North Carolina Colleges Acceptance Rate 2026

Acceptance Rate of all colleges in North Carolina are given here. Colleges are listed from Lowest Acceptance rate in North Carolina to the Highest Acceptance rate colleges. Acceptance Rate of Universities and Colleges indicate how tough the admissions selection criteria of an institution is. Acceptance or Admissions Rate of the colleges is obtained by dividing the number of admitted students divided by the total number of applicants who applied for admissions in a single admission calendar. The lower the acceptance rate of a college is, the tougher it is to get admitted to. Hence, the colleges with lower admissions rate are easier to get into.

Some institutions have open admission policy. Open Admission Policy means that all qualifying students who meet the minimum eligibility criteria are offered admission and they start the degree the program without additional qualifications or performance benchmarks. In other words, the institutes having open admission policy have 100% acceptance rate.

Acceptance Rate of all North Carolina Colleges 2026 from Lowest to Highest

Logo	College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students
Logo	College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students
	Duke University, Durham	6.78%	6417
	Davidson College, Davidson	14.48%	1901
	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill	18.74%	20556
	Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem	21.56%	5471
	Shaw University, Raleigh	30.48%	839
	Louisburg College, Louisburg	32.05%	413
	University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston Salem	33.1%	902
	Bennett College, Greensboro	33.61%	191
	Carolina University, Winston-Salem	34%	424
	Brevard College, Brevard	39.5%	760
	North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Raleigh	39.85%	26389
	Johnson C Smith University, Charlotte	42.87%	1047
	North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro	46.17%	11925
	Cabarrus College of Health Sciences, Concord	49.21%	602
	Saint Augustine's University, Raleigh	58.73%	766
	Montreat College, Montreat	65.55%	750
	Chamberlain University-North Carolina, Charlotte	66.67%	216
	Elon University, Elon	67.31%	6402
	Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte	67.68%	1362
	Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem	68.55%	4244
	Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City	70.49%	1863
	Chowan University, Murfreesboro	72.37%	638
	University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington	74.01%	14176
	Livingstone College, Salisbury	74.09%	798
	Meredith College, Raleigh	74.66%	1288
	Methodist University, Fayetteville	75.2%	1425
	Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte, Charlotte	75.28%	1126
	Mid-Atlantic Christian University, Elizabeth City	76.21%	161
	Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest	76.61%	466
	High Point University, High Point	76.83%	4970
	Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa	77.62%	720
	Catawba College, Salisbury	77.7%	1127
	University of Mount Olive, Mount Olive	77.75%	1754
	Mars Hill University, Mars Hill	77.89%	995
	North Carolina Wesleyan University, Rocky Mount	77.95%	1169
	Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville	79.89%	5493
	University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte	80.21%	23567
	Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory	80.68%	1348
	Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk	80.75%	817
	Carolinas College of Health Sciences, Charlotte	81.48%	409
	Guilford College, Greensboro	83.76%	1011
	Wingate University, Wingate	84.99%	2462
	Western Carolina University, Cullowhee	86.66%	9867
	Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs	87.02%	1836
	Salem College, Winston-Salem	87.03%	390
	Appalachian State University, Boone	88.64%	19304
	University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro	89.83%	13848
	East Carolina University, Greenville	90.06%	19857
	Belmont Abbey College, Belmont	90.38%	1454
	North Carolina Central University, Durham	90.49%	5400