North Carolina Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment

List of Private Colleges by Enrollment

Below is a ranking of the 50 private colleges in North Carolina with the largest enrollment of full and part time students. Duke University tops the list with a population of 17,112 students.

List of North Carolina Private Colleges Ranked by Largest Enrollment
School Enrollment
Duke University

Durham, NC

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17,112
Wake Forest University

Winston Salem, NC

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9,121
Elon University

Elon, NC

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7,207
High Point University

High Point, NC

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6,052
Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

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5,115
Wingate University

Wingate, NC

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3,322
Gardner Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

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3,125
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Wake Forest, NC

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2,926
Lenoir Rhyne University

Hickory, NC

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2,230
Mount Olive College

Mount Olive, NC

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2,128
Davidson College

Davidson, NC

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1,904
Queens University of Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

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1,846
Methodist University

Fayetteville, NC

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1,768
Belmont Abbey College

Belmont, NC

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1,650
Meredith College

Raleigh, NC

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1,576
North Carolina Wesleyan College

Rocky Mount, NC

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1,345
Barton College

Wilson, NC

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1,259
Catawba College

Salisbury, NC

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1,241