North Carolina Colleges having Lowest Students to Faculty Ratio

Duke University has the lowest ratio of students per faculty. It means that a faculty may teach small number of students and the average class size may also small. Its students to faculty ratio was 6 to last year.

Wake Forest University and Elon University also have lower ratio of students per faculty.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

Duke University has the highest students to faculty ratio of 6 to 1. The highest students to faculty ratio means that there are many students per class and/or one faculty needs to take care of more students. Wake Forest University has the second lowest ratio of 10 to 1.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $32,489 and graduate tuition & fees is $27,294 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 65.70% and the average SAT score is 1,242 at the schools.

Table. North Carolina Colleges With More Faculty Per Student Comparison
School NameStudents to Faculty RatioTotal PopulationFull-time FacultyPart-time FacultyUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduation Rate
1
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Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year 6 to 1
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18,0234,074231$65,80596.00%
2
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Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NCPrivate, 4-year 10 to 1
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8,9631,919339$64,75889.00%
3
-
Elon University Elon, NCPrivate, 4-year 11 to 1
1 to 1
7,123447135$44,53683.00%
4
-
Campbell University Buies Creek, NCPrivate, 4-year 13 to 1
1 to 1
5,272261283$40,41055.00%
5
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North Carolina Central University Durham, NCPublic, 4-year 14 to 1
1 to 1
7,553367208$19,578
($6,542)
44.00%
5
-
University of North Carolina at Pembroke Pembroke, NCPublic, 4-year 14 to 1
1 to 1
7,666315126$7,571
($3,571)
45.00%
7
4
Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NCPublic, 4-year 15 to 1
1 to 1
5,004250158$17,391
($6,735)
49.00%
8
5
Appalachian State University Boone, NCPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
1 to 1
20,4361,037365$24,537
($7,541)
75.00%
8
3
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NCPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
1 to 1
36,7001,842308$31,767
($8,895)
84.00%
8
3
Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NCPublic, 4-year 16 to 1
1 to 1
11,635544243$8,532
($4,532)
60.00%
Average13 to 112,8381,106240$32,489
($6,303)
68.00%