is 1,407 at the schools.
| School Name | Graduation Rate | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Yield | Acceptance Rate | SAT Score | Total Population | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year | 96.00% 0.13% | $65,805 | 54.99% | 7.00% | 1,550 | 18,023 | 6 to 1 |
| 2 - | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NCPrivate, 4-year | 89.00% 1.25% | $64,758 | 37.01% | 22.00% | 1,460 | 8,963 | 10 to 1 |
| 3 - | Elon University Elon, NCPrivate, 4-year | 83.00% 0.33% | $44,536 | 13.00% | 67.00% | 1,210 | 7,123 | 11 to 1 |
| 4 - | Campbell University Buies Creek, NCPrivate, 4-year | 55.00% 0.96% | $40,410 | 17.00% | 93.99% | - | 5,272 | 13 to 1 |
| Average | 80.75% | $53,877 | 30.50% | 47.50% | 1,407 | 9,845 | 10 to 1 |