Largest North Carolina Public Colleges With Most Students

North Carolina State University at Raleigh is the largest public North Carolina college with 36,700 students. The percentage of online students is 8.51% at the school.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with 31,705 students and University of North Carolina at Charlotte with 29,551 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.

North Carolina State University at Raleigh stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $22,398 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,501 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 70.70% and the average SAT score is 1,232 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 Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NCPublic, 4-year	36,700 131	26,254	10,446	18,643	18,057	3,124	16 to 1
2 -	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCPublic, 4-year	31,705 64	20,029	11,676	12,594	19,111	1,918	17 to 1
3 -	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NCPublic, 4-year	29,551 897	23,461	6,090	14,578	14,973	3,111	20 to 1
4 -	East Carolina University Greenville, NCPublic, 4-year	27,151 870	21,688	5,463	10,753	16,398	7,807	18 to 1
5 -	Appalachian State University Boone, NCPublic, 4-year	20,436 205	18,558	1,878	8,650	11,786	1,647	16 to 1
6 -	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NCPublic, 4-year	17,978 1,060	14,198	3,780	5,924	12,054	4,196	17 to 1
7 -	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NCPublic, 4-year	17,843 187	14,294	3,549	6,042	11,801	4,619	17 to 1
8 -	North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NCPublic, 4-year	13,487 165	11,833	1,654	5,117	8,370	1,604	19 to 1
9 -	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NCPublic, 4-year	11,635 242	9,956	1,679	4,797	6,838	2,858	16 to 1
10 -	University of North Carolina at Pembroke Pembroke, NCPublic, 4-year	7,666 652	5,643	2,023	2,678	4,988	3,721	14 to 1
	Average	21,415	16,591	4,824	8,978	12,438	3,461	17 to 1