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UNC Chapel Hill Common Data Set 2025-26
NCTest policy: Test-flexible: SAT or ACT required only for applicants with weighted GPA below 2.8; other submitted scores considered holisticallyCompare with other schoolsAP credit
Acceptance rate
16.7%
12,751 of 76,247
Early decision rate
No ED
SAT middle 50%
1400–1530
ACT middle 50%
29–34
Who got into UNC Chapel Hill: GPA and SAT of reported applicants
Accepted 288Waitlisted 79Rejected 183Preview
Self-reported by 550 applicants on Reddit, so it leans toward strong applicants and isn't UNC Chapel Hill's official data. 11 with lower scores are off the chart but counted in the table. See your chances
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GPA and SAT of 550 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.
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| AppliedC1 | 76,247 |
| AdmittedC1 | 12,751 |
| EnrolledC1 | 5,091 |
| YieldC1 | 39.9% |
| Early decisionC21 | Not offered |
| Early actionC22 | Offered, counts not reported |
Waitlist
| Offered a placeC2 | 7,355 |
| Accepted a placeC2 | 5,258 |
| Admitted from waitlistC2 | 2,099 |
| Odds if you stay on the listC2 | 39.9% |
Test scores and GPA
| Submitted SATC9 | 28% |
| Submitted ACTC9 | 41% |
| SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9 | 690–750 |
| SAT Math (25th–75th)C9 | 700–780 |
| Average high school GPAC12 | 4.47 |
| GPA of 4.0C11 | 94.6% |
| GPA 3.75–3.99C11 | 2.8% |
| GPA 3.50–3.74C11 | 1.2% |
| GPA below 3.50C11 | 1.4% |
Cost and financial aid
| Tuition, in-stateG1 | $7,230 |
| Tuition, out-of-stateG1 | $47,472 |
| Required feesG1 | $2,129 |
| Food and housingG1 | $15,870 |
| Need fully met (first-years)H2 | 72.8% |
| Average % of need metH2 | 100% |
| Average need-based packageH2 | $21,695 |
| Average need-based grantH2 | $20,939 |
What admissions looks at
- Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
- Class rankImportant
- Academic GPAImportant
- Standardized test scoresConsidered
- Application essayVery important
- Recommendation(s)Very important
- InterviewNot considered
- Extracurricular activitiesVery important
- Talent/abilityVery important
- Character/personal qualitiesVery important
- First generationConsidered
- Alumni/ae relationConsidered
- Geographical residenceNot considered
- State residencyVery important
- Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
- Volunteer workImportant
- Work experienceImportant
- Level of applicant's interestNot considered
From item C7.
Outcomes
| UndergraduatesB1 | 22,007 |
| First-year retentionB22 | 96.7% |
| 4-year graduation rateB | — |
| 6-year graduation rateB | 91.1% |
Notes on this filing
- C1: enrolled not printed as a total; 5,091 taken from B2 total for degree-seeking first-time first-year (5,084 full-time + 7 part-time).
- C21: early decision answered No (X in No column); ED applied/admitted counts blank.
- C22: early action offered (closing Oct. 15, notification Jan. 31); applied/admitted counts not given.
- C8A marks SAT or ACT as 'Required for some' for Fall 2027; C8F clarifies the 2025-26 policy (required only if weighted GPA below 2.8). Summary follows C8F.
- C7: 'Very Important/Important/Considered/Not Considered' mapped by checked column.
- C11: pct_below_3_50 is the sum of the bands 3.25-3.49 (0.8), 3.00-3.24 (0.5), 2.50-2.99 (0.1) and lower bands (0).
- C9 percentages are for enrolled first-time first-year students.
- Graduation: 6-year rate from the Fall 2019 cohort (most recent in B4-B11), 91.1%. The filing does not print a 4-year rate, so grad_rate_4yr is null.
- G1: filing shows separate in-state and out-of-state tuition, so the single tuition field is null. Figures are first-year, 2026-27 estimates.
- H2: pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed and is left null. pct_need_fully_met = line h (1,078) / line d (1,481) = 72.8%.
- H2 I: avg_pct_need_met printed as '100%, policy and practice'; recorded as 100 with this caveat.
- Aid figures (H2 line j and line k) are for the 2024-25 final year as indicated in H1; the academic-year box marked is 2024-25 final.
Source: UNC Chapel Hill Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.