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North Carolina Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
Wingate University, has the lowest yield rate of 4.74% for academic year 2022-2023 in North Carolina. Bennett College is positioned second with 6.45% yield and Livingstone College follows them with 8%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in North Carolina.
North Carolina Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Wingate University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWingate, NC
4.74% 20,292 17,482 828 86.15%
2Bennett College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGreensboro, NC
6.45% 1,042 465 30 44.63%
3Livingstone College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSalisbury, NC
8.35% 4,074 2,598 217 63.77%
4Lenoir-Rhyne University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHickory, NC
8.74% 5,452 4,519 395 82.89%
5Salem College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinston-Salem, NC
8.97% 1,159 1,014 91 87.49%
6Gardner-Webb University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBoiling Springs, NC
9.39% 5,728 4,293 403 74.95%
7Chowan University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsMurfreesboro, NC
10.98% 2,259 1,958 215 86.68%
8Saint Augustine's University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRaleigh, NC
11.78% 4,918 2,894 341 58.85%
9Elizabeth City State University
Public, four-yearsElizabeth City, NC
12.02% 3,927 2,912 350 74.15%
10Western Carolina University
Public, four-yearsCullowhee, NC
12.71% 17,917 15,201 1,932 84.84%