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Acceptance Rate 22.63%
Yield 43.52%
SAT Score 1,405
ACT Score 31
Applicants 42,465

Applying To UNC

For the academic year 2019-20, the acceptance rate is 22.63% at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where a total of 42,465 students applied and 9,610 were accepted. The average SAT score of enrolled students is 1,405 and the average ACT score is 31. It requires six items and recommends 1 articles to submit to their applicants. The following table describes the general admission information for applying to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Open Admission Policy✗
Undergraduate Application Fees$85
Graduate Application Fees$90
Admission Informationwww.admissions.unc.edu
Online Applicationwww.admissions.unc.edu/Apply
Acceptance Rate23%
Average Test Scores1,405 SAT / 31 ACT
Credits AcceptedDual Credits, Advanced placement (AP) Credits, Credits for Life Experiences, Credit for Military Training

Acceptance Rate, Yield, and Headcounts

For the academic year 2019-2020, the acceptance rate is 22.63% where a total of 42,465 students (17,291 men and 25,174 women) have applied to UNC and 9,610 (3,954 men and 5,656 women) students have been admitted to the school. Among them, 1,661 male and 2,521 female students have enrolled into UNC and its yield, also known as enrollment rate is 43.52%. The following table shows the admission statistics including admission stats, acceptance rate, and yield.
Admission Statistics at UNC
TotalMenWomen
Applicants42,46517,29125,174
Admitted9,6103,9545,656
Enrolled4,1821,6612,521
Acceptance Rate 22.63% 22.87% 22.47%
Yield (Enrollment Rate) 43.52% 42.01% 44.57%
[Chart] Acceptance Rate and Yield

Average SAT and ACT Scores

At UNC, 1,767 applicants (42% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 2,135 applicants (51%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees. The average SAT score of those who submitted scores is 1,405 and the average ACT score is 31 at UNC. SAT 75th percentile score is 1,500 and 25th percentile score is 1,310. For ACT scores, the 75th percentile score is 100 and the 25th percentile score is 82. The following table shows the detailed SAT and ACT scores distribution of enrolled students at UNC.
Average SAT and ACT Scores at UNC
25th Percentile75th Percentile
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing650730
SAT Math660770
ACT Composite2833
ACT Math2632
ACT English2835
[Chart] SAT Scores by Subject
[Chart] ACT Scores by Subject

Admission Requirements

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill requires 6 item(s) (High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, Recommendations, Admission Test Scores, TOEFL) and recommends 1 articles (High School Rank) to submit to their applicants. The following table summarizes the application requirements at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Application Requirements for UNC
High School GPA✔
High School Rank✓
High School Record (or Transcript)✔
Completion of College Preparatory Program✔
Recommendations✔
Formal Demonstration of Competencies✗
Admission Test Scores✔
TOEFL✔
Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)✗
✔ Required △ Considered (not Required) ✓ Recommended ✗ Neither Required nor Recommended

Calendar System and Accepted Credits

The calendar system at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is Semester. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill accepts Dual Credits, Advanced placement (AP) Credits, Credits for Life Experiences, Credit for Military Training. Next table describes credits that University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill accepts.
Calendar SystemSemester
Dual Credits✔
Credits for Life Experiences✔
Advanced placement (AP) Credits✔
Credit for military training ✔

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