UNC is considered one of the stronger state universities, consistently ranking in the top twenty among state institutions in
national surveys.Among graduate programs, the School of Information and Library Science, the School of Public Health, the School of Journalism
and Mass Communication, and the Kenan Flagler Business School are especially highly regarded.For Undergraduates, the university offers one of the nation's most acclaimed Honors Programs in a public institution.The university has for decades offered an undergraduate merit scholarship known as the Morehead Scholarship, modeled after the Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford. The scholarship offers tuition,
room, and board for four years.Also offered is the Robertson Scholarship, an
innovative scholarship granting recipients the opportunity to attend both UNC Chapel Hill and neighboring Duke University. Offered both at UNC and Duke, UNC recipients receive full
tuition, room, and living stipends.
Student demographics
- Student-faculty ratio: 18:1
- Classes with fewer than 30 students: 69%
- Average SAT: 1311
- Average ACT: 29
- Campus Size: 729 acres (3 km²)
- Male-Female ratio: 2:3
- African American: 9%
- Asian American: 7%
- Caucasian: 80%
- Hispanic: 2%
- Native American: 0.6%