The Class of 2022

Posted on Aug. 17, 2018

• 43,472 applied for admission (6 percent more than last year and the 13th consecutive year in which applications have increased)

• 9,519, or 22 percent, were admitted

• 4,295 are expected to enroll

• 62 percent female, 38 percent male

• 21 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 97 N.C. counties, including 40 percent from rural N.C. counties; 43 states and the District of Columbia; and 38 other countries

• 800 students are entering Carolina as transfer students

Of those who reported their graduating class ranks:

• 45 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/class-of-2022-stats.

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