Popular North Carolina Colleges Easy to Get Into
North Carolina has 36 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, accepting 89% of applicants. Also frequently researched: Appalachian State University, University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Western Carolina University.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
East Carolina University
- Public 4 Year
- Greenville, NC
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4.2 | 4 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
East Carolina is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and education. The main campus is in Greenville, a college town in eastern North Carolina.
- SAT Range 1070-1240
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Net Price $13,755
Appalachian State University
- Public 4 Year
- Boone, NC
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4.3 | 10 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Appalachian State is a large public university known for undergraduate teacher education, business, and sustainable development. Boone is a mountain college town in North Carolina's Blue Ridge range.
- SAT Range 1120-1280
- Avg GPA 3.96
- Net Price $14,978
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Public 4 Year
- Charlotte, NC
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| 0 reviews
- 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
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
Wingate University
- Private 4 Year
- Wingate, NC
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| 0 reviews
- 91% acceptance rate
Wingate is a private university known for undergraduate programs in the health sciences, business, and education. The residential campus sits in a small town east of Charlotte.
- SAT Range 1010-1210
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Net Price $21,282
North Carolina Central University
- Public 4 Year
- Durham, NC
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
NCCU is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and criminal justice. The campus sits in Durham within North Carolina's Research Triangle.
- SAT Range 980-1100
- Avg GPA 3.27
- Net Price $14,475
Winston Salem State University
- Public 4 Year
- Winston-Salem, NC
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| 0 reviews
- 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
Campbell University
- Private 4 Year
- Buies Creek, NC
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
Campbell is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate health sciences, business, and PGA golf management. The rural campus anchors the small town of Buies Creek.
- SAT Range 1030-1230
- Avg GPA 3.52
- Net Price $25,736
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Public 4 Year
- Greensboro, NC
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
UNCG is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and the performing arts. The urban campus is located in Greensboro.
- SAT Range 1150-1355
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Net Price $11,404
Shaw University
- Private 4 Year
- Raleigh, NC
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| 0 reviews
- 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
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
University of North Carolina Asheville
- Public 4 Year
- Asheville, NC
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| 0 reviews
- 92% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
UNC Asheville is a public liberal arts university known for undergraduate environmental studies and the arts. The campus sits in the mountain city of Asheville in the Blue Ridge.
- SAT Range 1170-1360
- Avg GPA 3.49
- Net Price $13,798
Catawba College
- Private 4 Year
- Salisbury, NC
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| 0 reviews
- 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
Lenoir Rhyne University
- Private 4 Year
- Hickory, NC
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| 0 reviews
- 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
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- Public 4 Year
- Pembroke, NC
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 93% acceptance rate
- May 1 application deadline
UNC Pembroke is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education and nursing. The campus was founded to serve Native American students and remains closely tied to the Lumbee community.
- SAT Range 970-1200
- Avg GPA 3.44
- Net Price $9,723
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
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
St. Andrews University
- Private 4 Year
- Laurinburg, NC
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
St. Andrews is a small private university known for undergraduate equestrian studies and the liberal arts. Most students live on the residential campus in the small town of Laurinburg.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.13
- Net Price $29,474