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Tightest North Carolina Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next 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 6.35% for academic year 2022-2023 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 (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Duke University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDurham, NC
6.35%50,0163,1741,74554.98%
2Davidson College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsDavidson, NC
16.95%6,4791,09854249.36%
3University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Public, four-yearsChapel Hill, NC
17.11%56,3419,6394,43546.01%
4Wake Forest University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWinston-Salem, NC
21.37%16,8573,6021,37038.03%
5Johnson C Smith University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsCharlotte, NC
25.28%2,30658326645.63%
6University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Public, four-yearsWinston Salem, NC
31.78%1,13936221058.01%
7Brevard College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBrevard, NC
39.89%2,20688017419.77%
8North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Public, four-yearsRaleigh, NC
47.17%35,56816,7795,62733.54%
9North Carolina A & T State University
Public, four-yearsGreensboro, NC
56.39%25,76214,5263,07521.17%
10Saint Augustine's University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsRaleigh, NC
58.85%4,9182,89434111.78%