Best North Carolina State Schools

View the Best North Carolina State Schools and compare the schools with key academic characteristics such as tuition and test scores to get right decision.

Top North Carolina State Programs Comparison

The next table lists the top 6 North Carolina State Programs for academic year 2022-2023. Davidson College ranked top in the Best North Carolina State Schools and Duke University and Elon University follows it. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $51,083 for undergraduate programs $37,304 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top North Carolina State Programs is 1,412 and the acceptance rate is 30.57%. The average students to faculty ratio is 11.50 to 1 for top North Carolina State Programs. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.
2022-2023 Top North Carolina State Programs Comparison
Rank*NameTuition & FeesAverage Financial AidPopulationAcceptance RateTest ScoresStudents to Faculty Ratio
90 Davidson College
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Private, 4-yearsDavidson, NC
$60,300 $45,583 1,92717% 1,430 SAT
32 ACT
9 to 1
10 Duke University
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Private, 4-yearsDurham, NC
$65,805 $50,142 18,0236% 1,550 SAT
35 ACT
6 to 1
384 Elon University
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Private, 4-yearsElon, NC
$44,536 $15,222 7,12374% 1,260 SAT
28 ACT
11 to 1
49 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Public, 4-yearsChapel Hill, NC
$39,330
($8,989)
$16,747 31,70517% 1,460 SAT
32 ACT
17 to 1
71 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
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Public, 4-yearsRaleigh, NC
$31,767
($8,895)
$8,676 36,70047% 1,360 SAT
30 ACT
16 to 1
84 Wake Forest University
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Private, 4-yearsWinston-Salem, NC
$64,758 $45,828 8,96321% - 10 to 1
Average$51,083
($8,942)
$30,366 104,44130.57% 1,412 SAT 11.50 to 1
*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.
All data used in our site is from IPEDS (The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System), U.S. Department of Education, academic year 2022-2023