The Class of 2021

Posted on Aug. 18, 2017

• 40,926 applied for admission (14 percent more than last year and second-largest increase in 25 years)

• 9,710, or 24 percent, were admitted

• 4,373, or 45 percent, are expected to enroll

• 61 percent female, 39 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 93 N.C. counties, including 35 percent from rural N.C. counties; 40 states and the District of Columbia; and 31 other countries

• 785 students are entering Carolina as transfer students

Of those who reported their graduating class ranks:

• 44 percent were in the top 10

• 78 percent were in the top 10 percent

Source: Preliminary numbers as of mid-August, from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. For more, see bit.ly/2017-first-year-stats.

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