57.38% of Applicants Accepted to North Carolina Colleges in 2025 Admission

569,430

Applicants

326,761

Admitted

57.38%

Acceptance Rate

16.70%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of North Carolina colleges is 57.38%, 326,761 accepted out of 569,430 applicants.

For North Carolina college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 61,049 (12.01%) compared to last year, from 508,381 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 481, which is more than 0.89% last year.

North Carolina colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.09% compared to last year, which means harder to get into North Carolina colleges. The yield decreased by 1.81%.

Among North Carolina colleges, Duke University has the lowest acceptance rate of 5.71% with 2,957 accepted students out of 51,795 applicants. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has the most number of applicants of 66,535 and North Carolina State University at Raleigh has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 5,839.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for North Carolina Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in North Carolina. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for North Carolina Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Duke University51,795
5,430		2,957
-188		1,740
-2		5.71%
-1.07%		58.84%
3.45%
Davidson College8,114
767		1,085
21		520
1		13.37%
-1.11%		47.93%
-0.85%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill66,535
8,633		10,209
-641		4,640
-59		15.34%
-3.40%		45.45%
2.14%
Wake Forest University18,727
1,248		4,058
290		1,464
79		21.67%
0.11%		36.08%
-0.68%
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences77
14		18
-13		8
-16		23.38%
-25.83%		44.44%
-32.98%
University of North Carolina School of the Arts1,438
15		431
-40		239
18		29.97%
-3.13%		55.45%
8.53%
Saint Augustine's University2,059
-1,101		696
-1,160		22
-140		33.80%
-24.93%		3.16%
-5.57%
Carolina University736
189		291
105		77
-42		39.54%
5.54%		26.46%
-37.52%
North Carolina State University at Raleigh44,047
3,998		18,385
2,427		5,839
111		41.74%
1.89%		31.76%
-4.13%
Brevard College2,699
117		1,138
118		308
69		42.16%
2.66%		27.07%
3.64%
Johnson C Smith University6,820
2,547		3,083
1,251		396
113		45.21%
2.34%		12.84%
-2.61%
North Carolina A & T State University36,496
5,779		18,212
4,029		2,736
-19		49.90%
3.73%		15.02%
-4.40%
Bennett College608
-115		308
65		32
-17		50.66%
17.05%		10.39%
-9.77%
Manna University93
73		49
29		16
-2		52.69%
-47.31%		32.65%
-57.35%
Louisburg College998
168		557
291		225
-41		55.81%
23.76%		40.39%
-59.61%
Livingstone College6,721
1,973		3,982
464		343
74		59.25%
-14.84%		8.61%
0.96%
Carolinas College of Health Sciences207
180		124
102		72
50		59.90%
-21.58%		58.06%
-41.94%
Queens University of Charlotte4,702
345		2,919
-30		261
-138		62.08%
-5.60%		8.94%
-4.59%
Mid-Atlantic Christian University259
-31		161
-60		32
-14		62.16%
-14.05%		19.88%
-0.93%
Elizabeth City State University5,489
129		3,525
-253		423
76		64.22%
-6.27%		12.00%
2.82%
University of North Carolina Wilmington20,393
3,023		13,101
245		2,754
53		64.24%
-9.77%		21.02%
0.01%
Elon University18,105
-686		12,012
-637		1,607
-70		66.35%
-0.96%		13.38%
0.12%
Mars Hill University1,642
249		1,115
30		347
29		67.90%
-9.99%		31.12%
1.81%
Chowan University2,124
-236		1,461
-247		180
19		68.79%
-3.58%		12.32%
2.89%
Montreat College1,740
-414		1,204
-208		215
14		69.20%
3.65%		17.86%
3.62%
Greensboro College3,932
789		2,758
-135		198
-10		70.14%
-21.91%		7.18%
-0.01%
Warren Wilson College1,361
418		971
239		174
-22		71.34%
-6.28%		17.92%
-8.86%
Meredith College1,983
420		1,471
304		272
-53		74.18%
-0.48%		18.49%
-9.36%
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary201
77		150
55		118
41		74.63%
-1.98%		78.67%
-2.38%
Belmont Abbey College4,221
1,249		3,151
465		398
-2		74.65%
-15.73%		12.63%
-2.26%
Methodist University2,743
5		2,061
2		316
-28		75.14%
-0.06%		15.33%
-1.38%
Catawba College3,457
910		2,600
621		325
17		75.21%
-2.49%		12.50%
-3.06%
High Point University17,572
1,947		13,233
1,229		1,528
60		75.31%
-1.52%		11.55%
-0.68%
University of Mount Olive1,926
178		1,459
100		289
12		75.75%
-2.00%		19.81%
-0.57%
Salem College2,246
295		1,722
24		136
-20		76.67%
-10.36%		7.90%
-1.29%
Lees-McRae College2,084
297		1,600
157		223
24		76.78%
-3.97%		13.94%
0.15%
Gardner-Webb University5,212
542		4,024
-40		450
39		77.21%
-9.81%		11.18%
1.07%
Winston-Salem State University9,108
-165		7,128
771		931
48		78.26%
9.71%		13.06%
-0.83%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte23,887
1,188		19,015
807		4,657
156		79.60%
-0.62%		24.49%
-0.23%
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte4,105
-572		3,279
-242		450
18		79.88%
4.60%		13.72%
1.45%
Guilford College4,204
429		3,363
201		340
-26		80.00%
-3.76%		10.11%
-1.47%
Shaw University7,390
-3,309		5,924
2,663		243
57		80.16%
49.68%		4.10%
-1.60%
North Carolina Wesleyan University1,856
-561		1,489
-395		261
11		80.23%
2.28%		17.53%
4.26%
Western Carolina University19,742
1,559		16,154
396		2,052
-51		81.83%
-4.83%		12.70%
-0.65%
Fayetteville State University6,515
1,472		5,352
1,323		794
-13		82.15%
2.26%		14.84%
-5.19%
Lenoir-Rhyne University3,666
-2,633		3,101
-1,981		341
-36		84.59%
3.91%		11.00%
3.58%
North Carolina Central University18,368
4,176		15,972
3,130		1,753
288		86.96%
-3.53%		10.98%
-0.43%
Campbell University6,956
3,276		6,064
2,594		616
13		87.18%
-7.11%		10.16%
-7.22%
University of North Carolina at Greensboro12,948
569		11,460
340		2,433
-180		88.51%
-1.32%		21.23%
-2.27%
East Carolina University26,369
4,080		23,524
3,451		4,022
81		89.21%
-0.85%		17.10%
-2.53%
Appalachian State University24,614
613		22,188
913		4,038
-189		90.14%
1.50%		18.20%
-1.67%
Wingate University30,339
9,129		27,647
9,620		780
72		91.13%
6.14%		2.82%
-1.11%
University of North Carolina Asheville7,378
1,913		6,782
1,651		725
95		91.92%
-1.97%		10.69%
-1.59%
University of North Carolina at Pembroke8,178
543		7,627
575		801
-107		93.26%
0.90%		10.50%
-2.38%
Southeastern College-Charlotte221
-18		207
-26		124
-8		93.67%
-3.82%		59.90%
3.25%
Barton College2,657
429		2,503
367		261
-20		94.20%
-1.67%		10.43%
-2.73%
William Peace University1,044
-242		984
-268		168
9		94.25%
-3.11%		17.07%
4.37%
Pfeiffer University1,538
-99		1,477
-83		203
8		96.03%
0.73%		13.74%
1.24%
Chamberlain University-North Carolina4
1		4
2		4
2		100.00%
33.33%		100.00%