SCHOOLS / UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CHAPEL HILL, NCIPEDS 199120CARNEGIE CLASS 15
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§ Academic profile

Where you'd land in this school's admitted class.

SAT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th1,400
Median1,470
75th1,530
§ 28% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED SAT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ACT compositeMiddle 50% of score submitters
25th29
Median32
75th34
§ 41% OF ADMITS SUBMITTED ACT SCORES · 2025-26 CDS · METHOD →
ADMIT RATE 17%SAT SUBMIT 28%ACT SUBMIT 41%

Add your GPA and test score to compare against this school's published CDS bands.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.7 §C.9 §C.11 §C.12ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Admission rounds

How the class gets assembled.

No Early Decision reportedEarly Action offered
ED counts for this school could not be reconciled and have been omitted. Other admissions data below.
§ Adjusted admission flow

This school does not report an Early Decision lane, so the flow collapses to the school-reported applicant, admit, and enrolled totals.

Each column is scaled within that stage. Labels show exact counts.

All applicants
Applicants76,247reported count
Admits12,75117%
Class seats00% yield
Exact admission data
Admission flow data
PathApplicantsAdmittedAdmit rateClass seatsNote
All applicants76,24712,75117%0School-reported totals.
Overall yield: 0%. Published yield blends high-commitment ED admits with the rest of the admitted pool.
§ Wait list attrition

71% joined after being offered a spot. 40% of students who joined were admitted. 10% of applicants were offered the wait list.

Exact wait-list data
Wait-list data
MetricValue
Offered a wait-list spot7,355
Accepted a wait-list spot5,258
Admitted from wait list2,099
Joined after being offered71%
Admitted after joining40%

Wait-list outcomes can change sharply year to year.

§ Factors this school weighs
State residency: Very Important
§ Application cost

Application fee not reported. Fee waivers are reported as available.

§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §C.21 §C.22 §C.2 §C.7 §C.13METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
§ Merit and need aid

What this school reports giving.

Core merit fields reportedAcademic merit aid checked
No-need grant recipients2756% of first-year full-time students
Avg no-need grant$7,233H2A first-year full-time students with no financial need
Avg net price$11,655Federal Scorecard, all aided students
§ Scope

CDS H2A counts students who had no financial need and received institutional non-need scholarship or grant aid, excluding athletic awards and tuition benefits.

§ International aid

Need-based aid for nonresidents: n/a. Non-need aid for nonresidents: n/a.

This is not a personalized price estimate. Merit awards are source-reported institutional facts. Your actual cost depends on income, assets, residency, application round, program, and school policy.
§ SOURCE: COMMON DATA SET 2025-26 · §H.2 §H.2A §H.6 §H.14METHOD →ARCHIVED SOURCE →
NCES/IPEDS baseline

Source-labeled federal facts

These values come from official NCES/IPEDS tables. They are not Common Data Set fields unless the source note says the alignment is direct or near.

Provisional 2024-25 release, data year 2024

Academics

Academics IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Student-faculty ratio15EF2024D.STUFACR

Admissions

Admissions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Admissions total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
10209ADM2024.ADMSSN
Admit rate15%DRVADM2024.DVADM01
Applicants total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
66535ADM2024.APPLCN
Enrolled full time
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
4632ADM2024.ENRLFT
Enrolled total
first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates
4640ADM2024.ENRLT
Open admissions policyNoIC2024.OPENADMP
Yield rate45%DRVADM2024.DVADM04

Admissions testing

Admissions testing IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
ACT composite 25th percentile28ADM2024.ACTCM25
ACT composite 50th percentile31ADM2024.ACTCM50
ACT composite 75th percentile34ADM2024.ACTCM75
ACT submit rate41%ADM2024.ACTPCT
SAT EBRW 25th percentile690ADM2024.SATVR25
SAT EBRW 50th percentile730ADM2024.SATVR50
SAT EBRW 75th percentile750ADM2024.SATVR75
SAT math 25th percentile700ADM2024.SATMT25
SAT math 50th percentile750ADM2024.SATMT50
SAT math 75th percentile780ADM2024.SATMT75
SAT submit rate28%ADM2024.SATPCT

Completions

Completions IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor's degrees awarded5328DRVC2024.BASDEG
Doctor's degrees awarded523DRVC2024.DOCDEGRS
Master's degrees awarded2672DRVC2024.MASDEG

Costs

Costs IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
In-state required fees$1,975COST1_2024.FEE2
In-state tuition$7,019COST1_2024.TUITION2
Out-of-state required fees$1,975COST1_2024.FEE3
Out-of-state tuition$39,228COST1_2024.TUITION3
Total price, in-state on campus$27,020DRVCOST2024.CINSON
Total price, out-of-state on campus$59,229DRVCOST2024.COTSON

Enrollment

Enrollment IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Full-time undergraduate enrollment20123DRVEF2024.EFUGFT
Graduate enrollment11553DRVEF2024.EFGRAD
Part-time undergraduate enrollment762DRVEF2024.EFUGPT
Total enrollment32438DRVEF2024.ENRTOT
Undergraduate enrollment20885DRVEF2024.EFUG

Financial aid

Financial aid IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Any aid rate59%SFA2324.ANYAIDP
Average federal grant aid$6,381SFA2324.FGRNT_A
Average federal loan$6,917SFA2324.LOAN_A
Average Pell grant$6,056SFA2324.PGRNT_A
Federal grant aid rate18%SFA2324.FGRNT_P
Federal loan rate17%SFA2324.LOAN_P
Pell grant rate18%SFA2324.PGRNT_P

Identity

Identity IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
CityChapel HillHD2024.CITY
ControlPublicHD2024.CONTROL
Degree-granting statusDegree-grantingHD2024.DEGGRANT
Highest level of offeringDoctor's degreeHD2024.HLOFFER
Institution levelFour or more yearsHD2024.ICLEVEL
Institution nameUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillHD2024.INSTNM
Institution size category20,000 and aboveHD2024.INSTSIZE
IPEDS sectorPublic, 4-year or aboveHD2024.SECTOR
LocaleCity: SmallHD2024.LOCALE
StateNorth CarolinaHD2024.STABBR

Outcomes

Outcomes IPEDS baseline facts
FactValueSource
Bachelor graduation rate, 4 years84%DRVGR2024.GBA4RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 5 years90%DRVGR2024.GBA5RTT
Bachelor graduation rate, 6 years91%DRVGR2024.GBA6RTT
Full-time retention rate97%EF2024D.RET_PCF
Graduation rate, 150% time91%DRVGR2024.GRRTTOT
Part-time retention rate100%EF2024D.RET_PCP
Transfer-out rate5%DRVGR2024.TRRTTOT
§ Federal outcomes

What federal data says

SRC · U.S. DEPT. OF ED., COLLEGE SCORECARD 2022-23.
OUTCOMES LAG THE CDS YEAR SHOWN ABOVE.
Median earnings
$72,200
10 yrs after enrollment
Graduation rate
91%
6-year completion
Average net price
$11,655
sticker minus grants
Median debt at grad.
$14,000
federal loans only
§ Earnings distribution

Ten years after enrollment, in 2022-23 dollars

P25
$48,337$48k
MEDIAN
$72,200$72k
P75
$112,339$112k
$20k
$40k
$60k
$80k
§H · Net price by family income

Average cost after grants

CDS H2A · 2022-23
$0 – $30,000
$2,004
$30,001 – $48,000
$3,918
$48,001 – $75,000
← MODAL BRACKET$8,538
$75,001 – $110,000
$16,415
$110,001 and up
$24,396
§B · Completion and retention
4-yr grad
84%
6-yr grad
91%
8-yr grad
92%
Retention
97%
Pell grad
89%
Transfer
5%

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.