The average acceptance rate of the 21 private North Carolina colleges that have competitive admission is 65.55% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.95%. The acceptance rate at 10 private North Carolina colleges increased and the rate of 11 colleges decreased.
Duke University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 7.00%. Davidson College (14.01%) and Wake Forest University (22.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest North Carolina Private Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Duke University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Davidson College also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $41,716 and graduate tuition & fees is $28,409 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year | 7.00% 0.65% | 54.99% | 1,550 | $65,805 | 18,023 | 96.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 2 - | Davidson College Davidson, NCPrivate, 4-year | 14.01% 2.94% | 48.98% | 1,455 | $60,050 | 1,927 | 91.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 3 - | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NCPrivate, 4-year | 22.00% 0.63% | 37.01% | 1,460 | $64,758 | 8,963 | 89.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 4 2 | Carolina University Winston-Salem, NCPrivate, 4-year | 34.00% 18.02% | 63.98% | - | $16,000 | 826 | 32.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 5 - | Bennett College Greensboro, NCPrivate, 4-year | 34.02% 10.61% | 19.92% | 890 | $19,140 | 168 | 19.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 6 2 | Johnson C Smith University Charlotte, NCPrivate, 4-year | 42.99% 17.71% | 15.02% | - | $20,480 | 1,093 | 42.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 7 3 | Elon University Elon, NCPrivate, 4-year | 67.00% 7.46% | 13.00% | 1,210 | $44,536 | 7,123 | 83.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 8 - | Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, NCPrivate, 4-year | 68.01% 3.26% | 14.01% | 1,200 | $42,790 | 1,873 | 68.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 9 - | Meredith College Raleigh, NCPrivate, 4-year | 74.98% 1.80% | 27.99% | 1,185 | $43,936 | 1,587 | 67.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 10 3 | Methodist University Fayetteville, NCPrivate, 4-year | 75.02% 0.66% | 16.99% | 1,180 | $39,664 | 1,811 | 40.00% | 9 to 1 |
| Average | 43.90% | 31.19% | 1,266 | $41,716 | 4,339 | 62.70% | 10 to 1 |