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#10 Best Value Schools
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#42 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#8 Business Programs
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#16 Accounting
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#9 Entrepreneurship
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#8 Finance
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#23 International Business
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#5 Management
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#7 Marketing
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#10 Production / Operation Management
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#23 Supply Chain Management / Logistics
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#10 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#63 Most Innovative Schools
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#165 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#5 Top Public Schools
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#61 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#51 First-Year Experiences
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#35 Study Abroad
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill is ranked #29 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
72
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
26
Graduation and retention rank
27
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
91%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
97%
Social Mobility Rank
165
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
86%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
91%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
90%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
0
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.1
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
85
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
33
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
88.3%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
84%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
38.4%
Classes with 50 or more students
12%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
13:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
44
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
27-33
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
78%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
33
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
38
Average alumni giving rate
18.6%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
