University of North Carolina at Charlotte Overview

Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is University of North Carolina at Charlotte Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UNC Charlotte.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 71% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from UNC Charlotte makes roughly $44,000 a year. This is 8% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Rankings

Out of the 113 colleges in North Carolina, UNC Charlotte is ranked at #17.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UNC Charlotte.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Other Engineering Technology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Other Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Civil Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Value Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Value Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Engineering-Related Fields Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Value Architecture/Urban Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Engineering Technologies Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#80	Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UNC Charlotte has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#2	Best Engineering Technology (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#7	Best Civil Engineering Technology Schools	College Factual
#7	Best Civil Engineering Technology Schools	College Factual
#89	Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Schools	College Factual
#142	Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools	College Factual
#144	Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools	College Factual

Where Is University of North Carolina at Charlotte?

Contact details for UNC Charlotte are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
Phone:	704-687-2000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/UNCCharlotte
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/UNCCharlotte

How Do I Get Into UNC Charlotte?

You can apply to UNC Charlotte online at: https://admissions.uncc.edu/admissions/apply-now

Admission Requirements for UNC Charlotte

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UNC Charlotte?

UNC Charlotte has an acceptance rate of 80%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 60% of students accepted to UNC Charlotte submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 640. Math scores were between 550 and 640.

UNC Charlotte received ACT scores from 57% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 26. Math scores were between 21 and 27. Composite scores were between 22 and 27.

Can I Afford University of North Carolina at Charlotte?

The overall average net price of UNC Charlotte is $30,517. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UNC Charlotte, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $7,602 a year. That adds up to $30,408 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UNC Charlotte is 5.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 24,175 undergraduate students at UNC Charlotte, with 21,104 being full-time and 3,071 being part-time.

There are also 5,971 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 21,104 full-time undergraduates at UNC Charlotte, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of North Carolina at Charlotte students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,850
Black or African American	3,368
Hispanic or Latino	2,510
White	11,466
International Students	453
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,457

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. At this time, 29 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 102 countries are represented at UNC Charlotte. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

There are 2 bachelor’s degree and 7 master’s degree programs available online at UNC Charlotte. In 2019-2020, 28,152 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UNC Charlotte has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 17th most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of UNC Charlotte

The following table shows how UNC Charlotte is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Electronics Engineering Technology	#1	#7
Medical Illustration & Informatics	#4	#24
Engineering Technology (Other)	#7	#16
Engineering-Related Fields	#7	#40
Teaching English or French	#10	#52
Social Work	#10	#58
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#19	#130
Engineering Technologies	#19	#64
Public Administration & Social Service	#28	#136
Curriculum & Instruction	#33	#165
Instructional Media Design	#43	#129
Educational Administration	#51	#253
Nursing	#52	#184
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#52	#147
Special Education	#52	#196
Health Professions	#64	#254

Online Growth Rankings of UNC Charlotte

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of North Carolina at Charlotte was 93.1%. This is the #437 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UNC Charlotte regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UNC Charlotte majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Curriculum & Instruction	2%
Health Professions	22%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UNC Charlotte ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UNC Charlotte.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Student Counseling	#10
Curriculum & Instruction	#31
Allied Health Professions	#31
Instructional Media Design	#47
Educational Administration	#49
Special Education	#52
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#62
Teacher Education Subject Specific	#64
Nursing	#132
Education	#199
Health Professions	#317

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Science	539	0	296	0	835
Teacher Education Grade Specific	165	157	103	0	425
Business Administration & Management	240	0	110	17	367
Health & Medical Administrative Services	333	0	21	0	354
Communication & Media Studies	344	0	9	0	353
General Psychology	326	0	5	0	331
Finance & Financial Management	325	0	0	0	325
Nursing	191	0	85	12	288
General Biology	244	0	11	6	261
Mechanical Engineering	198	0	37	8	243
Criminal Justice & Corrections	232	0	2	0	234
Marketing	205	0	0	0	205
Political Science & Government	201	0	0	0	201
Health & Physical Education	190	0	0	0	190
Accounting	153	0	35	0	188
Computer Information Systems	72	0	84	12	168
Social Work	57	0	90	0	147
History	132	0	10	0	142
General English Literature	117	1	23	0	141
Electrical Engineering	76	0	44	10	130
Sociology	123	0	4	0	127
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	25	0	82	0	107
Allied Health Professions	93	0	11	0	104
Civil Engineering	88	0	12	3	103
Mathematics	87	0	8	0	95
Engineering Technology (Other)	75	0	16	0	91
Romance Languages	83	0	8	0	91
Mechanical Engineering Technology	85	0	0	0	85
Computer Engineering	67	0	0	0	67
Student Counseling	0	0	65	1	66
Public Health	38	0	25	2	65
Geological & Earth Sciences	57	0	6	0	63
General Architecture	61	0	0	0	61
Fine & Studio Arts	61	0	0	0	61
Systems Engineering	56	0	0	0	56
Special Education	39	0	10	2	51
Business/Managerial Economics	50	0	0	0	50
International Studies	49	0	0	0	49
International Business	47	0	0	0	47
Anthropology	44	0	3	0	47
Applied Mathematics	0	0	41	3	44
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	30	13	43
Geography & Cartography	31	0	6	6	43
Information Technology	0	0	42	0	42
Educational Administration	0	0	31	11	42
Chemistry	39	0	3	0	42
Economics	29	0	13	0	42
Civil Engineering Technology	37	0	0	0	37
Physics	24	0	7	4	35
Instructional Media Design	0	19	11	0	30
Music	30	0	0	0	30
Architectural Sciences & Technology	0	0	29	0	29
Ethnic Studies	29	0	0	0	29
Other Statistics	29	0	0	0	29
East Asian Languages	27	0	0	0	27
Teaching English or French	0	0	25	0	25
Electronics Engineering Technology	25	0	0	0	25
Medical Illustration & Informatics	0	0	25	0	25
Religious Studies	22	0	2	0	24
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	23	0	23
Philosophy	17	0	5	0	22
Dance	22	0	0	0	22
Germanic Languages	21	0	0	0	21
Drama & Theater Arts	21	0	0	0	21
Public Administration	0	0	19	0	19
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	18	0	18
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	9	4	13
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	0	9	1	10
Teacher Education Subject Specific	6	0	4	0	10
Other Engineering	0	0	9	0	9
Area Studies	6	0	3	0	9
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	8	0	8
Urban & Regional Planning	0	0	7	0	7
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	7	0	0	0	7
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	6	6
General Engineering	0	0	5	0	5
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	5	0	5
Gerontology	0	0	5	0	5
Real Estate	0	0	4	0	4
Sustainability Science	0	0	0	3	3
Public Policy	0	0	0	3	3
Other Physical Science	0	0	0	2	2
Biotechnology	0	0	0	0	0
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0	0
Other Computer & Information Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Educational Assessment	0	0	0	0	0
Other Education	0	0	0	0	0
Construction Engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0	0	0
Mathematics & Computer Science	0	0	0	0	0
Criminology	0	0	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	5,990	177	1,613	129	7,909

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Stanton49 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.