University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

==== Undergraduate ====

{{Infobox U.S. college admissions
 |year=2022
 |admit rate        = 16.8%
 |admit rate change = -8.4
 |yield rate        = 45.9%
 |yield rate change = 0.9
 |test optional     = yes
 |SAT Total         = 1350-1510<br />(among 15% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
 |SAT Total change  =
 |ACT               = 29–33<br />(among 60% of [[freshman|FTFs]])
 |ACT change        =
 |float             = right
|ref=<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport">{{cite web|url=https://oira.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/297/2023/03/CDS_2022-23_20230323.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326220323/https://oira.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/297/2023/03/CDS_2022-23_20230323.pdf |archive-date=2023-03-26 |url-status=live |title=UNC-Chapel Hill Common Data Set 2022–2023|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |access-date=2023-03-31 }}</ref>
|change ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oira.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/297/2017/07/CDS_2015-2016_2016041416.pdf|title=Common Data Set 2015–2016|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|access-date=March 18, 2022|archive-date=March 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318084528/https://oira.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/297/2017/07/CDS_2015-2016_2016041416.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

UNC-Chapel Hill's admissions process is "most selective" according to ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/unc-2974 |title=University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=September 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907180723/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/unc-2974 |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the Class of 2025 (enrolled fall 2021), UNC-Chapel Hill received 53,776 applications and accepted 10,347 (19.2%). Of those accepted, 4,689 enrolled, a [[Yield (college admissions)|yield rate]] (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 45.3%. UNC-Chapel Hill's freshman [[University student retention|retention rate]] is 96.5%, with 91.9% going on to graduate within six years.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /><ref name="CP">{{cite web |title=UNC Admissions |url=https://admissions.unc.edu/explore/our-newest-class/ |website=UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions |publisher=UNC |access-date=April 8, 2022 |archive-date=April 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415180752/https://admissions.unc.edu/explore/our-newest-class/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Of the 60% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores; the middle 50 percent Composite score was between 29 and 33. Of the 15% of the incoming freshman class who submitted [[SAT]] scores; the middle 50 percent Composite scores were 1330-1500.<ref name="FallEnrollmentReport" /> In the 2020–2021 academic year, 20 freshman students were [[National Merit Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/annual_report.pdf|title=National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2019-20 Annual Report|publisher=National Merit Scholarship Corporation|access-date=2022-12-07}}</ref> The university is [[need-blind]] for domestic applicants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/index.htm|title=The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710042926/http://www.unc.edu/index.htm|archive-date=2012-07-10}}</ref>