Southern Private Colleges

There are 384 private colleges and universities in the South enrolling 1,036,953 students. Explore the list below to find the private college match for you. Private colleges are usually smaller in size, more expensive than public schools and often academically rigorous. If you feel you may have difficulty fitting into the large class sizes which are common on many public campuses, take a look at South private colleges. The  South is home to popular private schools like University of Miami, Duke University, Vanderbilt University and Johns Hopkins University.

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  • Private 4 Year
  • Raleigh, NC
  • | 0 reviews

Saint Augustine's is a private historically Black university with undergraduate programs in business, education, and the sciences. The compact urban campus sits in Raleigh.

3/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 780-940
  • Avg GPA 2.5
  • Acceptance Rate 34%
  • Net Price $19,688
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Charlotte, NC
  • | 0 reviews
  • Sep 7 application deadline

Queens is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and communications. The historic campus sits in Charlotte's Myers Park neighborhood.

#5 Best Private Colleges in North Carolina 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1140-1340
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.41
  • Acceptance Rate 62%
  • Net Price $31,839
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  • Private 4 Year
  • New Orleans, LA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jul 1 application deadline

Xavier University of Louisiana is a private Catholic HBCU known for undergraduate pharmacy, biology, and chemistry. The urban campus sits in New Orleans.

#1 Best Value in Louisiana 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 950-1113
  • Avg GPA 3.7
  • Acceptance Rate 69%
  • Net Price $17,162
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Sherman, TX
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jul 31 application deadline

Austin College is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate sciences and international studies. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in Sherman, north of Dallas.

#3 Best Value Colleges in Texas 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1100-1310
  • Avg GPA 3.63
  • Acceptance Rate 48%
  • Net Price $23,462
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Salisbury, NC
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  • Aug 15 application deadline

Catawba is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate environmental science and ecology. The residential campus sits in Salisbury in North Carolina's Piedmont region.

#8 Best Private Colleges in North Carolina 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1030-1300
  • Avg GPA 3.64
  • Acceptance Rate 75%
  • Net Price $18,447
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Lakeland, FL
  • | 0 reviews
  • May 1 application deadline

Southeastern is a private Christian university known for undergraduate ministry, business, and education. The campus is in Lakeland, a midsize city between Tampa and Orlando.

#17 Best Private Colleges in Florida
  • SAT Range 960-1183
  • Avg GPA 3.48
  • Acceptance Rate 53%
  • Net Price $32,334
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Austin, TX
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • May 1 application deadline

Huston-Tillotson is a private historically Black university with undergraduate programs in business, education, and the liberal arts. Most students study on a compact campus in East Austin.

4/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 800-1160
  • Avg GPA 2.92
  • Acceptance Rate 39%
  • Net Price $20,355
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Winter Park, FL
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Rollins is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate business and international studies. Most undergrads live on a lakeside campus along Lake Virginia in Winter Park.

#2 Best Private Colleges in Florida 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1160-1370
  • Avg GPA 3.5
  • Acceptance Rate 48%
  • Net Price $39,201
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Baltimore, MD
  • 4.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Loyola Maryland is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate business and communications. The wooded residential campus sits in a northern Baltimore neighborhood.

#2 Best Private Colleges in Maryland 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1200-1370
  • Avg GPA 3.65
  • Acceptance Rate 75%
  • Net Price $32,846
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Georgetown, TX
  • 4.5 | 2 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Southwestern is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate study in the arts and sciences. Most students live on the residential campus in historic Georgetown, north of Austin.

#6 Best Private Colleges in Texas 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1130-1300
  • Avg GPA 3.5
  • Acceptance Rate 43%
  • Net Price $32,228
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Emmitsburg, MD
  • 4.3 | 3 reviews
  • Mar 1 application deadline

Mount St. Mary's is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate business, education, and the liberal arts. The residential campus sits in rural Emmitsburg near the Catoctin Mountains.

#3 Best Value Colleges in Maryland 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1046-1280
  • Avg GPA 3.36
  • Acceptance Rate 74%
  • Net Price $23,027
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Memphis, TN
  • 4.5 | 2 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Rhodes is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate biology and international studies. The collegiate Gothic campus sits in a wooded residential section of Memphis.

#3 Best Colleges in Tennessee 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1300-1486
  • Avg GPA 3.99
  • Acceptance Rate 50%
  • Net Price $31,037
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Hickory, NC
  • | 0 reviews

Lenoir-Rhyne is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. Students live on a residential campus in Hickory near the Blue Ridge foothills.

0/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA 3.41
  • Acceptance Rate 85%
  • Net Price $21,546
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Dallas, TX
  • 3.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jun 1 application deadline

Paul Quinn is a small private historically Black college with undergraduate programs in business and the liberal arts. The Dallas campus operates as a work college where students hold required campus jobs.

2/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 855-1015
  • Avg GPA 2.6
  • Acceptance Rate 40%
  • Net Price $12,709
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Searcy, AR
  • 4.5 | 2 reviews

Harding is a private Christian university affiliated with the Churches of Christ and known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. Most students live on the residential campus in the college town of Searcy.

#3 Best Value Colleges in Arkansas 6/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1050-1290
  • Avg GPA 3.71
  • Acceptance Rate 71%
  • Net Price $22,806
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Austin, TX
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews

Saint Edward's is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate liberal arts, business, and education. The hilltop campus in South Austin overlooks the downtown skyline.

#10 Best Private Colleges in Texas 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 970-1240
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.53
  • Acceptance Rate 81%
  • Net Price $28,766
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Greenville, SC
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Furman is a private liberal arts university known for undergraduate biology, political science, and business. The residential campus centers on a lake just outside Greenville.

#1 Best Value in South Carolina 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1260-1430
  • Avg GPA 3.61
  • Acceptance Rate 43%
  • Net Price $34,086
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Ringling College of Art and Design Campus
 

  • Private 4 Year
  • Sarasota, FL
  • | 0 reviews

Ringling is a private art and design college known for undergraduate computer animation, illustration, and game art. The Sarasota campus sits near Florida's Gulf Coast.

0/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range -
  • Avg GPA 3.48
  • Acceptance Rate 70%
  • Net Price $62,012
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