Top Ranked Universities in North Carolina - Highest Overall School Score

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Top Ranked Universities in North Carolina - Highest Overall School Score

Rank in North Carolina			Highest Overall School Score
2020	2015	School Name	2020	2015
1	1	Davidson College	98.25	No Change
2	2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	96.10	96.43 (↓0.3%)
3	3	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	96.08	95.29 (↑0.8%)
4 ↑	6	University of North Carolina School of the Arts	94.70	92.96 (↑1.9%)
5	5	Elon University	94.17	93.81 (↑0.4%)
6 ↓	4	Duke University	93.91	95.15 (↓1.3%)
7	7	Appalachian State University	92.21	92.35 (↓0.1%)
8	8	University of North Carolina Wilmington	89.70	90.82 (↓1.2%)
9 ↑	15	High Point University	88.42	84.67 (↑4.4%)
10	10	East Carolina University	88.26	88.05 (↑0.2%)
11 ↑	20	Meredith College	88.17	82.85 (↑6.4%)
12 ↓	11	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	87.71	86.92 (↑0.9%)
13 ↑	29	Queens University of Charlotte	87.04	80.83 (↑7.7%)
14 ↓	12	Western Carolina University	86.67	86.35 (↑0.4%)
15 ↑	24	Catawba College	86.47	82.21 (↑5.2%)
16 ↑	23	North Carolina Central University	86.09	82.38 (↑4.5%)
17 ↓	14	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	85.54	85.08 (↑0.5%)
18 ↓	9	University of North Carolina at Asheville	85.03	90.00 (↓5.5%)
19 ↑	33	Gardner-Webb University	84.80	79.21 (↑7.1%)
20 ↓	16	Winston-Salem State University	84.17	84.46 (↓0.3%)

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