Largest North Carolina Colleges

North Carolina State University at Raleigh is the largest 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 $28,222 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,909 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 62.20% and the average SAT score is 1,264 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 Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NCPublic, 4-year 36,700
131
26,25410,44618,64318,0573,12416 to 1
2
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NCPublic, 4-year 31,705
64
20,02911,67612,59419,1111,91817 to 1
3
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NCPublic, 4-year 29,551
897
23,4616,09014,57814,9733,11120 to 1
4
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East Carolina University Greenville, NCPublic, 4-year 27,151
870
21,6885,46310,75316,3987,80718 to 1
5
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Appalachian State University Boone, NCPublic, 4-year 20,436
205
18,5581,8788,65011,7861,64716 to 1
6
2
Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year 18,023
403
6,64011,3838,1619,8629506 to 1
7
1
University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NCPublic, 4-year 17,978
1,060
14,1983,7805,92412,0544,19617 to 1
8
1
University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NCPublic, 4-year 17,843
187
14,2943,5496,04211,8014,61917 to 1
9
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North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NCPublic, 4-year 13,487
165
11,8331,6545,1178,3701,60419 to 1
10
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Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NCPublic, 4-year 11,635
242
9,9561,6794,7976,8382,85816 to 1
Average22,45116,6915,7609,52612,9253,18316 to 1