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68.55% Applicants Accepted to North Carolina Colleges

What is the Average Acceptance Rate in North Carolina?

The average acceptance rate of North Carolina colleges is 68.55%. Total 262,625 students have accepted out of 462,305. By gender, the acceptance rate of female students is 69.09% and male students' rate is 66.95%
The next schools are the top 5 North Carolina colleges that have the lowest acceptance rate. Duke University has the lowest acceptance rate of 6.35% among North Carolina colleges. Davidson College and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill also have low acceptance rate of 16.95% and 17.11% respectively. The top schools are selected with an minimum number of new students (first-time students) of 100. You can view more schools at North Carolina colleges with lowest acceptance rate.
The following table summarizes the average acceptance rate in North Carolina by school type and level.
North Carolina Colleges The Average Acceptance Rate
TotalPublicPrivate (not-for-profit)Private (for-profit)
4 years colleges67.88%70.64%67.15%50.00%
Acceptance Rate by Gender at North Carolina colleges
ApplicantsAcceptedAcceptance Rate
Total462,305262,62568.55%
Female272,671161,86269.09%
Male188,859100,37866.95%
The following table shows the North Carolina Colleges with The Average Acceptance Rate. You can see more schools and narrow down the results in search result page.
AllPublicPrivate4-Years CollegeCommunity CollegesTrade Schools
North Carolina Colleges with The Average Acceptance Rate
School NameLocationAcceptance RateApplicantsAccepted
Appalachian State University
Public, four-years
Boone, NC83.08%22,25518,489
Barton College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Wilson, NC94.60%2,1292,014
Belmont Abbey College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Belmont, NC97.17%2,7572,679
Bennett College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Greensboro, NC44.63%1,042465
Brevard College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Brevard, NC39.89%2,206880
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Concord, NC44.90%4922
Campbell University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Buies Creek, NC88.58%3,8603,419
Catawba College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Salisbury, NC67.08%3,1992,146
Chowan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Murfreesboro, NC86.68%2,2591,958
Davidson College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Davidson, NC16.95%6,4791,098
Duke University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Durham, NC6.35%50,0163,174
East Carolina University
Public, four-years
Greenville, NC92.34%21,38319,744
Elizabeth City State University
Public, four-years
Elizabeth City, NC74.15%3,9272,912
Elon University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Elon, NC74.46%17,55113,069
Fayetteville State University
Public, four-years
Fayetteville, NC81.24%4,1163,344
Gardner-Webb University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Boiling Springs, NC74.95%5,7284,293
Greensboro College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Greensboro, NC84.28%1,3491,137
Guilford College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Greensboro, NC83.51%3,3972,837
High Point University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
High Point, NC78.88%12,4469,817
Johnson C Smith University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Charlotte, NC25.28%2,306583
Lees-McRae College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Banner Elk, NC61.34%1,7331,063
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Hickory, NC82.89%5,4524,519
Livingstone College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Salisbury, NC63.77%4,0742,598
Louisburg College
Private (not-for-profit), 2-4 years
Louisburg, NC86.35%1,026886
Mars Hill University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Mars Hill, NC74.20%1,5971,185
Meredith College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Raleigh, NC73.18%1,7751,299
Methodist University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Fayetteville, NC75.68%2,3971,814
Montreat College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Montreat, NC68.06%1,440980
University of Mount Olive
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Mount Olive, NC74.59%1,8381,371
North Carolina A & T State University
Public, four-years
Greensboro, NC56.39%25,76214,526
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Public, four-years
Asheville, NC74.31%4,2783,179
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Public, four-years
Chapel Hill, NC17.11%56,3419,639
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Public, four-years
Charlotte, NC79.64%21,35517,007
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Public, four-years
Greensboro, NC91.94%11,51510,587
North Carolina Central University
Public, four-years
Durham, NC84.38%8,4237,107
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Public, four-years
Winston Salem, NC31.78%1,139362
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Public, four-years
Raleigh, NC47.17%35,56816,779
North Carolina Wesleyan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Rocky Mount, NC68.43%2,3791,628
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Public, four-years
Wilmington, NC68.83%16,86011,605
William Peace University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Raleigh, NC63.18%1,434906
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Public, four-years
Pembroke, NC89.74%3,4203,069
Pfeiffer University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Misenheimer, NC69.05%1,299897
Queens University of Charlotte
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Charlotte, NC71.27%3,1542,248
Mid-Atlantic Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Elizabeth City, NC63.33%210133
Saint Augustine's University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Raleigh, NC58.85%4,9182,894
Salem College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Winston-Salem, NC87.49%1,1591,014
Shaw University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Raleigh, NC61.03%2,4351,486
St. Andrews University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Laurinburg, NC64.80%1,7671,145
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Wake Forest, NC80.00%6048
Wake Forest University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Winston-Salem, NC21.37%16,8573,602
Warren Wilson College
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Swannanoa, NC83.98%905760
Wingate University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Wingate, NC86.15%20,29217,482
Winston-Salem State University
Public, four-years
Winston-Salem, NC73.39%7,6285,598
Western Carolina University
Public, four-years
Cullowhee, NC84.84%17,91715,201
Carolinas College of Health Sciences
Public, four-years
Charlotte, NC70.59%1712
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Charlotte, NC73.34%4,7303,469
Southeastern College-Charlotte
Private (for-profit), 2-4 years
Charlotte, NC89.64%193173
Manna University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Fayetteville, NC100.00%2525
DeVry University-North Carolina
Private (for-profit), four-years
Charlotte, NC-%--
Chamberlain University-North Carolina
Private (for-profit), four-years
Charlotte, NC50.00%84
Carolina University
Private (not-for-profit), four-years
Winston-Salem, NC52.02%471245