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 58.84% for academic year 2024-2025 in North Carolina. Davidson College is positioned second with 47.93% yield and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill follows them with 45%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded 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 (2025)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Duke University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDurham, NC	58.84%	51,795	2,957	1,740	5.71%
2	Davidson College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDavidson, NC	47.93%	8,114	1,085	520	13.37%
3	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public, four-yearsChapel Hill, NC	45.45%	66,535	10,209	4,640	15.34%
4	Wake Forest University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinston-Salem, NC	36.08%	18,727	4,058	1,464	21.67%
5	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Public, four-yearsRaleigh, NC	31.76%	44,047	18,385	5,839	41.74%
6	Mars Hill University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMars Hill, NC	31.12%	1,642	1,115	347	67.90%
7	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Public, four-yearsCharlotte, NC	24.49%	23,887	19,015	4,657	79.60%
8	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Public, four-yearsGreensboro, NC	21.23%	12,948	11,460	2,433	88.51%
9	University of North Carolina Wilmington Public, four-yearsWilmington, NC	21.02%	20,393	13,101	2,754	64.24%
10	University of Mount Olive Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMount Olive, NC	19.81%	1,926	1,459	289	75.75%

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