North Carolina Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Private Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 50 private colleges in North Carolina with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. Duke University tops the list with a population of 18,023 students.
List of North Carolina Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
School Enrollment
Duke University

Durham, NC

 18,023
Wake Forest University

Winston Salem, NC

 8,963
Elon University

Elon, NC

 7,123
High Point University

High Point, NC

 5,981
Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

 5,272
Wingate University

Wingate, NC

 3,396
Gardner Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

 3,144
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, NC

 2,764
Lenoir Rhyne University

Hickory, NC

 2,354
Mount Olive College

Mount Olive, NC

 2,239
Davidson College

Davidson, NC

 1,927
Queens University of Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

 1,873
Methodist University

Fayetteville, NC

 1,811
Meredith College

Raleigh, NC

 1,587
Belmont Abbey College

Belmont, NC

 1,501
North Carolina Wesleyan College

Rocky Mount, NC

 1,337
Barton College

Wilson, NC

 1,265
Catawba College

Salisbury, NC

 1,172