<p>Okay! I'm not talking about all campuses, but mainly these ones.
UNC Chapel Hill (This is probably a given #1)
UNC Charlotte
UNC Pembroke
UNC Asheville
UNC Wilmington
UNC Greensboro.
Obviously, this question is subjective. but I just want your opinion based off of quality of education. Also, sorry for posting it here, I didn't know where else to post this... Thanks in advanced!</p>
<p>bump. I would like to know because I am applying to UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Wilmington, and UNC Charlotte.</p>
<p>Really depends on what you want to study but here is my opinion:</p>
<p>UNC-CH
Asheville - Very strong liberal arts
Wilmington
Charlotte - Engineering choice
Greensboro
Pembroke</p>
<p>Left off the list - Appalachian State, which I would probably rank #2 of the group.</p>
<p>Hi, I live in NC and I have 2 older siblings (I feel like an expert lol). But this is a really biased and subjective question. You can find rankings online that rank the food, people, professors, majors, and overall experience.</p>
<p>However, here’s my opinion out of those colleges:
UNC Chapel Hill :x
UNC Wilmington
UNC Charlotte
UNC Asheville
UNC Greensboro
UNC Pembroke</p>
<p>But it really depends on what you want to study. If you want to go for nursing, UNC chapel hill, UNCG and UNC Charlotte would be at the top. If you wanted to go for teaching, UNCG and UNC Asheville would be at the top. It really all depends.</p>
<p>Chap (All majors minus engineering with the exception of biomedical engineering)
Charlotte (Good for engineering, up and coming)
Wilmington
Asheville (Liberal arts)
Greensboro (Esp. for music)
Pembroke</p>
<p>You have left out NC State, App, and WCU/ECU, but of those listed:
- UNC<br>
- UNCW
- UNCA (only for specific things though) tie with UNCC
- UNCG
- Pembroke</p>
<p>I would rank the main North Carolina state schools in tiers, with a rough ranking within each tier, as it really depends on what you’re studying in each school</p>
<p>Tier 1:
UNC-CH, NC State (Good Engineering school, but probably not as good ‘overall’ as UNC)</p>
<p>Tier 2:
App State, UNCC, UNCW, UNCA</p>
<p>Tier 3:
UNCG, Pembroke</p>
<p>I don’t think NC state is in the Same tier as UNC Chap. UNC is ranked #5 public school in the world whereas NC State is ranked 95th…</p>
<p>They are not even close academically.</p>
<p>I disagree with the above comment. As mentioned before, it really does depend on your focus. UNC is the flagship school in the system, but NOT if you are interested in a strong math and science program. NC State is the top engineering school, building an entire new campus, Centennial. I highlight this as an example, because it really does depend on what you are wanting to study. You would be disappointed if you went to UNC To study music, engineering, agriculture (land and animal), film, etc.</p>
<p>Examples:
ASU - Hayes School of Music
NCSU - Engineering and Agriculture (land-grant college)
UNCW - Film Studies, Marine Biology
UNCSA - Dance, Theater, Art</p>
<p>These forum provide great info, but I highly recommend you look at the specifics for the major or discipline you are interested in in addition to the traditional rankings.</p>
<p>^You don’t think UNC-CH has strong math and science programs… Seriously?</p>
<p>UNC’s undergraduates sciences focus on Biomedical. I should have said math and science for Biomedical - UNC. Aside from Biomedical Engineering, UNC refers students in engineering to NCSU. Duke has been known to as well… NC cannot have every college try to be top notch in every industry, especially when State and Chapel hill are so close to each other. </p>
<p>^Forgive me, but, some of your statements regarding UNC-CH are a bit misleading. You are speaking specifically of engineering and not sciences. UNC-CH does not offer undergraduate engineering degrees (aside from BME, with which they hold a joint department with NCSU). UNC-CH is quite strong in all the major sciences and math. In fact, according to third party science and math department rankings… considered quite a bit stronger than NCSU in those subjects. </p>
<p>Your perspective about the various schools offering different degrees and having differing strengths is a very valid point.</p>
Tell an engineer that NCSU is not ranked near UNC. Tell a HS student here in NC that its not hard to get into NCSU. My son with 7 AP courses, an AP Scholar or distinction, Sports, Science Olympiad finalist individually, 1350 SAT (NC State doesn’t take into account writing) and a several other distinctions (including first legacy status… his mom has 3 degrees from NC State) didn’t get into NC State. He will get in later as he can go to a lesser college and transfer but its darn hard. If you live in Wake or Mecklenburg counties, they are hard on you, in my opinion.
Remember all, if you first don’t succeed, try try again. Your college you get into doesn’t have to be where you graduate. The only thing that matters is what is on your diploma.
@LHuegerich You are so right about Wake and Mecklenburg counties being at a disadvantage. And NCSU is very hard to get into, and that is coming from a UNC grad 
Rank of public majo NC schools:
- UNC
- State
- App
- Wilmington
- ECU
- Charlotte/Asheville (depends on what program)
- Greensboro
- Pembroke
UNC-CH had a 2013 acceptance rate of 27%, NCSU 47%. So yes, it’s definitely harder overall to get into Chapel Hill.
There’s not a U.S. or international college ranking entity that ranks NCSU anywhere close to UNC-CH. U.S. News, Princeton Review and Kiplinger’s all rate Chapel Hill as the #1 best value public university in the nation.
UNC-CH’s biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics departments are all ranked higher nationally than NCSU’s.
Chapel Hill is the clear flagship of the North Carolina university system.
As far as hardest to get into:
UNC Chapel Hill
NC State
UNC Asheville (acceptance rate is high but few apply)
App State
UNC Charlotte
UNC Wilmington
My daughter goes to high school in Chapel Hill/Carrboro and this is what the head guidance counselor told us.
UNC Rankings
Chapel Hill
Asheville (Top Liberal Arts School)
Wilmington
Greensboro (people like to put Greensboro after Charlotte, but in all the rankings I’ve read, Greensboro is the higher choice–great Nursing school, as well).
Charlotte (Does anyone not get into this school? I feel like half my high school went here, many of which had 2.0 range GPA’s). Yes, it’s up and coming, nice, modern campus, but they are not selective at all.
Pembroke