University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Student Population

How many students at UNC? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 32,438 students have enrolled in University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with 20,885 undergraduate and 11,553 graduate students.

By gender, 12,821 male and 19,617 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (34,856 students on average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

1,858 students are enrolled exclusively, and 5,669 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has a total of 32,438 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 20,885 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 11,553 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 12,821 male and 19,617 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 17,356 White, 2,644 Black, and 4,477 Asian students out of a total of 32,438 are attending at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 67.7% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UNC has 464 students under 18 years old and 17 students over 65 years old. There are 24,221 students under 25 years old, and 8,217 students over 25 years old out of 32,438 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 464 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. UNC has 20,500 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 385 students aged 25 and over.

It has 3,721 graduate students aged under 25 and 7,832 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1,858 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,669 students are enrolled in some online courses.

713 students who live in North Carolina or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,145 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 20,885 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 980 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.69%.970 students have transferred in as full-time status and 10 students transferred in as part-time status.