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Read More43,472 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
Of those who reported their graduating class ranks:
45 percent were in the top 10
Source: Preliminary numbers as of mid-August, from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. For more, see bit.ly/class-of-2022-stats.