The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill College Portrait
The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC
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- Students
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- Admissions
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- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Classes and Campus Life
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- Student Experiences
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
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- Student Success & Progress
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- Student Learning Outcomes
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UNC-Chapel Hill Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 14 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 75% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 90% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 1,656 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 42% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 23% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 90% |
Campus-based Housing
100% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
46% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
The UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Public Safety is committed to the creation and maintenance of an environment where students, employees, and visitors feel safe enjoying the progressive, vital community. Using a philosophy of Community Oriented Policing (C.O.P.), the department strives to employ professionalism, problem solving, and innovative strategies to remain one of the premier public safety agencies in the nation. Department of Public Safety website: http://www.dps.unc.edu
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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Research Universities (very high research activity)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily residential
- Enrollment Profile
- Majority undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Comprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary