Most Favored North Carolina Colleges

Most Favored North Carolina Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in North Carolina. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.

Duke University, has the highest yield rate of 54.98% for academic year 2022-2023 in North Carolina. Davidson College is positioned second with 49.36% yield and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill follows them with 46%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in North Carolina.

Most Favored North Carolina Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Duke University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDurham, NC	54.98%	50,016	3,174	1,745	6.35%
2	Davidson College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDavidson, NC	49.36%	6,479	1,098	542	16.95%
3	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public, four-yearsChapel Hill, NC	46.01%	56,341	9,639	4,435	17.11%
4	Johnson C Smith University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCharlotte, NC	45.63%	2,306	583	266	25.28%
5	Wake Forest University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinston-Salem, NC	38.03%	16,857	3,602	1,370	21.37%
6	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Public, four-yearsRaleigh, NC	33.54%	35,568	16,779	5,627	47.17%
7	Meredith College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRaleigh, NC	25.56%	1,775	1,299	332	73.18%
8	Warren Wilson College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSwannanoa, NC	25.26%	905	760	192	83.98%
9	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Public, four-yearsCharlotte, NC	24.44%	21,355	17,007	4,157	79.64%
10	Fayetteville State University Public, four-yearsFayetteville, NC	23.50%	4,116	3,344	786	81.24%

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