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
Methodist University

Fayetteville, NC

76%
High Point University

High Point, NC

79%
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

80%
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, NC

80%
Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

81%
Appalachian State University

Boone, NC

83%
Lenoir Rhyne University

Hickory, NC

83%
Greensboro College

Greensboro, NC

84%
Guilford College

Greensboro, NC

84%
North Carolina Central University

Durham, NC

84%
Warren Wilson College

Swannanoa, NC

84%
Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, NC

85%
Wingate University

Wingate, NC

86%
Chowan University

Murfreesboro, NC

87%
Salem College

Winston Salem, NC

87%
Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

89%
University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Pembroke, NC

90%
East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

92%