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North Carolina Colleges Not Too Hard to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the most affordable (high acceptance rate) North Carolina colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in high level in recent years. Pfeiffer University has the highest acceptance rate as of 96.03% for academic year 2023-2024 in North Carolina. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have high acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the tightest acceptance rates in North Carolina.
North Carolina Colleges Not Too Hard to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Pfeiffer University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMisenheimer, NC
96.03%1,5381,47720313.74%
2William Peace University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRaleigh, NC
94.25%1,04498416817.07%
3Barton College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWilson, NC
94.20%2,6572,50326110.43%
4University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Public, four-yearsPembroke, NC
93.26%8,1787,62780110.50%
5University of North Carolina Asheville
Public, four-yearsAsheville, NC
91.92%7,3786,78272510.69%
6Wingate University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWingate, NC
91.13%30,33927,6477802.82%
7Appalachian State University
Public, four-yearsBoone, NC
90.14%24,61422,1884,03818.20%
8East Carolina University
Public, four-yearsGreenville, NC
89.21%26,36923,5244,02217.10%
9University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Public, four-yearsGreensboro, NC
88.51%12,94811,4602,43321.23%
10Campbell University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBuies Creek, NC
87.18%6,9566,06461610.16%