For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of North Carolina Public Graduate Schools is 60.77%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 22.71%. A total of 261,904 have applied, 159,160 admitted, and 36,152 students have enrolled one of North Carolina Public Graduate Schools.

Of the North Carolina colleges, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the tightest school to admit with 17.11% acceptance rate, and University of North Carolina School of the Arts has the second lowest acceptance rate of 31.78%.

You can check the 5-year acceptance rate changes of North Carolina Public Graduate Schools.

Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between North Carolina Public Graduate Schools
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
Alamance Community CollegeGraham, NC-----
Appalachian State UniversityBoone, NC22,25518,4893,917 83.08%21.19%
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, NC-----
Beaufort County Community CollegeWashington, NC-----
Bladen Community CollegeDublin, NC-----
Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, NC-----
Brunswick Community CollegeBolivia, NC-----
Caldwell Community College and Technical InstituteHudson, NC-----
Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, NC-----
Carolinas College of Health SciencesCharlotte, NC17127 70.59%58.33%
Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, NC-----
Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, NC-----
Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, NC-----
Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, NC-----
Cleveland Community CollegeShelby, NC-----
Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville, NC-----
College of the AlbemarleElizabeth City, NC-----
Craven Community CollegeNew Bern, NC-----
Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, NC-----
Durham Technical Community CollegeDurham, NC-----
East Carolina UniversityGreenville, NC21,38319,7443,788 92.34%19.19%
Edgecombe Community CollegeTarboro, NC-----
Elizabeth City State UniversityElizabeth City, NC3,9272,912350 74.15%12.02%
Fayetteville State UniversityFayetteville, NC4,1163,344786 81.24%23.50%
Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, NC-----
Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, NC-----
Gaston CollegeDallas, NC-----
Gaston CollegeDallas, NC-----
Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, NC-----
Halifax Community CollegeWeldon, NC-----
Haywood Community CollegeClyde, NC-----
Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, NC-----
James Sprunt Community CollegeKenansville, NC-----
Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, NC-----
Lenoir Community CollegeKinston, NC-----
Martin Community CollegeWilliamston, NC-----
Mayland Community CollegeSpruce Pine, NC-----
McDowell Technical Community CollegeMarion, NC-----
Mitchell Community CollegeStatesville, NC-----
Montgomery Community CollegeTroy, NC-----
Nash Community CollegeRocky Mount, NC-----
North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, NC25,76214,5263,075 56.39%21.17%
North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, NC8,4237,1071,079 84.38%15.18%
North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, NC35,56816,7795,627 47.17%33.54%
Pamlico Community CollegeGrantsboro, NC-----
Piedmont Community CollegeRoxboro, NC-----
Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, NC-----
Randolph Community CollegeAsheboro, NC-----
Richmond Community CollegeHamlet, NC-----
Roanoke-Chowan Community CollegeAhoskie, NC-----
Robeson Community CollegeLumberton, NC-----
Rockingham Community CollegeWentworth, NC-----
Rowan-Cabarrus Community CollegeSalisbury, NC-----
Sampson Community CollegeClinton, NC-----
Sandhills Community CollegePinehurst, NC-----
South Piedmont Community CollegePolkton, NC-----
Southeastern Community CollegeWhiteville, NC-----
Southwestern Community CollegeSylva, NC-----
Stanly Community CollegeAlbemarle, NC-----
Surry Community CollegeDobson, NC-----
Tri-County Community CollegeMurphy, NC-----
University of North Carolina at AshevilleAsheville, NC4,2783,179507 74.31%15.95%
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC56,3419,6394,435 17.11%46.01%
University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, NC21,35517,0074,157 79.64%24.44%
University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, NC11,51510,5872,343 91.94%22.13%
University of North Carolina at PembrokePembroke, NC3,4203,069714 89.74%23.26%
University of North Carolina School of the ArtsWinston Salem, NC1,139362210 31.78%58.01%
University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, NC16,86011,6052,370 68.83%20.42%
Vance-Granville Community CollegeHenderson, NC-----
Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, NC-----
Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, NC-----
Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, NC17,91715,2011,932 84.84%12.71%
Western Piedmont Community CollegeMorganton, NC-----
Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, NC-----
Wilson Community CollegeWilson, NC-----
Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston-Salem, NC7,6285,598855 73.39%15.27%
Average15,4069,3622,12760.77%22.71%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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