1stand only public university in the United States to award degrees in 18th century
4,085faculty
9,023staff members
65doctoral degree programs and 7 professional degree programs
95bachelor's degree programs
104master's degree programs
Student achievement
Student achievement
More than 1/3
of Carolina undergraduates study in other countries before graduation
54
Rhodes Scholars
40
Luce Scholars
51
Goldwater Scholars, including 33 since 2000
More than 414
Fulbright Student Program Awards for global research and study since 1949
4th place
fourth in the annual Learfield IMG College Directors’ Cup in 2020-2021, the highest finish of any ACC school, and UNC’s 22nd Top-10 finish in the Cup’s 27-year history.
15 teams
varsity athletic teams posted perfect 1000 scores in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rates for 2020-2021
Research and innovation
Carolina's research enterprise has doubled in the last decade, securing UNC-Chapel Hill's prominence as a top national research university.
$1.15 billionreached in annual research expenditures at Carolina
6thamong research universities for federal funding devoted to research and development in all fields
11thlargest US research university in research volume
884UNC-Chapel Hill research projects directly addressed the health, education, or well-being of N.C citizens in 2020.
3,000+undergraduates produce original research
52021 winners of the National Science Foundation’s Early Career Development Awards for junior faculty members; combined grants worth $2.5 million