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Common Data Set

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Common Data Set is the yearly report the college publishes about itself. 27 reports on file, 2000–2025; the latest is 2025-26. Downloads include PDF, XLSX, and CSV.

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CHAPEL HILL, NCIPEDS 199120CARNEGIE CLASS 15
§27 reports2000–2025
§ CDS archive · latest 3 shown
2025-26
Flat PDFOn the page
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2024-25
Flat PDFOn the page
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2023-24
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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

Scorecard · 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.