University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
NC · Public · South · National university · Top 50 tier · 21,338 undergraduates (large)
Admission rates
Latest admit rates
† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Admission rates
Early plans
Fall 2027 applicants
Testing
Testing policy
Superscoring
What this means:
- SAT
- Superscores
- ACT
- Superscores
Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026
Self-reported scores only during review; ACT superscore uses English, Math, Reading.
How to send scores
Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment
School’s words: “If you self-report test scores on your application, we will use them in your application review , and if you are admitted, and choose to enroll, we will require that your official scores be sent directly from the testing service.”
Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026
Students submitting scores
‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.
Score ranges (middle 50%)
Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.
Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
Share of enrolled students submitting scores
SAT composite, middle 50%
ACT composite, middle 50%
Year-by-year data, Fall 2019–Fall 2025
| CDS year | Admitted | Admit rate | ED rate | Est. % submitting | % SAT | % ACT | SAT mid-50 | ACT mid-50 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 100% | 52% | 69% | 1300-1470 | 27-33 | |
| 2020-21 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 100% | 65% | 70% | 1270-1460 | 27-33 | |
| 2021-22 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 75% | 15% | 60% | 1330-1500 | 29-33 | |
| 2022-23 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 56% | 24% | 32% | 1360-1510 | 30-34 | |
| 2023-24 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 63% | 29% | 34% | 1380-1520 | 30-34 | |
| 2024-25 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 69% | 28% | 41% | 1400-1530 | 28-34 | |
| 2025-26 | 12,751 | 16.7% | Not reported | 69% | 28% | 41% | 1400-1530 | 29-34 |
Waitlist admit rate
Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.
- 2025: 40%
- 2023: 0.8%
Test policy in each Common Data Set
History only. The current policy is under Testing above.
- Fall 2027 Required for some2025-26 CDS
- Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
- Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
- Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2023; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
- Fall 2023 Required2021-22 CDSAs the school reported it. Not borne out: in the class that entered Fall 2023, 29% submitted SAT and 34% ACT (2023-24 CDS).
- Fall 2022 Required2020-21 CDSAs the school reported it. Not borne out: in the class that entered Fall 2022, 24% submitted SAT and 32% ACT (2022-23 CDS).
- Fall 2021 Required2019-20 CDSAs the school reported it. Not borne out: in the class that entered Fall 2021, 15% submitted SAT and 60% ACT (2021-22 CDS).