Student Population at UNC

The following chart compares UNC's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in North Carolina.

UNC has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 45,612 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in North Carolina average (13,968 students).

The below chart compares the student population between University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 12,821 male and 19,617 female students attending UNC. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.65 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at UNC.

By age, there are 24,221 students whose age under twenty five and 3,650 students whose age is over thirty years old at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Especially, 464 students are younger than eighteen and 17 students are older than sixty five.

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

At University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 7,527 students (23.20% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,858 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 713 students live in North Carolina where University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in and 863 students have enrolled from other states.