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Read More35,875 applied for admission
9,398, or 26.2 percent, were admitted
4,254, or 45.2 percent, are expected to enroll
60 percent female, 40 percent male
17 percent of those enrolling are first-generation college students, coming from families where a parent has not graduated from a four-year school
Admitted freshmen come from 96 N.C. counties, 41 states and the District of Columbia and 17 other countries
Of those who reported their graduating class ranks:
43 percent were in the top 10
13 percent were first or second
Source: Preliminary numbers as of mid-August, from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. For more, see bit.ly/2016-first-year-stats.