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Largest North Carolina Colleges with Most Enrollment

North Carolina State University at Raleigh has the most students of 36,700 for academic year 2022-2023 in North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is ranked second with 31,705 students and University of North Carolina at Charlotte follows them with 29,551 students. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have most students by gender.
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Largest North Carolina Colleges with Most Enrollment
NameTotal # of StudentsFemaleMale
1North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Public, four-yearsRaleigh, NC
36,70018,05718,643
2University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Public, four-yearsChapel Hill, NC
31,70519,11112,594
3University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Public, four-yearsCharlotte, NC
29,55114,97314,578
4East Carolina University
Public, four-yearsGreenville, NC
27,15116,39810,753
5Appalachian State University
Public, four-yearsBoone, NC
20,43611,7868,650
6Duke University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDurham, NC
18,0239,8628,161
7University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Public, four-yearsGreensboro, NC
17,97812,0545,924
8University of North Carolina Wilmington
Public, four-yearsWilmington, NC
17,84311,8016,042
9North Carolina A & T State University
Public, four-yearsGreensboro, NC
13,4878,3705,117
10Western Carolina University
Public, four-yearsCullowhee, NC
11,6356,8384,797
11Wake Forest University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinston-Salem, NC
8,9635,0873,876
12University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Public, four-yearsPembroke, NC
7,6664,9882,678
13North Carolina Central University
Public, four-yearsDurham, NC
7,5535,3232,230
14Elon University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsElon, NC
7,1234,2732,850
15Fayetteville State University
Public, four-yearsFayetteville, NC
6,7874,7222,065
16High Point University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHigh Point, NC
5,9813,4072,574
17Campbell University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBuies Creek, NC
5,2722,9442,328
18Winston-Salem State University
Public, four-yearsWinston-Salem, NC
5,0043,8101,194
19Wingate University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWingate, NC
3,3962,1201,276
20Gardner-Webb University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoiling Springs, NC
3,1442,1281,016