Graduate Programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Graduate School Overview

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (referred to as UNC) is a Public, 4 years school located in Chapel Hill, NC.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (7/1/1900 - Current[Estimated Date]).

UNC Directory Information
School Name	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)
Address	103 South Bldg Cb 9100, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone	919-962-2211
Web	https://www.unc.edu
Online Application	https://www.admissions.unc.edu/Apply
Financial Info	https://studentaid.unc.edu

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of UNC is $12,527 for North Carolina residents and $30,819 for out-of-state students. The school has 11,676 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 31,705 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 237 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 25 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$30,819 $12,527 for North Carolina Residents
Student Population	11,676
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	237 graduate programs (25 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at UNC is $12,527 for North Carolina residents and $30,819 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $586 for North Carolina residents and $1,602 for out-of-state students.

UNC offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
North Carolina Residents	$12,527
Out-of-State	$30,819
Tuition per Credit Hour
North Carolina Residents	$586
Out-of-State	$1,602

UNC offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	25 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is $12,527 for North Carolina residents and $30,819 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	North Carolina Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$10,243	$1,969	$27,454	$1,969
2019-2020	$10,552	$1,970	$28,278	$1,970
2020-2021	$10,552	$1,970	$28,278	$1,970
2021-2022	$10,552	$2,014	$28,844	$2,014
2022-2023	$10,552	$1,975	$28,844	$1,975
2023-2024	$10,552	$1,975	$28,844	$1,975

The graduate school tuition & fees of UNC is expensive compared to public graduate schools in North Carolina. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the North Carolina graduate tuition is $22,600 (public) / $15,605 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$12,527	$30,819
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
North Carolina Graduate Schools	$12,485	$17,525
Public	$8,436	$22,600
Private	$15,605

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $15,830 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at UNC.

On-campus living costs are increased by 5.74% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $15,830. Off-campus living costs are increased by 5.74% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$11,190	$2,686	$11,190	$2,686
2019-2020	$11,526	$2,750	$11,526	$2,750
2020-2021	$11,740	$2,836	$11,740	$2,836
2021-2022	$11,882	$2,858	$11,882	$2,858
2022-2023	$12,254	$2,716	$12,254	$2,716
2023-2024	$13,016	$2,814	$13,016	$2,814

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $586 for North Carolina residents and $1,602 for other students at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	North Carolina Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$502	$1,346
2019-2020	$517	$1,386
2020-2021	$517	$1,386
2021-2022	$586	$1,602
2022-2023	$586	$1,602
2023-2024	$586	$1,602

The law school tuition at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is $24,491 for North Carolina residents and $44,703 for out-of-state students for academic year 2022-2023. For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $34,706 for North Carolina residents and $62,666 for out-of-state students.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for law school and medical school at UNC.

Law School Tuition

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	North Carolina Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Dentistry	$35,609	$5,055	$62,690	$5,055
Medicine	$32,746	$1,960	$60,706	$1,960
Pharmacy	$22,387	$1,959	$45,514	$1,959
Law	$21,141	$3,350	$41,353	$3,350

Graduate Programs at UNC

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers 169 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 3,546 students have completed their study at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Offered Degrees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	91	16	2,364
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	62	0	505
Doctor's degree - other	7	2	662
Post Bachelor's Degree	7	6	0
Post Master's Degree	2	1	15
Total	169	25	3,546

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other) program with 15 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Management Science program with 744 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 190 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✕	15	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✔	-	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	✔	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	✔	-	-
Public Health	✔	-	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Management Science	✔	744	-
Public Health	✔	320	$58,900
Accounting	✔	217	$58,100
Social Work	✕	141	$42,300
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✔	87	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	190	-
Medicine	✕	185	-
Pharmacy	✕	136	-
Dentistry	✕	86	-
Chemistry	✕	36	-

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers 169 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 3,546 students have completed their graduate studies.

2,364 students have earned/completed Master's program.
662 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
15 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	15	-
Architecture [+]	✕	27 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	27	$54,100
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	-	-
American/United States Studies/Civilization	✕	-	-
Asian Studies/Civilization	✕	-	-
African-American/Black Studies	✕	-	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (1 completers)	32 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	-	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	16	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	✔	16	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	58 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	32	-
Computer Science	✕	26	-
Education [+]	✔ (2 completers)	96 completers	$43,300
Education	✔	5	$43,300
Secondary School Administration/Principalship	✔	20	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	14	-
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	36	-
Education (other)	✕	21	-
Engineering [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	11	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Linguistics	✕	4	-
German Language and Literature	✕	10	-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	✕	3	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	2	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	5 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	5	-
Library Science [+]	✕	49 completers	$41,200
Library and Information Science	✕	49	$41,200
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	-	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	-	-
Biochemistry	✕	1	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	✕	1	-
Genetics	✕	2	-
Cell Physiology	✕	-	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	✕	-	-
Pharmacology	✕	-	-
Toxicology	✕	1	-
Biostatistics	✕	26	-
Bioinformatics	✕	-	-
Ecology	✕	3	-
Epidemiology	✕	1	-
Neuroscience	✕	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	6	-
Mathematical Statistics and Probability	✕	14	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	44 completers	-
Behavioral Sciences	✕	26	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	5	-
International/Global Studies	✕	8	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✕	5	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	25	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	9	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	-	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	21 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	10	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	2	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	7	-
Physics	✕	2	-
Materials Science	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	-	-
School Psychology	✕	-	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	204 completers	-
Public Administration	✔	62	$51,400
Public Policy Analysis	✕	1	-
Social Work	✕	141	$42,300
Social Sciences [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	2	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	11	-
Geography	✕	4	-
Political Science and Government	✕	28	-
Sociology	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	15	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	6	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	2	-
Musicology and Ethnomusicology	✕	4	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (9 completers)	646 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	26	-
Dental Clinical Sciences	✕	23	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	52	$65,900
Health and Medical Administrative Services (other)	✔	-	-
Physician Assistant	✕	17	-
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (other)	✔	5	-
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist	✔	5	-
Medical Scientist	✕	6	-
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs	✔	-	-
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	✔	26	-
Public Health	✔	320	$58,900
Public Health Education and Promotion	✕	3	-
Maternal and Child Health	✔	1	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	24	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	✕	26	-
Medical Informatics	✔	23	-
Movement Therapy and Movement Education	✕	-	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✔	87	-
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)	✕	2	-
Business [+]	✔ (2 completers)	965 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	4	$124,900
Accounting	✔	217	$58,100
Human Resources Management and Services (other)	✕	-	-
Management Science	✔	744	-
History [+]	✕	6 completers	-
History	✕	6	-
	Total	2,364

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	9	-
Architecture [+]	✕	1 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	1	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
American/United States Studies/Civilization	✕	2	-
African-American/Black Studies	✕	-	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	3	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	9	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	4	-
Computer Science	✕	14	-
Education [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Education	✕	6	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	5	-
Engineering [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	17	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	12 completers	-
German Language and Literature	✕	4	-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	✕	5	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	3	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	14 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	14	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	131 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	11	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	2	-
Biochemistry	✕	7	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	✕	13	-
Genetics	✕	12	-
Cell Physiology	✕	4	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	✕	5	-
Pharmacology	✕	8	-
Toxicology	✕	3	-
Biostatistics	✕	22	-
Bioinformatics	✕	6	-
Ecology	✕	4	-
Epidemiology	✕	27	-
Neuroscience	✕	7	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	9	-
Mathematical Statistics and Probability	✕	13	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	30 completers	-
Behavioral Sciences	✕	22	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	8	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	6	-
Religion/Religious Studies	✕	7	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	53 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	36	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	2	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	2	-
Physics	✕	9	-
Materials Science	✕	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	9 completers	-
School Psychology	✕	9	-
Human Services [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	5	-
Social Work	✕	3	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	44 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	10	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	9	-
Geography	✕	9	-
Political Science and Government	✕	11	-
Sociology	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	✕	2	-
Musicology and Ethnomusicology	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	75 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	2	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	23	-
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	✕	18	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	✕	7	-
Maternal and Child Health	✕	5	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	2	-
Medical Informatics	✕	4	-
Movement Therapy and Movement Education	✕	3	-
Nursing Science	✕	11	-
Business [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	13	-
History [+]	✕	6 completers	-
History	✕	6	-
	Total	505

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	190 completers	-
Law	✕	190	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	472 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist	✕	7	-
Dentistry	✕	86	-
Medicine	✕	185	-
Pharmacy	✕	136	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✔	29	-
Nursing Practice	✔	29	-
	Total	662

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✔ (2 completers)	-	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✔	-	-
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	✔	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Public Health	✔	-	-
Business [+]	✔	-	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	-	-
	Total	-

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Library Science [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Library and Information Science	✔	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	✕	15	-
	Total	15

Graduate Student Population at UNC

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 11,676 students enrolled into University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill graduate schools where it has total 31,705 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 9,307 full-time and 2,369 part-time graduate students. By gender, 4,653 male and 7,023 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	11,676	4,653	7,023
Full-time	9,307	3,644	5,663
Part-tme	2,369	1,009	1,360

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 6,600 White (56.53%), 1,062 Black/African American (9.10%), 877 Hispanic (7.51%), 1,085 Asian (9.29%), and 2,052 students with other races. 1,317 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	11,676	4,653	7,023
American Indian/Native American	28	11	17
Asian	1,085	386	699
Black/African American	1,062	312	750
Hispanic	877	322	555
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	7	3
White	6,600	2,720	3,880
Two More	504	174	330
Un-Known	193	87	106
Non-resident Alien	1,317	634	683

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,880 graduate students (16.10% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,774 graduate students (15.19% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	11,676
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,880
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,774
Not in Online Courses	8,022

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 3,441 students are aged 20 to 24 (29.47% of total students), 7 students are aged below 20 (0.06%), 231 students are aged above 50 (1.98%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	11,676	4,653	7,023
Age 18-19	7	3	4
Age 20-21	225	64	161
Age 22-24	3,216	1,039	2,177
Age 25-29	4,477	1,762	2,715
Age 30-34	1,951	1,000	951
Age 35-39	797	370	427
Age 40-49	772	323	449
Age 50-64	215	83	132
Over 64	16	9	7

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