North Carolina Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate

Duke University has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 96% last year.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with 91% and Wake Forest University with 89% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of North Carolina Colleges having Highest Graduation Rate. Colleges having highest graduation rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of North Carolina Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate

Duke University has the highest graduation rate of 96% and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has the second highest graduation rate of 91%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $34,776 and graduate tuition & fees is $29,543 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 57.52% and the average SAT score is 1,305 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 North Carolina Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate.

Table. North Carolina Colleges Having Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Duke University Durham, NC Private, four-years	96.00% -	$65,805	54.98%	6.35%	1,550	18,023	6 to 1
2 -	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC Public, four-years	91.00% 1.00%	$39,330 ($8,989)	46.01%	17.11%	1,460	31,705	17 to 1
3 1	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC Private, four-years	89.00% 1.00%	$64,758	38.03%	21.37%	-	8,963	10 to 1
4 -	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC Public, four-years	84.00% -	$31,767 ($8,895)	33.54%	47.17%	1,360	36,700	16 to 1
5 -	Elon University Elon, NC Private, four-years	83.00% -	$44,536	12.95%	74.46%	1,260	7,123	11 to 1
6 -	Appalachian State University Boone, NC Public, four-years	75.00% 2.00%	$24,537 ($7,541)	21.19%	83.08%	1,180	20,436	16 to 1
7 -	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC Public, four-years	74.00% 2.00%	$22,985 ($7,317)	20.42%	68.83%	1,300	17,843	17 to 1
8 -	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC Public, four-years	69.00% 3.00%	$21,876 ($7,214)	24.44%	79.64%	1,180	29,551	20 to 1
9 1	East Carolina University Greenville, NC Public, four-years	65.00% 1.00%	$23,638 ($7,361)	19.19%	92.34%	-	27,151	18 to 1
10 -	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC Public, four-years	60.00% 1.00%	$8,532 ($4,532)	12.71%	84.84%	1,150	11,635	16 to 1
	Average	78.60%	$34,776 ($7,407)	28.35%	57.52%	1,305	20,913	15 to 1

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