Largest North Carolina Private Colleges With Most Students

Duke University is the largest private North Carolina college with 18,023 students. The percentage of online students is 5.27% at the school.

Wake Forest University with 8,963 students and Elon University with 7,123 students are following it in the largetst North Carolina college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest North Carolina online colleges.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest North Carolina Private Colleges With Most Students

Duke University is the largest school with 18,023 students and Wake Forest University has the second largest population with 8,963 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

Duke University stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Wake Forest University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $43,521 and graduate tuition & fees is $24,103 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 61.06% and the average SAT score is 1,251 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest North Carolina Private Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest North Carolina Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Duke University Durham, NC Private, four-years	18,023 403	6,640	11,383	8,161	9,862	950	6 to 1
2 -	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC Private, four-years	8,963 16	5,447	3,516	3,876	5,087	872	10 to 1
3 -	Elon University Elon, NC Private, four-years	7,123 4	6,337	786	2,850	4,273	-	11 to 1
4 -	High Point University High Point, NC Private, four-years	5,981 121	5,036	945	2,574	3,407	226	17 to 1
5 -	Campbell University Buies Creek, NC Private, four-years	5,272 350	2,965	2,307	2,328	2,944	730	13 to 1
6 1	Wingate University Wingate, NC Private, four-years	3,396 43	2,510	886	1,276	2,120	209	15 to 1
7 1	Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC Private, four-years	3,144 297	1,812	1,332	1,016	2,128	897	11 to 1
8 -	Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Wake Forest, NC Private, four-years	2,764 284	679	2,085	1,948	816	1,023	9 to 1
9 -	Lenoir-Rhyne University Hickory, NC Private, four-years	2,354 51	1,529	825	877	1,477	375	11 to 1
10 1	Davidson College Davidson, NC Private, four-years	1,927 46	1,927	-	899	1,028	-	9 to 1
	Average	5,895	3,488	2,674	2,581	3,314	660	11 to 1

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