Back-to-School Fact Sheet

Enrollment

Final fall enrollment figures for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not be available until early September. Below are final enrollment figures from fall 2005 as a point of reference.

• Undergraduate: 16,764
  
• Graduate: 8,175
• Professional: 2,337
  
• Total students: 27,276
  

Estimated fall 2006 freshmen class breakdown

• Admitted freshmen hail from 99 N.C. counties, 47 U.S. states, and 49 other countries
  
• Number applied: 19,696
  
• Number admitted: 6,732; 34.2 percent
• Number expected to enroll: 3,819; 56.7 percent of those admitted
  
• Percentage ranked 10th or higher in graduating class: 39.2 percent, of those reporting a rank
  
• Percentage ranked first in graduating class: 6.3 percent, of those reporting a rank
  
• Percentage ranked in top 10 percent of graduating class: 75.3 percent, of those reporting a rank
  
• Percentage ranked in top 20 percent of graduating class: 92.1 percent, of those reporting a rank
• Average SAT score: 1293
  
• Percentage with a grade point average of 4.0 or higher: 84.8 percent, of those reporting a GPA
  
• Percentage from North Carolina: 81.4 percent
  
• Percentage from out of state: 18.6 percent
  
• Percentage African Americans: 12.3 percent
  
• Percentage Asian Americans: 7.5 percent
  
• Percentage Hawaiian, Pacific Islander: 0.2 percent
  
• Percentage Hispanics: 5.4 percent
  
• Percentage Native Americans, Alaska Natives: 1 percent
  
• Percentage Caucasian: 69.9 percent
  
• Percentage other: 2.0 percent
  
• Percentage not reported: 1.8 percent

Annual undergraduate expenses

• In-state tuition (12 or more hours per semester): $3,455
  
• Out-of-state tuition (12 or more hours per semester): $18,103
  
• Annual required fees: $1,578
  
• Room (on-campus): $4,600 (double room with air conditioning) or $3,960 (double room without air conditioning)
  
• Board (on-campus): $2,866
  
• Estimated books and supplies: $1,000

Move-in welcome plans in residence halls

The following pairs of UNC administrators will greet students and their families in residence hall lobbies on Manning Drive as the students move in:

Saturday (Aug. 19) 10 a.m. to noon, Chancellor James Moeser, Dr. Peggy Jablonski, vice chancellor for student affairs, Craige.

Friday (Aug. 18) 1-3 p.m., General Alumni Association President Doug Dibbert and Marty Pomerantz, director of campus recreation, Ehringhaus.

Friday (Aug. 18) 10 a.m. to noon, Dr. Christopher Payne, associate vice chancellor of student affairs, and Dr. Kathy Hotelling, director of campus wellness services, Ehringhaus.

Housing update

With the opening this year of Ram Village off Manning Drive, Carolina will house 7,866 students on campus - 674 more than last year. The village, offering apartment-style living in 253 furnished units, comprises three four-story buildings behind the Craige Residence Hall parking deck and two five-story buildings behind Hinton James Residence Hall. Each site contains a community office, study space, laundry facilities, recreation room, multipurpose room, conference room and game room. The buildings are co-ed, with apartments of same-sex roommates.

Ram Village will be home to 917 students, mostly juniors and seniors. Four of the five buildings offer private bedrooms, with the fifth containing double rooms. Each apartment also includes two bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room. Internet access is available via outlets in all bedrooms and living rooms.

Theme housing this year will include Connected Learning Programs in Cobb Residence Hall, a partnership of Housing and Residential Education and the James E. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence. The programs allow students to pursue interests outside the classroom. Connected Learning projects will include groups encouraging sustainable development on campus, pursuing research projects and creating a Carolina video scrapbook.

Other theme housing programs will include academic enhancement, in Teague; business, numerous residence halls; French, Spanish and German languages, in Carmichael; Unitas, which pairs students of different backgrounds and cultures as roommates, in Carmichael; and service and leadership, in Ehringhaus.

Participation in theme housing is voluntary.

Good Neighbor Initiative

The Good Neighbor Initiative welcomes students who live off campus in Chapel Hill and reminds them that public service is based on respect for one's neighbors.

The initiative is carried out by Chapel Hill Police officers, permanent neighborhood residents and representatives of the UNC Division of Student Affairs and student government. "Good Neighbor" teams will visit students in neighborhoods near campus to welcome them, share descriptions of their new neighborhoods and encourage them to meet its residents.

The teams also will inform students of local resources, ways to get involved in the community, town ordinances on litter, noise and front-yard parking and whom to call if they encounter problems.

10th annual Fall Fest

Free pizza, games and entertainment will welcome an estimated 18,000 students to campus at Fall Fest, to be held from 9 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 20) to 2 a.m. Monday (Aug. 21) on South Road.

The Marching Tar Heels will kick off the alcohol-free block party, followed by a welcome from Chancellor James Moeser. Head coaches John Bunting (football), Sylvia Hatchell (women's basketball) and assistant coaches C. B. McGrath and Jerod Haase (men's basketball) will introduce members of their teams to students at a pep rally.

Students will gather in the area between Country Club Road and Raleigh Street. Now in its 10th year, the event has continued to grow and expanded to take over the School of Government's parking deck last year.

More than 200 student organizations and campus departments will set up booths to provide information to new students, and students can participate in games and competitions on Michael Hooker Field. Two stages will be set up for student performances.

Roads update

University officials expect construction to affect the following roadways this fall:

• Construction along sections of South Road will continue to cause some lane reductions, shifting, and pedestrian detours.
  
• Construction in support of various projects along Manning Drive will continue to cause lane shifting and pedestrian detours from East Drive (alongside the Dogwood Deck) east to Hardin Drive (in front of the Public Safety Building).
  
• Some work is continuing regarding signaling on Country Club Road near Paul Green Theatre, though no major traffic shifts or detours are expected.
  
• Some lane shifts and pedestrian detours will continue to occur on Ridge Road just north of the intersection of Manning Drive in support of the Student Academic Services Building construction site.

To accommodate student move-in throughout campus, the following traffic patterns will be altered Saturday (Aug. 19) and Sunday (Aug 20).

• Raleigh Street between Cameron Avenue and South Road: will be one-way from Cameron Avenue to South Road 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (if it resumes normal as scheduled by Aug. 19). There will be no access via South Road from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  
• McCauley Street between Pittsboro and Columbia streets will remain closed through Friday (Aug. 25).
  
• Battle Lane between Franklin Street and Boundary Street will be one-way from Boundary to Franklin streets from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Access will be limited to Senlac and Hooper street residents from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  
• South Road between Country Club and Raleigh Street will be closed to traffic from 5 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 20) to 5 a.m. Monday (Aug. 21) for FallFest activities. If the current Raleigh Street construction is not completed on time and Raleigh Street does not return to normal operation, South Road will be closed to traffic from Stadium Drive to Country Club for FallFest activities from 5 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 20) until 5 a.m. Monday (Aug. 21).

Other construction will affect traffic at various campus locations throughout the year. The UNC Department of Public Safety provides up-to-date traffic and parking information on its Web site, http://www.dps.unc.edu/dps/, under "breaking news." Related link: http://constructionwatch.unc.edu/

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