2024 Tightest North Carolina Colleges To Admit Rankings
Among North Carolina colleges, Duke University has the tightest acceptance rate (6.35%) and Davidson College has the second lowest rate (16.95%) based on academic year 2022-2023 admission data.
Below table ranks and compares the Tightest North Carolina Colleges To Admit having lowest acceptance rate. For the acceptance rate rankings, we only include 4-year North Carolina colleges that have competitive admission.
Tightest North Carolina Colleges To Admit
| Rank | College Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Tuition & Fees | Student Population | SAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke University Durham, NC | 50,016 | 3,174 | 1,745 | 6.3% | 55.0% | $65,805 | 18,023 | 1,550 |
| 2 | Davidson College Davidson, NC | 6,479 | 1,098 | 542 | 16.9% | 49.4% | $60,050 | 1,927 | 1,455 |
| 3 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | 56,341 | 9,639 | 4,435 | 17.1% | 46.0% | $39,330 | 31,705 | 1,470 |
| 4 | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC | 16,857 | 3,602 | 1,370 | 21.4% | 38.0% | $64,758 | 8,963 | 1,460 |
| 5 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC | 35,568 | 16,779 | 5,627 | 47.2% | 33.5% | $31,767 | 36,700 | 1,380 |
| 6 | North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC | 25,762 | 14,526 | 3,075 | 56.4% | 21.2% | $20,408 | 13,487 | 1,080 |
| 7 | University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC | 16,860 | 11,605 | 2,370 | 68.8% | 20.4% | $22,985 | 17,843 | 1,290 |
| 8 | Winston-Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC | 7,628 | 5,598 | 855 | 73.4% | 15.3% | $17,391 | 5,004 | 940 |
| 9 | Elon University Elon, NC | 17,551 | 13,069 | 1,692 | 74.5% | 12.9% | $44,536 | 7,123 | 1,210 |
| 10 | Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC | 5,728 | 4,293 | 403 | 74.9% | 9.4% | $33,450 | 3,144 | 1,140 |
Qualified North Carolina Colleges in Core Admission Stats
