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Chapel Hill, NC

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

https://www.unc.edu

Repayment outcome

96.4%

of borrowers were paying down their loan principal five years after entering repayment. Higher means more graduates can afford what they borrowed.

Money

$34,000–$76,300

middle 50% · median $50,400

Federal aid recipients · 10 yrs after entry · US Dept of Ed

College Scorecard reports earnings 10 years after a student first enrolled, not after graduation. The sample includes only federal aid recipients and counts non-completers alongside graduates, which can pull the number down at selective schools where many students never borrow. Treat it as a conservative floor, not a forecast.

Net price

after grants & scholarships

$13,322

Median debt

of borrowers at graduation

$15,000

Sticker price

before any aid

$23,069

Default rate

2.3%

Earnings by major

Median 1–2 yrs after completion · Scorecard field-of-study data

A different measurement than the 10-year headline above. These are early-career numbers for students who finished the degree, 1–2 years out — they tend to read higher because they exclude non-completers and are measured right out of school.

  1. Business$73,823
  2. Health Professions$61,728
  3. Legal Studies$57,770
  4. Engineering$56,387
  5. Computer Science$53,984
  6. Physical Sciences$53,894
  7. Public Admin$51,106
  8. Math & Statistics$48,198
  9. Education$43,519
  10. Library Science$41,342
  11. Communication and Media Studies.$34,326
  12. Interdisciplinary$33,459
  13. Liberal Arts$33,170
  14. Visual & Performing Arts$30,650
  15. Psychology$29,363
  16. Social Sciences$28,960
  17. Biology$27,855
  18. Parks & Fitness$26,086
  19. History$25,525
  20. English & Literature$24,325
  21. Foreign Languages$21,508
  22. Philosophy$18,154

Academics

Acceptance

27.6%

Avg SAT

1,313

Enrollment

17,882

What students study

20 fields offered

Social Sciences

14% of degrees awarded — the most popular field

  1. 02Communications11.7%
  2. 03Psychology9.7%
  3. 04Biology9.7%
  4. 05Business8.4%
  5. 06Health Professions8.3%
  6. 07Parks & Fitness5.5%
  7. 08Area Studies5.3%
  8. 09Physical Sciences4.1%
  9. 10English & Literature3.7%
  10. 11History3.4%
  11. 12Foreign Languages2.4%
  12. 13Math & Statistics2.3%
  13. 14Visual & Performing Arts2.2%
  14. 15Computer Science1.9%
  15. 16Public Admin1.6%
  16. 17Natural Resources1.6%
  17. 18Education1.5%
  18. 19Interdisciplinary1.3%
  19. 20Philosophy1.3%
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