The average acceptance rate of the 35 North Carolina colleges that have competitive admission is 68.99% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.96%. The acceptance rate at 18 North Carolina colleges increased and the rate of 17 colleges decreased.
Duke University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 6.78%. Davidson College (14.48%) and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (18.74%) are following it in the list of Tightest North Carolina 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 $38,227 and graduate tuition & fees is $29,817 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 | 6.78% 0.43% | 55.39% | 1,550 | $65,805 | 18,023 | 96.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 2 - | Davidson College Davidson, NCPrivate, 4-year | 14.48% 2.47% | 48.78% | 1,455 | $60,050 | 1,927 | 91.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 3 - | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCPublic, 4-year | 18.74% 1.63% | 43.31% | 1,470 | $39,330 ($8,989) | 31,705 | 91.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 4 - | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NCPrivate, 4-year | 21.56% 0.19% | 36.76% | 1,460 | $64,758 | 8,963 | 89.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 5 1 | Bennett College Greensboro, NCPrivate, 4-year | 33.61% 11.02% | 20.16% | 890 | $19,140 | 168 | 19.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 6 2 | Carolina University Winston-Salem, NCPrivate, 4-year | 34.00% 18.02% | 63.98% | - | $16,000 | 826 | 32.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 7 - | North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NCPublic, 4-year | 39.85% 7.32% | 35.89% | 1,380 | $31,767 ($8,895) | 36,700 | 84.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 8 3 | Johnson C Smith University Charlotte, NCPrivate, 4-year | 42.87% 17.59% | 15.45% | - | $20,480 | 1,093 | 42.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 9 - | North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NCPublic, 4-year | 46.17% 10.22% | 19.42% | 1,080 | $20,408 ($6,748) | 13,487 | 56.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 10 6 | Elon University Elon, NCPrivate, 4-year | 67.31% 7.15% | 13.26% | 1,210 | $44,536 | 7,123 | 83.00% | 11 to 1 |
| Average | 32.54% | 35.24% | 1,312 | $38,227 ($8,211) | 12,002 | 68.30% | 12 to 1 |