Easiest North Carolina Colleges to Get Into
North Carolina has 36 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants, ranked by acceptance rate. Good options for safety schools on your list.
7 colleges accept 100% of applicants in North Carolina. Examples include Heritage Bible College, St. Andrews University, Carolina Christian College and Southeastern Free Will Baptist Bible College.
High acceptance does not always mean low academic standards. You still need sufficient grades unless a school has guaranteed admission. Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance at each school. See also best and popular colleges with high acceptance rates in North Carolina, or the most selective colleges.
Lenoir Rhyne University
- Private 4 Year
- Hickory, NC
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- 85% acceptance rate
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.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $21,546
Fayetteville State University
- Public 4 Year
- Fayetteville, NC
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4.3 | 3 reviews
- 82% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Fayetteville State is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. It is a historically Black university in the University of North Carolina system.
- SAT Range 890-1090
- Avg GPA 3.11
- Net Price $7,811
Western Carolina University
- Public 4 Year
- Cullowhee, NC
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4.6 | 10 reviews
- 82% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Western Carolina is a public university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and criminal justice. The campus sits in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Cullowhee.
- SAT Range 1080-1270
- Avg GPA 3.44
- Net Price $13,767
Guilford College
- Private 4 Year
- Greensboro, NC
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- 80% acceptance rate
Guilford is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate peace and conflict studies. The Quaker-founded residential campus sits in Greensboro.
- SAT Range 1120-1260
- Avg GPA 3.14
- Net Price $22,270
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Public 4 Year
- Charlotte, NC
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- 80% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
UNC Charlotte is a large public university known for undergraduate business, engineering, and architecture. The suburban campus sits in North Carolina's largest city.
- SAT Range 1140-1330
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Net Price $15,045
North Carolina Wesleyan University
- Private 4 Year
- Rocky Mount, NC
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- 80% acceptance rate
North Carolina Wesleyan is a small private university known for undergraduate business, education, and criminal justice. The residential campus is located in Rocky Mount in eastern North Carolina.
- SAT Range 860-1120
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $18,472
Shaw University
- Private 4 Year
- Raleigh, NC
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- 80% acceptance rate
- Jul 30 application deadline
Shaw is a private HBCU known for undergraduate business, education, and social work. The urban campus in Raleigh is the oldest historically Black college in the South.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.6
- Net Price $16,445
Johnson & Wales University Charlotte
- Private 4 Year
- Charlotte, NC
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- 80% acceptance rate
Johnson & Wales Charlotte is a private university known for undergraduate culinary arts, hospitality management, and business. The urban campus is located in uptown Charlotte.
- SAT Range 880-1130
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $28,084
Winston Salem State University
- Public 4 Year
- Winston-Salem, NC
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- 78% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
Winston-Salem State is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The urban campus is part of the University of North Carolina system.
- SAT Range 830-1020
- Avg GPA 3.01
- Net Price $12,989
Gardner Webb University
- Private 4 Year
- Boiling Springs, NC
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4.7 | 3 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
Gardner-Webb is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The residential campus sits in the small town of Boiling Springs in western North Carolina.
- SAT Range 975-1198
- Avg GPA 3.74
- Net Price $20,016
Lees McRae College
- Private 4 Year
- Banner Elk, NC
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- 77% acceptance rate
Lees-McRae is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate outdoor recreation management and wildlife biology. The campus sits high in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.
- SAT Range 1040-1240
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $29,833
Salem College
- Private 4 Year
- Winston-Salem, NC
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
Salem is a private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate music and the sciences. The historic campus adjoins the Old Salem Moravian district in Winston-Salem.
- SAT Range 1066-1243
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $18,668
University of Mount Olive
- Private 4 Year
- Mount Olive, NC
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- 76% acceptance rate
Mount Olive is a private Christian university known for undergraduate agriculture and business. The residential campus is in the small town of Mount Olive in eastern North Carolina.
- SAT Range 990-1150
- Avg GPA 2.85
- Net Price $18,853
Belmont Abbey College
- Private 4 Year
- Belmont, NC
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
Belmont Abbey is a private Benedictine Catholic college known for undergraduate business and the liberal arts. The historic campus adjoins Belmont Abbey monastery in the Charlotte metro area.
- SAT Range 960-1200
- Avg GPA 3.32
- Net Price $24,726
Catawba College
- Private 4 Year
- Salisbury, NC
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- 75% acceptance rate
- 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.
- SAT Range 1030-1300
- Avg GPA 3.64
- Net Price $18,447
High Point University
- Private 4 Year
- High Point, NC
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- 75% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
High Point is a private university known for undergraduate business, entrepreneurship, and communications. The residential campus sits in High Point, a city long tied to the American furniture industry.
- SAT Range 1110-1320
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $43,086
Methodist University
- Private 4 Year
- Fayetteville, NC
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- 75% acceptance rate
Methodist University is a private university known for undergraduate PGA golf management and business. The campus sits in Fayetteville near Fort Liberty.
- SAT Range 1080-1250
- Avg GPA 3.58
- Net Price $26,334
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Private 4 Year
- Wake Forest, NC
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- 75% acceptance rate
A private Southern Baptist seminary known for undergraduate biblical studies, theology, and ministry training. The campus is in the town of Wake Forest just north of Raleigh.
- SAT Range 1000-1250
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $16,031