The Class of 2015

Admission figures:

• 23,733 applied for admission
• 7,450, or 31.3 percent, were admitted
• 3,990, or 53.5 percent, are expected to enroll
• 58 percent female, 42 percent male
• 18.3 percent of those enrolling are the first in their families to go to college
• 1810 to 2080: range of the middle 50 percent of SAT scores (perfect is 2400)
• Admitted freshmen come from 95 N.C. counties, 41 states and the District of Columbia and 21 other countries

Of those who reported their graduating class ranks:

• 42.5 percent were in the top 10
• 12 percent were first or second
• 79.7 percent were in the top 10 percent
• 53 percent have traveled outside the U.S.
• 16 percent are fluent in a language other than English

Source: Preliminary numbers as of mid-August, from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.