North Carolina Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 71 colleges in North Carolina with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Duke University leads the list by accepting 6% of high school students that applied.

List of North Carolina Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Livingstone College

Salisbury, NC

64%
St. Andrews University

Laurinburg, NC

65%
Catawba College

Salisbury, NC

67%
Montreat College

Montreat, NC

68%
North Carolina Wesleyan College

Rocky Mount, NC

68%
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, NC

69%
Pfeiffer University

Misenheimer, NC

69%
DeVry University North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina

70%
Queens University of Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

71%
Meredith College

Raleigh, NC

73%
Winston Salem State University

Winston-Salem, NC

73%
Johnson & Wales University Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

73%
Elizabeth City State University

Elizabeth City, NC

74%
Elon University

Elon, NC

74%
Mars Hill University

Mars Hill, NC

74%
University of North Carolina at Asheville

Asheville, NC

74%
Gardner Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

75%
Mount Olive College

Mount Olive, NC

75%