Enrollment Trends at UNC

The student population at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is 31,705 (20,029 undergraduate and 11,676 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,427 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UNC is 63.17% which is increased by 1,526 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 901 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,918 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 53.44% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 29,939 where 31,705 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

63.17% of total students is undergraduate students and 36.83% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,526 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 901 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UNC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	29,278	18,503	7,728	10,775	10,775	4,555	6,220
2013-14	29,127 -151	18,370 -133	7,696 -32	10,674 -101	10,757 -18	4,746 191	6,011 -209
2014-15	29,135 8	18,350 -20	7,763 67	10,587 -87	10,785 28	4,891 145	5,894 -117
2015-16	29,084 -51	18,415 65	7,690 -73	10,725 138	10,669 -116	4,824 -67	5,845 -49
2016-17	29,468 384	18,522 107	7,702 12	10,820 95	10,946 277	4,939 115	6,007 162
2017-18	29,911 443	18,862 340	7,764 62	11,098 278	11,049 103	4,973 34	6,076 69
2018-19	30,011 100	19,117 255	7,766 2	11,351 253	10,894 -155	4,797 -176	6,097 21
2019-20	29,877 -134	19,154 37	7,752 -14	11,402 51	10,723 -171	4,628 -169	6,095 -2
2020-21	30,092 215	19,395 241	7,784 32	11,611 209	10,697 -26	4,555 -73	6,142 47
2021-22	31,641 1,549	19,845 450	7,867 83	11,978 367	11,796 1,099	4,884 329	6,912 770
2022-23	31,705 64	20,029 184	7,941 74	12,088 110	11,676 -120	4,653 -231	7,023 111
Average	29,939	18,960	7,768	11,192	10,979	4,768	6,211

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 18,960 where 20,029 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	18,503	17,562	7,276	10,286	941	452	489
2013-14	18,370	17,570	7,296	10,274	800	400	400
2014-15	18,350	17,570	7,355	10,215	780	408	372
2015-16	18,415	17,645	7,299	10,346	770	391	379
2016-17	18,522	17,869	7,364	10,505	653	338	315
2017-18	18,862	18,303	7,467	10,836	559	297	262
2018-19	19,117	18,526	7,464	11,062	591	302	289
2019-20	19,154	18,528	7,429	11,099	626	323	303
2020-21	19,395	18,505	7,367	11,138	890	417	473
2021-22	19,845	18,931	7,457	11,474	914	410	504
2022-23	20,029	19,177	7,536	11,641	852	405	447
Average	18,960	18,960	7,392	10,807	18,960	377	385

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 10,979 where 11,676 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,775	6,936	3,018	3,918	3,839	1,537	2,302
2013-14	10,757	6,820	2,969	3,851	3,937	1,777	2,160
2014-15	10,785	6,705	2,969	3,736	4,080	1,922	2,158
2015-16	10,669	6,425	2,722	3,703	4,244	2,102	2,142
2016-17	10,946	7,215	3,242	3,973	3,731	1,697	2,034
2017-18	11,049	6,805	2,887	3,918	4,244	2,086	2,158
2018-19	10,894	6,694	2,820	3,874	4,200	1,977	2,223
2019-20	10,723	6,633	2,707	3,926	4,090	1,921	2,169
2020-21	10,697	6,692	2,693	3,999	4,005	1,862	2,143
2021-22	11,796	7,559	3,090	4,469	4,237	1,794	2,443
2022-23	11,676	9,307	3,644	5,663	2,369	1,009	1,360
Average	10,979	10,979	2,978	4,094	10,979	1,789	2,117

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.48%. The percentage was 64.46% 10 years ago and UNC still has a high percentage of white students. 12.22% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.61% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	149	2,149	2,422	1,996	51	18,874	886
2013-14	126	2,280	2,334	1,775	60	18,740	1,090
2014-15	133	2,410	2,304	1,895	70	18,549	1,326
2015-16	144	2,597	2,294	1,936	56	18,042	1,448
2016-17	129	2,685	2,297	1,987	38	18,085	1,545
2017-18	108	2,836	2,298	2,101	39	18,143	1,647
2018-19	122	2,928	2,285	2,222	26	18,159	1,408
2019-20	116	3,000	2,320	2,318	19	17,770	1,425
2020-21	116	3,275	2,477	2,565	17	17,529	1,478
2021-22	111	3,561	2,743	2,750	22	18,053	1,537
2022-23	90	3,873	2,731	2,795	20	17,589	1,527
Average	122	2,872	2,410	2,213	38	18,139	1,392

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,918 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 53.44% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	29,135	1,250	1,909	25,976
2015-16	29,084	1,247	2,346	25,491
2016-17	29,468	1,132	2,873	25,463
2017-18	29,911	1,420	2,928	25,563
2018-19	30,011	1,310	3,101	25,600
2019-20	29,877	1,237	2,484	26,156
2020-21	30,092	24,855	2,596	2,641
2021-22	31,641	2,191	6,990	22,460
2022-23	31,705	1,918	6,104	23,683
Average	30,103	4,062	3,481	22,559

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