University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Student Population and Demographics

UNC Student Population

There are 32,438 students including 20,885 undergraduate and 11,553 graduate students at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 29,712 full-time and 2,726 part-time students with gender distribution of 12,821 male and 19,617 female students.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,858 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has a total enrollment of 32,438 with a gender distribution of 39.52% male (12,821 students) and 60.48% female (19,617 students). There are 8,197 male and 12,688 female students in undergraduate school and 4,624 male and 6,929 female students are attending graduate school at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Student Population By Gender
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	Total	Men	Women
Total	32,438	12,821	19,617
Undergraduate	20,885	8,197	12,688
Graduate	11,553	4,624	6,929
Full-time	29,712	11,641	18,071
Part-time	2,726	1,180	1,546

[Chart] University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has 29,712 full-time and 2,726 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 20,123 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 762 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 9,589 students are full-time and 1,964 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	32,438	29,712	2,726
Undergraduate	20,885	20,123	762
Graduate	11,553	9,589	1,964
Men	12,821	11,641	1,180
Women	19,617	18,071	1,546

[Chart] University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1,858 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,669 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 32,438 students.

In undergraduate schools, 3,979 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,548 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	32,438	20,885	11,553
Online Exclusively	1,858	43	1,815
In Some Online Classes	5,669	3,936	1,733
Not In Online Classes	24,911	16,906	8,005

[Chart] University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are 91 American Indian/Native American, 17,356 White, 2,644 Black/African American, 4,477 Asian, 2,929 Hispanic, 14 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 990 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	Total	Men	Women
Total	32,438	12,821	19,617
American Indian/Native American	91	28	63
Asian	4,477	1,813	2,664
Black/African American	2,644	828	1,816
Hispanic	2,929	1,034	1,895
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	6	8
White	17,356	6,833	10,523
Two More	1,532	582	950
Race Un-Known	800	408	392

[Chart] University of North Carolina at Chapel HillRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Age Distribution
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	32,438	20,885	11,553
Under 18	464	464	0
Age 18-19	9,373	9,370	3
Age 20-21	9,711	9,451	260
Age 22-24	4,673	1,215	3,458
Age 25-29	4,567	231	4,336
Age 30-34	1,813	69	1,744
Age 35-39	798	30	768
Age 40-49	796	42	754
Age 50-64	226	12	214
Over 64	17	1	16
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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