Find Colleges for Your GPA

Find target, reach, and safety schools based on your GPA, with acceptance rates and test score data for thousands of colleges.

Where your 3.1 fits: Safety, Target or Reach, from each college's reported average GPA and acceptance rate. A guide, not a prediction.

Colleges in North CarolinaEvery college we list in North Carolina, with its average GPA and test scores where it reports them.

Showing 30 of 122 colleges
Colleges that report an average GPA (11) · best fit first
University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,80% admitted
Average GPA3.56As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%570–660 R&W570–670 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–28
Your 3.1their average 3.56Reach
North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,50% admitted
Average GPA3.73As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%510–600 R&W510–590 Math
ACT, middle 50%17–23
Your 3.1their average 3.73Reach
Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, North Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,82% admitted
Average GPA3.43As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%560–660 R&W520–610 Math
ACT, middle 50%19–25
Your 3.1their average 3.43Reach
North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, North Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,87% admitted
Average GPA3.25As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%19–22
Your 3.1their average 3.25Reach
Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,66% admitted
Average GPA3.85As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%580–650 R&W550–630 Math
ACT, middle 50%23–28
Your 3.1their average 3.85Reach
University of North Carolina at PembrokePembroke, North Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,93% admitted
Average GPA3.43As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%490–600 R&W480–600 Math
ACT, middle 50%18–23
Your 3.1their average 3.43Reach
University of North Carolina AshevilleAsheville, North Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,92% admitted
Average GPA3.35As reported by the college for 2024⁠–⁠25
SAT, middle 50%600–700 R&W570–660 Math
ACT, middle 50%23–29
Your 3.1their average 3.35Reach
Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearHard to get into,13% admitted
Average GPA3.85As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%695–750 R&W705–780 Math
ACT, middle 50%31–34
Your 3.1their average 3.85Reach
Lenoir-Rhyne UniversityHickory, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,85% admitted
Average GPA3.73As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.1their average 3.73Reach
Barton CollegeWilson, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,94% admitted
Average GPA3.28As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.1their average 3.28Reach
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina Public, 4-yearHard to get into,15% admitted
Average GPA4.47Weighted, as reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%690–750 R&W700–780 Math
ACT, middle 50%28–34
Your 3.1their weighted average 4.47not comparable with an unweighted GPA
More colleges in your filters (no GPA reported)
North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina Public, 4-yearModerate to get into,42% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%650–720 R&W650–750 Math
ACT, middle 50%28–32
East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,89% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%540–630 R&W530–610 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–26
Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,90% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%570–660 R&W550–620 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–27
University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,64% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%620–680 R&W610–660 Math
ACT, middle 50%24–29
University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,89% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%590–685 R&W560–670 Math
ACT, middle 50%22–27
Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearVery hard to get into,5.7% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%740–770 R&W760–800 Math
ACT, middle 50%34–35
Fayetteville State UniversityFayetteville, North Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,82% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%460–550 R&W430–540 Math
ACT, middle 50%15–19
Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearHard to get into,22% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%700–750 R&W710–770 Math
ACT, middle 50%32–34
High Point UniversityHigh Point, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,75% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%560–670 R&W550–650 Math
ACT, middle 50%24–33
Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina Public, 4-yearEasy to get into,78% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%430–520 R&W400–500 Math
ACT, middle 50%15–20
Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,87% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Wingate UniversityWingate, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,91% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%510–610 R&W500–600 Math
ACT, middle 50%18–25
Elizabeth City State UniversityElizabeth City, North Carolina Public, 4-yearFairly easy to get into,64% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%470–560 R&W450–520 Math
ACT, middle 50%16–22
University of Mount OliveMount Olive, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,76% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%18–24
Gardner-Webb UniversityBoiling Springs, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,77% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%495–608 R&W480–590 Math
ACT, middle 50%19–25
Methodist UniversityFayetteville, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,75% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%550–630 R&W530–620 Math
ACT, middle 50%22–27
Belmont Abbey CollegeBelmont, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,75% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%490–610 R&W470–590 Math
ACT, middle 50%18–26
Catawba CollegeSalisbury, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,75% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%520–650 R&W510–650 Math
ACT, middle 50%17–25
North Carolina Wesleyan UniversityRocky Mount, North Carolina Private nonprofit, 4-yearEasy to get into,80% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
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How to read the figures

Example: how a college appears in the list
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan Public, 4-yearHard to get into,16% admitted
Average GPA3.90As reported by the college for 2025⁠–⁠26
SAT, middle 50%680–750 R&W680–780 Math
ACT, middle 50%31–34
  • How hard it is to get in: the share of first-year applicants the college admitted for fall 2024. Very hard is under 10%, Hard 10–24%, Moderate 25–49%, Fairly easy 50–74% and Easy 75% or more. Open admission colleges accept everyone, so they have no rate.
  • Average GPA: the average high school GPA of the college's first-year students, from the college's own yearly report (its Common Data Set), with the year and, when the college says, whether it's weighted. Colleges calculate GPA in different ways, so use it as a rough guide, not a cutoff.
  • Safety, Target and Reach: with your GPA in the box, where it fits at each college that reports an average GPA. Your GPA is compared with the college's average (0.15 or more above it, close to it, or below it), and the acceptance rate decides how much that counts: a college that admits under 15% of applicants is a reach for everyone. Colleges that don't report an average get no label: we never estimate one.
  • SAT: the middle 50% of scores of first-year students who sent them, for reading and writing (R&W) and math. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it.
  • ACT: the middle 50% of overall ACT scores, read the same way.

A dash means the college didn't report that figure.

Where the data comes from

FigureSourceData year
Acceptance rate, SAT and ACT rangesThe U.S. Department of Education's yearly college surveyFall 2024
Average high school GPA (268 colleges)Each college's own yearly report (Common Data Set)2023–24 to 2025–26
Average SAT for the SAT filter and sortCollege Scorecard, U.S. Department of EducationLatest available

Each college's page also has its enrollment, net price, admission factors and policies on AP and dual credit from the same survey, and gives the year of every figure. Admission policies change every year, so check anything important with the college's admissions office.

Sources

Reviewed by the GPA Calculator team · Updated October 2026

  1. IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data SystemU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
  2. College Scorecard dataU.S. Department of Education (June 10, 2026 release)
  3. Common Data Set InitiativeThe standard format colleges use to publish their own admissions data