Enrollment Trends at UNC

The student population at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is 32,438 (20,885 undergraduate and 11,553 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,354 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UNC is 64.38% which is increased by 2,470 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 884 and it has been increasing.

The female to male ratio is 1.53 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,858 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 49.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 30,646 where 32,438 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

64.38% of total students is undergraduate students and 35.62% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,470 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 884 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.53 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 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	29,084	18,415	7,690	10,725	10,669	4,824	5,845
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
2023-24	32,234 529	20,681 652	8,128 187	12,553 465	11,553 -123	4,592 -61	6,961 -62
2024-25	32,438 204	20,885 204	8,197 69	12,688 135	11,553	4,624 32	6,929 -32
Average	30,646	19,491	7,859	11,631	11,156	4,747	6,409

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 19,491 where 20,885 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. 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 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	20,681	19,840	7,747	12,093	841	381	460
2024-25	20,885	20,123	7,847	12,276	762	350	412
Average	19,491	19,491	7,498	11,247	19,491	361	384

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 11,156 where 11,553 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. 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 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	11,553	9,828	3,933	5,895	1,725	659	1,066
2024-25	11,553	9,589	3,794	5,795	1,964	830	1,134
Average	11,156	11,156	3,153	4,522	11,156	1,594	1,887

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.51%. The percentage was 62.03% 10 years ago and UNC still has a high percentage of white students. 13.80% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.15% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.03% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 62.03% to 53.51%. Asian enrollment grew from 8.93% to 13.80%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.89% to 8.15%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.66% to 9.03%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6776 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5940 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	96	4,151	2,774	2,925	15	17,556	1,555
2024-25	91	4,477	2,644	2,929	14	17,356	1,532
Average	112	3,338	2,486	2,453	27	17,828	1,510

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

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,858 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 49.00% since 2015. 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 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	32,234	1,550	6,539	24,145
2024-25	32,438	1,858	5,669	24,911
Average	30,646	3,872	4,163	22,611

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Enrollment Trends at UNC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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