North Carolina Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 74 public colleges in North Carolina with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads the list by accepting 23% of high school students that applied.

Data is reported for the 2018/19 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.

List of North Carolina Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
	College	Acceptance Rate
N	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	23%
N	University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston-Salem, NC	38%
W	Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC	40%
N	North Carolina Central University Durham, NC	47%
N	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	47%
E	Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City, NC	59%
N	North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC	61%
N	University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC	61%
W	Winston Salem State University Winston-Salem, NC	65%
N	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	67%
F	Fayetteville State University Fayetteville, NC	68%
A	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	69%
N	University of North Carolina at Pembroke Pembroke, NC	81%
E	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	82%
N	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	84%
N	University of North Carolina at Asheville Asheville, NC	94%
t	College of the Albemarle Elizabeth City, NC	100%
S	South Piedmont Community College Polkton, NC	100%
A	Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College Asheville, NC	100%
B	Beaufort County Community College Washington, NC	100%