North Carolina Colleges Acceptance Rate 2025

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 2025 from Lowest to Highest

College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students
Duke University, Durham	6.35%	6570
Davidson College, Davidson	16.95%	1922
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill	17.11%	19921
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem	21.37%	5446
Johnson C Smith University, Charlotte	25.28%	1041
University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston Salem	31.78%	915
Brevard College, Brevard	39.89%	731
Bennett College, Greensboro	44.63%	168
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences, Concord	44.9%	449
North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Raleigh	47.17%	25109
Chamberlain University-North Carolina, Charlotte	50%	268
Carolina University, Winston-Salem	52.02%	350
North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro	56.39%	11553
Saint Augustine's University, Raleigh	58.85%	937
Shaw University, Raleigh	61.03%	918
Lees-McRae College, Banner Elk	61.34%	854
William Peace University, Raleigh	63.18%	640
Mid-Atlantic Christian University, Elizabeth City	63.33%	125
Livingstone College, Salisbury	63.77%	839
St. Andrews University, Laurinburg	64.8%	780
Catawba College, Salisbury	67.08%	1076
Montreat College, Montreat	68.06%	816
North Carolina Wesleyan University, Rocky Mount	68.43%	1204
University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington	68.83%	13960
Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer	69.05%	683
Carolinas College of Health Sciences, Charlotte	70.59%	395
Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte	71.27%	1301
Meredith College, Raleigh	73.18%	1294
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte, Charlotte	73.34%	1140
Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem	73.39%	4449
Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City	74.15%	1912
Mars Hill University, Mars Hill	74.2%	980
University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville	74.31%	2803
Elon University, Elon	74.46%	6337
University of Mount Olive, Mount Olive	74.59%	1784
Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs	74.95%	1811
Methodist University, Fayetteville	75.68%	1442
High Point University, High Point	78.88%	4965
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte	79.64%	23063
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest	80%	458
Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville	81.24%	5218
Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory	82.89%	1393
Appalachian State University, Boone	83.08%	18467
Guilford College, Greensboro	83.51%	1022
Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa	83.98%	697
Greensboro College, Greensboro	84.28%	619
North Carolina Central University, Durham	84.38%	5101
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee	84.84%	9809
Wingate University, Wingate	86.15%	2509
Louisburg College, Louisburg	86.35%	434
College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students