Largest North Carolina Private Colleges With Most Students

Duke University is the largest private North Carolina college with 18,023 students. The percentage of online students is 5.27% at the school.

Wake Forest University with 8,963 students and Elon University with 7,123 students are following it in the largetst North Carolina college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest North Carolina online colleges.

Duke University stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Wake Forest University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $43,636 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,103 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 61.06% and the average SAT score is 1,274 at the schools.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% online students. Instead, you can check largest online colleges at the largest online colleges.


Table. Largest North Carolina Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year 18,023
403
6,64011,3838,1619,8629506 to 1
2
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Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NCPrivate, 4-year 8,963
16
5,4473,5163,8765,08787210 to 1
3
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Elon University Elon, NCPrivate, 4-year 7,123
4
6,3377862,8504,273-11 to 1
4
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High Point University High Point, NCPrivate, 4-year 5,981
121
5,0369452,5743,40722617 to 1
5
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Campbell University Buies Creek, NCPrivate, 4-year 5,272
350
2,9652,3072,3282,94473013 to 1
6
1
Wingate University Wingate, NCPrivate, 4-year 3,396
43
2,5108861,2762,12020915 to 1
7
1
Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NCPrivate, 4-year 3,144
297
1,8121,3321,0162,12889711 to 1
8
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Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Wake Forest, NCPrivate, 4-year 2,764
284
6792,0851,9488161,0239 to 1
9
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Lenoir-Rhyne University Hickory, NCPrivate, 4-year 2,354
51
1,5298258771,47737511 to 1
10
1
Davidson College Davidson, NCPrivate, 4-year 1,927
46
1,927-8991,028-9 to 1
Average5,8953,4882,6742,5813,31466011 to 1
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