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#10 Best Public Universities in North Carolina

WCU Comparisons

Cullowhee, North Carolina

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Compare with North Carolina Public Colleges

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

$6,019 higher in-state tuition
68% lower acceptance rate


N
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

$5,535 higher in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


E
East Carolina University

$3,452 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


A
Appalachian State University

$3,242 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

$2,812 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


N
North Carolina A & T State University

$2,540 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$3,443 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


N
North Carolina Central University

$2,728 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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Winston Salem State University

$2,401 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Greensboro

$3,422 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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Fayetteville State University

Equivalent in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Asheville

$3,122 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


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University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Equivalent in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina School of the Arts

$5,497 higher in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


E
Elizabeth City State University

Equivalent in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


Compare with North Carolina Private Colleges

C
Campbell University

$35,650 higher in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


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Queens University of Charlotte

$38,030 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


C
Catawba College

$31,868 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


G
Gardner Webb University

$30,220 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


M
Meredith College

$41,420 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


M
Montreat College

$29,250 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


P
Piedmont International University

$7,850 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


L
Lees McRae College

$25,490 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


M
Methodist University

$36,438 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


S
Salem College

$29,500 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


H
High Point University

$35,636 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


S
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

$8,432 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of Kentucky

$10,496 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


K
Kennesaw State University

$3,078 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgia State University

$6,158 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$6,684 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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West Virginia University

$8,360 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


C
Coastal Carolina University

$10,460 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


C
College of Charleston

$11,518 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


M
Mississippi State University

$8,248 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


L
University of Louisville

$11,324 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio University Main Campus

$12,352 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


M
Middle Tennessee State University

$6,344 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


N
North Georgia College & State University

$2,882 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgia College & State University

$6,508 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


J
Jacksonville State University

$8,990 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Military Institute

$8,782 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

$7,972 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


N
Northern Kentucky University

$9,208 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Longwood University

$7,753 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


T
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

$6,992 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Winthrop University

$14,306 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


L
Lander University

$9,700 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


E
East Tennessee State University

$6,722 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


M
Murray State University

$7,196 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Montevallo

$11,090 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


A
Auburn University at Montgomery

$7,232 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


C
Citadel Military College of South Carolina

$7,356 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


T
Tennessee Technological University

$7,520 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


E
Eastern Kentucky University

$8,544 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Southern Indiana

$8,095 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


S
Southern Polytechnic State University

$3,417 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Tennessee Martin

$7,378 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Southeast

$6,274 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


I
Indiana University East

$6,274 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


A
Augusta University

$5,892 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


K
Kennesaw State University

$3,450 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

S
Savannah College of Art and Design

$38,105 higher in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


S
Spelman College

$24,880 higher in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


L
Liberty University

$20,374 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


X
Xavier University

$43,770 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


B
Berry College

$38,150 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


T
Tuskegee University

$18,594 higher in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


S
Samford University

$34,750 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


R
Roanoke College

$32,510 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


L
Lipscomb University

$33,304 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


O
Oglethorpe University

$42,710 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


E
University of Evansville

$39,100 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


L
University of Lynchburg

$33,500 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


B
Bridgewater College

$37,800 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


P
Piedmont College

$27,970 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


B
Birmingham Southern College

$19,000 higher in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


S
Southern Virginia University

$17,858 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


G
Georgetown College

$39,610 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


O
Otterbein University

$32,824 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


L
Lee University

$20,000 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


C
Capital University

$38,900 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


H
Hanover College

$39,681 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


P
Presbyterian College

$37,990 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


H
Hampden Sydney College

$47,188 higher in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


B
Bellarmine University

$43,040 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


C
Columbia International University

$24,620 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


N
North Greenville University

$22,590 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


S
Shorter University

$21,380 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


T
Toccoa Falls College

$21,350 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


T
Truett McConnell College

$21,896 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


H
Hollins University

$39,350 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


C
Converse College

$20,060 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


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Wesleyan College

$25,450 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


T
Trevecca Nazarene University

$26,300 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


M
Milligan College

$26,700 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


A
Asbury University

$31,578 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


K
Kentucky Wesleyan College

$29,040 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


M
College of Mount St. Joseph

$32,750 higher in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


L
Lincoln Memorial University

$23,720 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


T
Thomas More University

$33,060 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


F
Freed Hardeman University

$23,300 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


B
Brescia University

$26,000 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


S
Southern Adventist University

$21,980 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


B
The Baptist College of Florida

$10,550 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


A
Appalachian Bible College

$14,220 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


B
Berea College

$43,300 higher in-state tuition
60% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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The University of West Florida

$3,319 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


K
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

$6,716 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


W
University of Wyoming

$3,800 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$5,930 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


I
University of Idaho

$5,182 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


B
SUNY College at Brockport

$6,070 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

$13,179 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oneonta

$6,070 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


C
SUNY College at Cortland

$6,070 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


A
University of Akron Main Campus

$9,097 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


S
Southern Oregon University

$8,405 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oswego

$6,070 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


S
Stockton University

$11,740 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


S
Southern Utah University

$5,006 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


F
Fort Lewis College

$6,200 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


S
South Dakota State University

$6,773 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


W
Western Connecticut State University

$5,464 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


P
SUNY College at Plattsburgh

$6,070 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


O
Oregon Institute of Technology

$9,002 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


D
Dakota State University

$6,616 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate