2019’s Best Colleges in North Carolina

The personal-finance website WalletHub recently released its 2019’s Best College & University Rankings.

To help college-bound seniors make the most informed school choices, WalletHub compared nearly 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 30 key measures grouped into seven categories, such as Student Selectivity, Cost & Financing and Career Outcomes to determine the top colleges in America. The data set ranges from student-faculty ratio to graduation rate to post-attendance median salary.

Top 10 Colleges & Universities in North Carolina

With that in mind, here’s a closer look at some of the top schools and how each performed in certain metrics:

School Snapshot: Duke University (1 = Best; 21 = Average; 41 = Worst)

• 1^st – Admission Rate
• 41^st – Net Cost
• 1^st – Student-Faculty Ratio
• 21^st – On-Campus Crime
• 1^st – Gender & Racial Diversity
• 1^st – Graduation Rate
• 1^st – Post-Attendance Median Salary

School Snapshot: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (1 = Best; 21 = Average; 41 = Worst)

• 3^rd – Admission Rate
• 27^th – Net Cost
• 17^th – Student-Faculty Ratio
• 22^nd – On-Campus Crime
• 14^th – Gender & Racial Diversity
• 2^nd – Graduation Rate
• 3^rd – Post-Attendance Median Salary

School Snapshot: North Carolina State University-Raleigh (1 = Best; 21 = Average; 41 = Worst)

• 12^th – Admission Rate
• 21^st – Net Cost
• 17^th – Student-Faculty Ratio
• 18^th – On-Campus Crime
• 26^th – Gender & Racial Diversity
• 5^th – Graduation Rate
• 4^th – Post-Attendance Median Salary

Here’s the complete ranking of the top colleges in America (Duke ranks 6th and The University of North Carolina at Charlotte ranks 387th);

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