Tightest North Carolina Colleges to Get In

Tightest North Carolina Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) North Carolina colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Duke University has the lowest acceptance rate as of 5.71% 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 low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in North Carolina.

Tightest North Carolina Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Duke University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDurham, NC	5.71%	51,795	2,957	1,740	58.84%
2	Davidson College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDavidson, NC	13.37%	8,114	1,085	520	47.93%
3	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Public, four-yearsChapel Hill, NC	15.34%	66,535	10,209	4,640	45.45%
4	Wake Forest University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinston-Salem, NC	21.67%	18,727	4,058	1,464	36.08%
5	University of North Carolina School of the Arts Public, four-yearsWinston Salem, NC	29.97%	1,438	431	239	55.45%
6	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Public, four-yearsRaleigh, NC	41.74%	44,047	18,385	5,839	31.76%
7	Brevard College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBrevard, NC	42.16%	2,699	1,138	308	27.07%
8	Johnson C Smith University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCharlotte, NC	45.21%	6,820	3,083	396	12.84%
9	North Carolina A & T State University Public, four-yearsGreensboro, NC	49.90%	36,496	18,212	2,736	15.02%
10	Livingstone College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSalisbury, NC	59.25%	6,721	3,982	343	8.61%

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Tightest North Carolina Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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