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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $2,004 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $26,055.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $72,200 ten years after entering, the 92nd percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 91% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1789
Enrollment, 2023
34,089
Website
unc.edu
Campus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university began enrolling students in 1795, making it one of the oldest public universities in the United States.

From the Wikipedia article “University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill”, revision 1359591164, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $26,055 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $2,004 and $24,396 a year depending on income at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Statement of cost · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$26,055
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$2,004
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$11,655
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$8,994

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $2,004; $30–48k: $3,918; $48–75k: $8,538; $75–110k: $16,415; over $110k: $24,396. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$2,004
$30k–$48k$3,918
$48k–$75k$8,538
$75k–$110k$16,415
Over $110k$24,396

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $72,200; the median graduate who borrowed owes $14,000.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$57,057
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$65,584
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
92nd percentile among public 4-years
$72,200
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
26th percentile among public 4-years
$14,000
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$12,989

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $57,057; 8 yrs after entry: $65,584; 10 yrs after entry: $72,200. Median graduate debt: $14,000. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $14,000.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$57,057
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$65,584
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$72,200
Median graduate debt$14,000

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree824not reportednot reported
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree544$64,430$15,100
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree521$67,532$15,500
Public HealthMaster's Degree514$96,186not reported
Behavioral SciencesBachelor's Degree503not reportednot reported
EconomicsBachelor's Degree443$96,785$15,843
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree427$124,977$14,131
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree401$125,645$14,339
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree369$71,082$15,100
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree365$58,954$16,575
Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's Degree219$104,860not reported
MedicineFirst Professional Degree199$173,217not reported
Show all 27 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree199$77,041$23,026
Applied MathematicsBachelor's Degree193$117,954$15,300
LawFirst Professional Degree191$103,387not reported
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree164$54,429$14,794
Public Policy AnalysisBachelor's Degree157$70,196$15,000
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationFirst Professional Degree156$135,580not reported
Neurobiology and NeurosciencesBachelor's Degree155not reported$14,825
MathematicsBachelor's Degree152$101,719$14,500
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral SciencesMaster's Degree30not reportednot reported
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical StudiesMaster's Degree14not reportednot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree10$185,724not reported
DentistryFirst Professional Degree90$187,283not reported
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationMaster's Degree21not reportednot reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesDoctoral Degree24not reportednot reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingFirst Professional Degree33not reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 20,752 undergraduates; 20% of students receive Pell grants; 15% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

15%

1st percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

20,752

88th percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

20%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

16th percentile among public 4-years

Completion

91%

finish within 150% of normal time

99th percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

20%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$58,193

81st percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k21%
  • $30k–$48k16%
  • $48k–$75k17%
  • $75k–$110knot reported
  • Over $110knot reported
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k21%
$30k–$48k16%
$48k–$75k17%
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 6,364 people who studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, most often in science & academia (51%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 51% (2,994 people); medicine 1.7% (99 people); law 5.8% (336 people); politics & gov 7.1% (411 people); business 2.1% (124 people); engineering & tech 1.4% (79 people); writing & journalism 7.1% (413 people); film & stage 2.0% (114 people); music 1.0% (58 people); visual arts 1.1% (61 people); sports 18% (1,032 people); religion 0.4% (21 people); military 1.4% (82 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia2,99451.4%
medicine991.7%
law3365.8%
politics & gov4117.1%
business1242.1%
engineering & tech791.4%
writing & journalism4137.1%
film & stage1142.0%
music581.0%
visual arts611.1%
sports1,03217.7%
religion210.4%
military821.4%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (1,967) · basketball player (538) · university teacher (513) · politician (370) · lawyer (314) · writer (211) · American football player (171) · association football player (159)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 3% for the 1860s to 43% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 10 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1750snot reported1not reported
1770snot reported5not reported
1780snot reported12not reported
1790snot reported20not reported
1800snot reported20not reported
1810snot reported16not reported
1820snot reported29not reported
1830snot reported27not reported
1840snot reported17not reported
1850snot reported13not reported
1860s1283%
1870s1452%
1880s3397%
1890s84615%
1900s136517%
1910s1811014%
1920s2316412%
1930s2816315%
1940s4427014%
1950s6625321%
1960s8316733%
1970s7015232%
1980s7613336%
1990s6313831%
2000s435643%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 65,633 in 2017-04.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0618,462
2026-0522,984
2026-0421,020
2026-0325,384
2026-0219,800
2026-0121,980
2025-1221,240
2025-1123,027
2025-1024,246
2025-0929,399
2025-0824,314
2025-0724,709
2025-0620,518
2025-0525,525
2025-0427,173
2025-0335,065
2025-0229,216
2025-0128,253
2024-1241,949
2024-1125,232
2024-1027,194
2024-0930,366
2024-0829,250
2024-0727,355
2024-0623,644
2024-0529,133
2024-0432,394
2024-0342,700
2024-0229,646
2024-0135,642
2023-1236,138
2023-1130,957
2023-1033,740
2023-0939,294
2023-0848,244
2023-0731,967
2023-0631,052
2023-0529,113
2023-0429,927
2023-0335,279
2023-0228,273
2023-0132,735
2022-1227,645
2022-1132,366
2022-1029,148
2022-0929,052
2022-0830,545
2022-0731,874
2022-0625,209
2022-0526,475
2022-0454,250
2022-0346,222
2022-0227,565
2022-0129,215
2021-1227,928
2021-1127,282
2021-1029,640
2021-0928,493
2021-0828,272
2021-0729,574
2021-0625,561
2021-0527,045
2021-0433,566
2021-0332,523
2021-0226,274
2021-0131,393
2020-1232,865
2020-1131,279
2020-1028,808
2020-0924,355
2020-0835,135
2020-0725,925
2020-0627,595
2020-0537,476
2020-0442,737
2020-0333,805
2020-0238,912
2020-0137,847
2019-1242,611
2019-1137,413
2019-1037,984
2019-0938,319
2019-0832,530
2019-0731,430
2019-0629,716
2019-0536,619
2019-0436,648
2019-0350,455
2019-0240,454
2019-0143,536
2018-1242,974
2018-1137,713
2018-1039,264
2018-0942,889
2018-0841,716
2018-0731,877
2018-0631,346
2018-0533,179
2018-0437,463
2018-0348,905
2018-0231,766
2018-0133,393
2017-1234,677
2017-1132,730
2017-1034,680
2017-0930,691
2017-0831,312
2017-0728,112
2017-0626,818
2017-0531,320
2017-0465,633
2017-0352,750
2017-0233,437
2017-0133,799
2016-1229,485
2016-1131,796
2016-1034,709
2016-0934,756
2016-0828,061
2016-0725,590
2016-0626,322
2016-0530,573
2016-0455,439
2016-0347,630
2016-0231,145
2016-0131,693
2015-1230,797
2015-1132,398
2015-1035,497
2015-0930,183
2015-0827,840
2015-0727,348

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Robert F. Furchgott Medicine 1998

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 15 portraits

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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