2026 Tightest North Carolina Colleges To Admit Rankings
Among North Carolina colleges, Duke University has the tightest acceptance rate (5.71%) and Davidson College has the second lowest rate (13.37%) based on academic year 2023-2024 admission data.
Below table ranks and compares the Tightest North Carolina Colleges To Admit having lowest acceptance rate. For the acceptance rate rankings, we only include 4-year North Carolina colleges that have competitive admission.
Tightest North Carolina Colleges To Admit
| 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 | Johnson C Smith University Charlotte, NC | 6,820 | 3,083 | 396 | 45.2% | 12.8% | $21,300 | 1,302 | - |
| 7 | North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC | 36,496 | 18,212 | 2,736 | 49.9% | 15.0% | $20,673 | 14,311 | 1,100 |
| 8 | Livingstone College Salisbury, NC | 6,721 | 3,982 | 343 | 59.2% | 8.6% | $18,296 | 936 | - |
| 9 | Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City, NC | 5,489 | 3,525 | 423 | 64.2% | 12.0% | $10,536 | 2,258 | 1,015 |
| 10 | University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC | 20,393 | 13,101 | 2,754 | 64.2% | 21.0% | $24,152 | 18,848 | 1,280 |
Qualified North Carolina Colleges in Core Admission Stats
