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Read More40,926 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
Of those who reported their graduating class ranks:
44 percent were in the top 10
Source: Preliminary numbers as of mid-August, from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. For more, see bit.ly/2017-first-year-stats.