2026 Most Favored North Carolina Colleges To Enroll Rankings

Most Favored North Carolina Colleges To Enroll

Rank	College Name	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield	Tuition & Fees	Student Population	SAT Score
1	Duke University Durham, NC	51,795	2,957	1,740	5.7%	58.8%	$68,758	17,499	1,540
2	Davidson College Davidson, NC	8,114	1,085	520	13.4%	47.9%	$64,430	1,869	1,460
3	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	66,535	10,209	4,640	15.3%	45.5%	$41,203	32,438	1,480
4	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	18,727	4,058	1,464	21.7%	36.1%	$67,642	9,322	1,470
5	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	44,047	18,385	5,839	41.7%	31.8%	$32,847	38,464	1,370
6	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	23,887	19,015	4,657	79.6%	24.5%	$22,492	31,091	1,250
7	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	12,948	11,460	2,433	88.5%	21.2%	$24,012	18,012	1,205
8	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	20,393	13,101	2,754	64.2%	21.0%	$24,152	18,848	1,280
9	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	24,614	22,188	4,038	90.1%	18.2%	$25,212	21,570	1,200
10	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	26,369	23,524	4,022	89.2%	17.1%	$23,638	26,940	1,160

Qualified North Carolina Colleges in Core Admission Stats