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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in North Carolina
52 colleges in North Carolina with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Duke University · NC · Private (nonprofit)7% admit2Davidson College · NC · Private (nonprofit)14% admit3University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · NC · Public19% admit4Wake Forest University · NC · Private (nonprofit)22% admit5Shaw University · NC · Private (nonprofit)30% admit6Louisburg College · NC · Private (nonprofit)32% admit7University of North Carolina School of the Arts · NC · Public33% admit8Bennett College · NC · Private (nonprofit)34% admit9Carolina University · NC · Private (nonprofit)34% admit10Brevard College · NC · Private (nonprofit)40% admit11North Carolina State University at Raleigh · NC · Public40% admit12Johnson C Smith University · NC · Private (nonprofit)43% admit13North Carolina A & T State University · NC · Public46% admit14Saint Augustine's University · NC · Private (nonprofit)59% admit15Montreat College · NC · Private (nonprofit)66% admit16Elon University · NC · Private (nonprofit)67% admit17Queens University of Charlotte · NC · Private (nonprofit)68% admit18Winston-Salem State University · NC · Public69% admit19Elizabeth City State University · NC · Public70% admit20Chowan University · NC · Private (nonprofit)72% admit21University of North Carolina Wilmington · NC · Public74% admit22Livingstone College · NC · Private (nonprofit)74% admit23Meredith College · NC · Private (nonprofit)75% admit24Methodist University · NC · Private (nonprofit)75% admit25Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte · NC · Private (nonprofit)75% admit26High Point University · NC · Private (nonprofit)77% admit27Warren Wilson College · NC · Private (nonprofit)78% admit28Catawba College · NC · Private (nonprofit)78% admit29University of Mount Olive · NC · Private (nonprofit)78% admit30Mars Hill University · NC · Private (nonprofit)78% admit31North Carolina Wesleyan University · NC · Private (nonprofit)78% admit32Fayetteville State University · NC · Public80% admit33University of North Carolina at Charlotte · NC · Public80% admit34Lenoir-Rhyne University · NC · Private (nonprofit)81% admit35Lees-McRae College · NC · Private (nonprofit)81% admit36Guilford College · NC · Private (nonprofit)84% admit37Wingate University · NC · Private (nonprofit)85% admit38Western Carolina University · NC · Public87% admit39Gardner-Webb University · NC · Private (nonprofit)87% admit40Salem College · NC · Private (nonprofit)87% admit
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by most selective (lowest admit rate) — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.