The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and is the main campus for the University of North Carolina System of Higher Learning. Also known as UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC, or simply Carolina, it is a co-ed, public, research university, and is the second largest university in the state. UNC began to enroll students in 1795 after being chartered in 1789, making this the nation’s first public university. UNC is consistently ranked among the top universities in the United States and has a reputation for offering an academic opportunity equal to that of an Ivy League school for the price of an average public university education.
UNC opened its doors to students on February 12, 1795. Today, the school offers over 70 different bachelor’s degree programs through the College of Arts and Sciences as well as 14 other schools. Every undergraduate receives a liberal arts degree and has the option, once they reach their junior year, to pursue a major within the College of Arts or other professional school within the university. UNC became a coeducational school in 1877 under President Kemp Plummer Battle. Desegregation began in 1951 under Chancellor Robert Burton House when African American students were allowed to attend the school. UNC also opened up its own hospital, called UNC Health Care, in 1952 for research and treatment, and the facility has since specialized in treating cancer. UNC’s sports teams, alumni, and students call themselves the “Tar Heels.”
UNC’s campus is situated in a college town called Chapel Hill in North Carolina. The campus itself covers only a small section of Chapel Hill’s downtown area, about 729 acres, and the campus encompasses places such as the Morehead Planetarium and numerous stores and shops. There are over 550 student organizations, including the student-run newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel—which has won national awards for collegiate media, and the student radio station WXYC—the first radio broadcast in the world that’s based on the internet. UNC is a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, founded on June 14, 1953, in which the school competes athletically as the Tar Heels. UNC has been very successful in its sports programs, especially women’s soccer and men’s basketball.
General Information
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Admission Office Jackson Hall CB #2200 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2200 (919) 966-3621 Fax: (919) 962-3045 [email protected] Contact: Stephen Farmer Assistant Provost and Director of Undergraduate Admissions |
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 | Degrees offered:
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Tuition & Fees
| Estimated Expenses for Academic Year | 2008-’09 | 2009-’10 | 2010-’11 | 2011-’12 | % change 2010-’12 |
| Tuition and fees | $5,340 | $5,397 | $5,625 | $6,665 | +18.49% |
| Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,028 | +2.80% |
| Living Arrangement – On Campus | |||||
| Room and Board | $7,090 | $7,334 | $8,670 | $9,306 | +7.34% |
| Other | $2,320 | $2,462 | $2,556 | $3,306 | +29.34% |
| Living Arrangement – Off Campus | |||||
| Room and Board | $8,166 | $8,118 | $8,670 | $9,306 | +7.34% |
| Other | $1,960 | $2,064 | $2,128 | $3,306 | +55.36% |
| Total Expenses | 2008-’09 | 2009-’10 | 2010-’11 | 2011-’12 | % change 2010-’12 |
| In-state On Campus | $15,750 | $16,193 | $17,851 | $20,305 | +13.75% |
| In-state Off Campus | $16,466 | $16,579 | $17,423 | $20,305 | +16.54% |
| In-state with Family | $6,340 | $6,397 | $6,625 | $7,693 | +16.12% |
| Average Graduate Student Tuition & Fees | |
| Tuition for In-state Students | $6,363 |
| In-state Student Fees | $1,839 |
| Tuition for Out-of-state Students | $21,093 |
| Out-of-state Fees | $1,839 |
Financial Aid
| Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students | ||||
| Type of Aid | Students | Percent | Amount | Average Per Student |
| All students financial aid | 1,948 | 51% | ||
| Grant or scholarship aid | 1,612 | 42% | $14,640,207 | $9,082 |
| • Federal grants | 607 | 16% | $2,501,286 | $4,121 |
| • Pell grants | 490 | 13% | $1,768,833 | $3,610 |
| • Other federal grants | 541 | 14% | $732,453 | $1,354 |
| State/local government grant or scholarships | 964 | 25% | $4,319,469 | $4,481 |
| Institutional grants or scholarships | 1,162 | 30% | $7,819,452 | $6,729 |
| Student loan aid | 863 | 22% | $4,270,503 | $4,948 |
| • Federal student loans | 799 | 21% | $3,356,703 | $4,201 |
| • Other student loans | 137 | 4% | $913,800 | $6,670 |
All Degrees and Programs
| Program Completions for Most Recent Year | BA/BS | MA/MS | PhD | AA/AS | CERT |
| Total of All Education Programs | 5296 | 1828 | 1149 | – | 5 |
| Architecture and Related Services | – | 57 | 1 | – | – |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | – | 57 | 1 | – | – |
| Area, Gender, Cultural, Ethnic, and Group Studies | 321 | 6 | – | – | – |
| African Studies | – | – | – | – | – |
| African-American/Black Studies | 32 | – | – | – | – |
| American/United States Studies/Civilization | 13 | – | – | – | – |
| Area Studies, Other | 196 | – | – | – | – |
| Asian Studies/Civilization | 43 | – | – | – | – |
| European Studies/Civilization | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Latin American Studies | 15 | – | – | – | – |
| Russian Studies | 2 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Women’s Studies | 17 | – | – | – | – |
| Biology and Biomedical Sciences | 417 | 42 | 132 | – | – |
| Biochemistry | – | 2 | 13 | – | – |
| Bioinformatics | – | – | – | – | – |
| Biology and Biological Sciences, General | 410 | 3 | 10 | – | – |
| Biostatistics | 7 | 9 | 13 | – | – |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology | – | – | 11 | – | – |
| Ecology | – | 2 | 4 | – | – |
| Epidemiology | – | 23 | 24 | – | – |
| Genetics | – | – | 19 | – | – |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | – | 1 | 10 | – | – |
| Neurobiology and Anatomy | – | 1 | 9 | – | – |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| Pharmacology | – | – | 7 | – | – |
| Physiology | – | 1 | 4 | – | – |
| Toxicology | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| Business, Administration, Management, Marketing, etc. | 396 | 548 | 8 | – | – |
| Accounting | – | 123 | – | – | – |
| Business Administration and Management | 323 | 425 | 8 | – | – |
| Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration | 73 | – | – | – | – |
| Communication and Journalism Programs | 706 | 29 | 15 | – | – |
| Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 443 | 26 | 8 | – | – |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 263 | 3 | 7 | – | – |
| Computing and Information Sciences | 46 | 43 | 23 | – | – |
| Computer Science | 29 | 16 | 23 | – | – |
| Information Science/Studies | 17 | 27 | – | – | – |
| Education | 105 | 153 | 21 | – | – |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | – | 17 | – | – | – |
| Curriculum and Instruction | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | 18 | – | – | – | – |
| Education | – | 58 | 15 | – | – |
| Educational Leadership and Administration | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 67 | – | – | – | – |
| Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching | 19 | – | – | – | – |
| Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching | – | 10 | – | – | – |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Secondary School Administration/Principalship | – | 29 | – | – | – |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other | – | 39 | – | – | – |
| Engineering | – | 5 | 11 | – | – |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | – | 4 | 7 | – | – |
| Operations Research | – | 1 | 4 | – | – |
| English Language, Composition and Literature/Letters | 213 | 10 | 14 | – | – |
| English Language and Literature | 213 | 10 | 14 | – | – |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 271 | 23 | 12 | – | – |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 10 | 2 | 4 | – | – |
| Comparative Literature | 6 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| German Language and Literature | 27 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
| Linguistics | 39 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other | 181 | 14 | 4 | – | – |
| Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other | 8 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Health Services and Allied Health Sciences | 416 | 411 | 464 | – | 5 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Other | – | – | – | – | – |
| Audiology/Audiologist | – | – | 7 | – | – |
| Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-language Pathology/Pathologist | – | 22 | 1 | – | – |
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist | 18 | – | – | – | – |
| Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dental Assisting/Assistant | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dental Clinical Sciences | – | 26 | 2 | – | – |
| Dental Hygiene/Hygienist | 35 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Dental Public Health and Education | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| Dentistry | – | – | 74 | – | – |
| Environmental Health | 12 | – | – | – | – |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other | – | – | – | – | – |
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | 36 | 98 | 10 | – | – |
| Maternal and Child Health | – | 33 | 7 | – | – |
| Medical Radiologic Technology/Science – Radiation Therapist | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| Medical Scientist | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Medicine | – | – | 140 | – | – |
| Movement Therapy and Movement Education | – | 1 | 4 | – | – |
| Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist | – | – | – | – | – |
| Nursing Science | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| Occupational Therapy/Therapist | – | 19 | – | – | – |
| Pharmaceutics and Drug Design | – | 4 | 16 | – | – |
| Pharmacy | – | – | 144 | – | – |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other | 59 | – | – | – | – |
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | – | – | 40 | – | – |
| Public Health Education and Promotion | – | 45 | 14 | – | – |
| Public Health | – | 85 | – | – | – |
| Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing | – | – | – | – | – |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other | – | 61 | – | – | – |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 246 | – | – | – | – |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor | – | 11 | – | – | – |
| History | 241 | 17 | 13 | – | – |
| History | 241 | 17 | 13 | – | – |
| Human Services | 68 | 165 | 13 | – | – |
| Public Administration | – | 29 | – | – | – |
| Public Policy Analysis | 68 | – | 3 | – | – |
| Social Work | – | 136 | 10 | – | – |
| Legal and Law Studies | – | – | 237 | – | – |
| Law | – | – | 237 | – | – |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | 9 | – | – | – | – |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | 9 | – | – | – | – |
| Library Science | – | 79 | 13 | – | – |
| Library and Information Science | – | 79 | 13 | – | – |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 91 | 17 | 13 | – | – |
| Applied Mathematics | 22 | – | – | – | – |
| Mathematics and Statistics, Other | – | 11 | 1 | – | – |
| Mathematics | 69 | 4 | 7 | – | – |
| Statistics | – | 2 | 5 | – | – |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies | 74 | 35 | 12 | – | – |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | – | 9 | – | – | – |
| Nutrition Sciences | – | 26 | 12 | – | – |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | 74 | – | – | – | – |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | 57 | 31 | 13 | – | – |
| Environmental Science | 23 | 31 | 13 | – | – |
| Environmental Studies | 34 | – | – | – | – |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies | 191 | 28 | – | – | – |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness | 191 | 28 | – | – | – |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management | – | – | – | – | – |
| Physical Sciences | 208 | 30 | 56 | – | – |
| Chemistry | 142 | 7 | 36 | – | – |
| Geology and Earth Science | 9 | 9 | 1 | – | – |
| Materials Science | – | 2 | 5 | – | – |
| Oceanography, Chemical and Physical | – |