University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
College Overview
Admission Office
Jackson Hall CB #2200
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2200
(919) 966-3621
Fax: (919) 962-3045
unchelp@admissions.unc.edu
Contact: Stephen Farmer
Assistant Provost and Director of Undergraduate Admissions
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Main Address
CB 9100, 103 South Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 962-2211
www.unc.edu
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Size
Total undergrads: 17,895
First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 3,865
Degree-seeking undergrads: 17,422
Graduate enrollment: 8,275
Setting
Suburban setting
Large town (10,000 - 49,999)
Residential campus
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Degrees offered:
Bachelor's
Master's
Doctoral
First Professional
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Tuition & Fees
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Estimated Expenses for Academic Year |
'07-2008 |
'08-2009 |
'09-2010 |
'10-2011 |
% change 2009-'11 |
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Tuition and fees |
$5,340 |
$5,397 |
$5,625 |
$6,665 |
+18.49% |
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Books and Supplies |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$1,000 |
$1,028 |
+2.80% |
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Living Arrangement - On Campus |
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Room and Board |
$7,090 |
$7,334 |
$8,670 |
$9,306 |
+7.34% |
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Other |
$2,320 |
$2,462 |
$2,556 |
$3,306 |
+29.34% |
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Living Arrangement - Off Campus |
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Room and Board |
$8,166 |
$8,118 |
$8,670 |
$9,306 |
+7.34% |
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Other |
$1,960 |
$2,064 |
$2,128 |
$3,306 |
+55.36% |
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Total Expenses |
'07-2008 |
'08-2009 |
'09-2010 |
'10-2011 |
% change 2009-'11 |
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In-state On Campus |
$15,750 |
$16,193 |
$17,851 |
$20,305 |
+13.75% |
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In-state Off Campus |
$16,466 |
$16,579 |
$17,423 |
$20,305 |
+16.54% |
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In-state with Family |
$6,340 |
$6,397 |
$6,625 |
$7,693 |
+16.12% |
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Average Graduate Student Tuition & Fees
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Tuition for In-state Students
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$6,363 |
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In-state Student Fees
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$1,839 |
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Tuition for Out-of-state Students
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$21,093 |
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Out-of-state Fees
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$1,839 |


Financial Aid
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Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students
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Type of Aid
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Students
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Percent
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Amount
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Average Per Student
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All students financial aid |
1,948 |
51% |
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Grant or scholarship aid |
1,612 |
42% |
$14,640,207 |
$9,082 |
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• Federal grants |
607 |
16% |
$2,501,286 |
$4,121 |
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• Pell grants |
490 |
13% |
$1,768,833 |
$3,610 |
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• Other federal grants |
541 |
14% |
$732,453 |
$1,354 |
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State/local government grant or scholarships |
964 |
25% |
$4,319,469 |
$4,481 |
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Institutional grants or scholarships |
1,162 |
30% |
$7,819,452 |
$6,729 |
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Student loan aid |
863 |
22% |
$4,270,503 |
$4,948 |
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• Federal student loans |
799 |
21% |
$3,356,703 |
$4,201 |
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• Other student loans |
137 |
4% |
$913,800 |
$6,670 |


All Majors and Programs
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Program Completions for Most Recent Year
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BA/BS
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MA/MS
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PhD
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AA/AS
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CERT
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Total of All Education Programs |
5296 |
1828 |
1149 |
– |
5 |
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Architecture and Related Services |
– |
57 |
1 |
– |
– |
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City/urban, Community and Regional Planning |
– |
57 |
1 |
– |
– |
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Area, Gender, Cultural, Ethnic, and Group Studies |
321 |
6 |
– |
– |
– |
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African Studies |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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African-american/black Studies |
32 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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American/united States Studies/civilization |
13 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Area Studies, Other |
196 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Asian Studies/civilization |
43 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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European Studies/civilization |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Latin American Studies |
15 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Russian Studies |
2 |
6 |
– |
– |
– |
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Women's Studies |
17 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Biology and Biomedical Sciences |
417 |
42 |
132 |
– |
– |
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Biochemistry |
– |
2 |
13 |
– |
– |
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Bioinformatics |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
|
Biology and Biological Sciences, General |
410 |
3 |
10 |
– |
– |
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Biostatistics |
7 |
9 |
13 |
– |
– |
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Cell/cellular Biology and Histology |
– |
– |
11 |
– |
– |
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Ecology |
– |
2 |
4 |
– |
– |
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Epidemiology |
– |
23 |
24 |
– |
– |
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Genetics, General |
– |
– |
19 |
– |
– |
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Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology |
– |
1 |
10 |
– |
– |
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Neurobiology and Anatomy |
– |
1 |
9 |
– |
– |
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Pathology/experimental Pathology |
– |
– |
3 |
– |
– |
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Pharmacology |
– |
– |
7 |
– |
– |
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Physiology, General |
– |
1 |
4 |
– |
– |
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Toxicology |
– |
– |
5 |
– |
– |
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Business, Administration, Marketing, Management, and Related Services |
396 |
548 |
8 |
– |
– |
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Accounting |
– |
123 |
– |
– |
– |
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Business Administration and Management, General |
323 |
425 |
8 |
– |
– |
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Human Resources Management/personnel Administration, General |
73 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs |
706 |
29 |
15 |
– |
– |
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Digital Communication and Media/multimedia |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Mass Communication/media Studies |
443 |
26 |
8 |
– |
– |
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Speech Communication and Rhetoric |
263 |
3 |
7 |
– |
– |
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Computing and Information Sciences |
46 |
43 |
23 |
– |
– |
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Computer Science |
29 |
16 |
23 |
– |
– |
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Information Science/studies |
17 |
27 |
– |
– |
– |
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Education |
105 |
153 |
21 |
– |
– |
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Counselor Education/school Counseling and Guidance Services |
– |
17 |
– |
– |
– |
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Curriculum and Instruction |
– |
– |
4 |
– |
– |
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Early Childhood Education and Teaching |
18 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Education, General |
– |
58 |
15 |
– |
– |
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Educational Leadership and Administration, General |
– |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
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Elementary Education and Teaching |
67 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Junior High/intermediate/middle School Education and Teaching |
19 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Kindergarten/preschool Education and Teaching |
– |
10 |
– |
– |
– |
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Physical Education Teaching and Coaching |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Secondary School Administration/principalship |
– |
29 |
– |
– |
– |
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Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other |
– |
39 |
– |
– |
– |
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Engineering |
– |
5 |
11 |
– |
– |
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Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering |
– |
4 |
7 |
– |
– |
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Operations Research |
– |
1 |
4 |
– |
– |
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English Language, Composition and Literature/letters |
213 |
10 |
14 |
– |
– |
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English Language and Literature, General |
213 |
10 |
14 |
– |
– |
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Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics |
271 |
23 |
12 |
– |
– |
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Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General |
10 |
2 |
4 |
– |
– |
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Comparative Literature |
6 |
2 |
1 |
– |
– |
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German Language and Literature |
27 |
4 |
1 |
– |
– |
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Linguistics |
39 |
1 |
1 |
– |
– |
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Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other |
181 |
14 |
4 |
– |
– |
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Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other |
8 |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
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Health Services and Allied Health Sciences, General |
416 |
411 |
464 |
– |
5 |
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Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Other |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Audiology/audiologist |
– |
– |
7 |
– |
– |
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Audiology/audiologist and Speech-language Pathology/pathologist |
– |
22 |
1 |
– |
– |
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Clinical Laboratory Science/medical Technology/technologist |
18 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Cytotechnology/cytotechnologist |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Dental Assisting/assistant |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Dental Clinical Sciences, General |
– |
26 |
2 |
– |
– |
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Dental Hygiene/hygienist |
35 |
– |
– |
– |
5 |
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Dental Public Health and Education |
– |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
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Dentistry |
– |
– |
74 |
– |
– |
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Environmental Health |
12 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Health/health Care Administration/management |
36 |
98 |
10 |
– |
– |
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Maternal and Child Health |
– |
33 |
7 |
– |
– |
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Medical Radiologic Technology/science - Radiation Therapist |
10 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Medical Scientist |
– |
2 |
– |
– |
– |
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Medicine |
– |
– |
140 |
– |
– |
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Movement Therapy and Movement Education |
– |
1 |
4 |
– |
– |
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Nuclear Medical Technology/technologist |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Nursing Science |
– |
– |
5 |
– |
– |
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Occupational Therapy/therapist |
– |
19 |
– |
– |
– |
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Pharmaceutics and Drug Design |
– |
4 |
16 |
– |
– |
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Pharmacy |
– |
– |
144 |
– |
– |
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Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other |
59 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Physical Therapy/therapist |
– |
– |
40 |
– |
– |
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Public Health Education and Promotion |
– |
45 |
14 |
– |
– |
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Public Health, General |
– |
85 |
– |
– |
– |
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Public Health/community Nurse/nursing |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other |
– |
61 |
– |
– |
– |
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Registered Nursing/registered Nurse |
246 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/counselor |
– |
11 |
– |
– |
– |
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History |
241 |
17 |
13 |
– |
– |
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History, General |
241 |
17 |
13 |
– |
– |
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Human Services, General |
68 |
165 |
13 |
– |
– |
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Public Administration |
– |
29 |
– |
– |
– |
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Public Policy Analysis, General |
68 |
– |
3 |
– |
– |
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Social Work |
– |
136 |
10 |
– |
– |
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Legal and Law Studies, General |
– |
– |
237 |
– |
– |
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Law |
– |
– |
237 |
– |
– |
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Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities |
9 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Liberal Arts and Sciences/liberal Studies |
9 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Library Science |
– |
79 |
13 |
– |
– |
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Library and Information Science |
– |
79 |
13 |
– |
– |
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Mathematics and Statistics |
91 |
17 |
13 |
– |
– |
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Applied Mathematics, General |
22 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Mathematics and Statistics, Other |
– |
11 |
1 |
– |
– |
|
Mathematics, General |
69 |
4 |
7 |
– |
– |
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Statistics, General |
– |
2 |
5 |
– |
– |
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Multi-/interdisciplinary Studies, General |
74 |
35 |
12 |
– |
– |
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Multi-/interdisciplinary Studies, Other |
– |
9 |
– |
– |
– |
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Nutrition Sciences |
– |
26 |
12 |
– |
– |
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Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution |
74 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Natural Resources and Conservation |
57 |
31 |
13 |
– |
– |
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Environmental Science |
23 |
31 |
13 |
– |
– |
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Environmental Studies |
34 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies |
191 |
28 |
– |
– |
– |
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Health and Physical Education/fitness, General |
191 |
28 |
– |
– |
– |
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Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management, General |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Physical Sciences |
208 |
30 |
56 |
– |
– |
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Chemistry, General |
142 |
7 |
36 |
– |
– |
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Geology and Earth Science, General |
9 |
9 |
1 |
– |
– |
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Materials Science |
– |
2 |
5 |
– |
– |
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Oceanography, Chemical and Physical |
– |
6 |
6 |
– |
– |
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Physical Sciences, Other |
33 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Physics, General |
24 |
6 |
8 |
– |
– |
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Psychology |
407 |
31 |
17 |
– |
– |
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Psychology, General |
407 |
21 |
14 |
– |
– |
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School Psychology |
– |
10 |
3 |
– |
– |
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Social Sciences |
887 |
46 |
55 |
– |
– |
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Anthropology |
62 |
4 |
12 |
– |
– |
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Archeology |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Economics, General |
295 |
7 |
14 |
– |
– |
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Geography |
28 |
5 |
5 |
– |
– |
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Political Science and Government, General |
370 |
26 |
12 |
– |
– |
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Sociology |
128 |
4 |
12 |
– |
– |
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Visual and Performing Arts |
157 |
22 |
6 |
– |
– |
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Art History, Criticism and Conservation |
27 |
5 |
– |
– |
– |
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Drama and Dramatics/theatre Arts, General |
44 |
9 |
– |
– |
– |
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Fine/studio Arts, General |
41 |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
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Music Performance, General |
33 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Music, General |
12 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Musicology and Ethnomusicology |
– |
4 |
6 |
– |
– |
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Work and Family Studies |
15 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General |
15 |
– |
– |
– |
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Above data represent first majors only.
(-) Indicates that program is not offered at this award level.


Admissions Information
Application Fee
College has an application fee: Yes
Regular application fee: $70
Online application fee: $70
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Enrollment Rates
Percent applicants admitted: 34%
Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 97%
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Undergraduate Majors
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies
African-American Studies B
American Studies B
Asian Studies B
European Studies B
International studies B
Latin American Studies B
Russian/Slavic Area Studies B
Women's Studies B
Arts, Visual & Performing
Art History/Criticism/Conservation B
Drama/Theater Arts B
Fine/Studio Arts B
Music - General B
Music - General Performance B
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Biology B
Biostatistics B
Pathology - Human/Animal B
Business, Management, & Marketing
Business Administration/Management B
Human Resources Management B
Communications & Journalism
Communications/Rhetoric B
Mass Communications/Media Studies B
Computer & Information Sciences
Computer Science B
Information Sciences/Systems B
Education
Early Childhood Education B
Elementary Education B
Junior High Education B
English Language & Literature
English Language & Literature - General B
Family & Consumer Sciences
Foods/Nutrition Studies B
Foreign Language & Literature
Classics B
Comparative Literature B
French B
German B
Italian B
Linguistics B
Portuguese B
Romance Languages B
Slavic B
Spanish B
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences
Clinical Laboratory Science B
Cytotechnology C
Dental Assistance C
Dental Hygiene B,C
Environmental Health B
Health System Administration B
Medical Radiologic Technology B
Nuclear medicine technology C
Nursing (RN) B
Pharmaceutical Sciences B
History
History - General B
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Liberal Arts & Sciences B
Mathematics
Applied Mathematics B
Mathematics - General B
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Peace/Conflict Resolution Studies B
Natural Resources & Conservation
Environmental Science B
Environmental Studies B
Parks, Recreation & Fitness
Health/Physical Fitness B
Parks/Leisure Facilities Management B
Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy B
Religion/Religious Studies B
Physical Sciences
Applied science B
Chemistry B
Geology B
Physics B
Psychology
Psychology - General B
Public Administration & Services
Public Policy Analysis B
Social Sciences
Anthropology B
Archaeology B
Economics B
Geography B
Political Science/Government B
Sociology B
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Degree levels for each major are designated by the following letters:
A = Associate degree
B = Bachelor's degree
C = Certificate or diploma
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*We do not guarantee the accuracy of information on this page. All information is subject to change. You should confirm all information with a college admissions officer.
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