Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at UNC

At University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 24.04%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 19.00%. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 44.80%, and the 2024 yield is 43.00%.

The number of UNC applicants increased by 2.77% (1,561 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 24.04%, and this year's acceptance rate is 19.00% at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 23.94% and women students' rate is 24.14%. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has beep kept its acceptance rate very low and it is hard that applicants admit into the school.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	27.59%	28.31%	27.10%
2014-15	28.50% 0.90%	29.40% 1.09%	27.88% 0.78%
2015-16	30.54% 2.04%	30.83% 1.43%	30.33% 2.45%
2016-17	26.94% -3.59%	26.55% -4.29%	27.22% -3.11%
2017-18	24.40% -2.55%	23.74% -2.81%	24.86% -2.36%
2018-19	22.71% -1.68%	22.25% -1.49%	23.03% -1.83%
2019-20	22.63% -0.08%	22.87% 0.61%	22.47% -0.56%
2020-21	25.00% 2.37%	24.89% 2.03%	25.08% 2.62%
2021-22	20.00% -5.00%	20.00% -4.89%	21.00% -4.08%
2022-23	17.11% -2.89%	16.50% -3.50%	17.54% -3.46%
2023-24	19.00% 1.89%	18.00% 1.50%	19.00% 1.46%
Average	24.04%	23.94%	24.14%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 44.80% where the current academic year yield is 43.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	49.89%	49.06%	50.49%
2014-15	44.53% -5.36%	44.52% -4.54%	44.54% -5.96%
2015-16	42.86% -1.67%	42.28% -2.23%	43.26% -1.28%
2016-17	44.98% 2.12%	44.15% 1.86%	45.55% 2.29%
2017-18	45.03% 0.05%	43.41% -0.74%	46.13% 0.58%
2018-19	45.43% 0.40%	43.63% 0.23%	46.62% 0.49%
2019-20	43.52% -1.91%	42.01% -1.62%	44.57% -2.05%
2020-21	42.56% -0.96%	39.91% -2.10%	44.44% -0.13%
2021-22	45.00% 2.45%	43.01% 3.10%	47.01% 2.57%
2022-23	46.01% 1.01%	43.46% 0.46%	47.71% 0.71%
2023-24	43.00% -3.01%	41.00% -2.47%	45.00% -2.71%
Average	44.80%	43.31%	45.94%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 41,509, the average number of admitted is 9,611, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 4,294.

The number of UNC applicants increased by 2.77% (1,561 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	28,437	7,847	3,915
2014-15	31,332 10.18%	8,929 13.79%	3,976 1.56%
2015-16	31,143 -0.60%	9,510 6.51%	4,076 2.52%
2016-17	34,889 12.03%	9,400 -1.16%	4,228 3.73%
2017-18	39,650 13.65%	9,673 2.90%	4,356 3.03%
2018-19	41,939 5.77%	9,525 -1.53%	4,327 -0.67%
2019-20	42,465 1.25%	9,610 0.89%	4,182 -3.35%
2020-21	41,773 -1.63%	10,445 8.69%	4,445 6.29%
2021-22	50,729 21.44%	10,146 -2.86%	4,566 2.72%
2022-23	56,341 11.06%	9,639 -5.00%	4,435 -2.87%
2023-24	57,902 2.77%	11,001 14.13%	4,730 6.65%
Average	41,509	9,611	4,294

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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