University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 1,900,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,680 (63%)
Days Without Precipitation 256 (70%)

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 800 (4%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 22,553
Men / Women 51% / 49%
From State 90%
From Region 2%
Athletes 478 (2.2%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 46%
Black 18%
Hispanic 15%
Asian 11%
Mixed 5%
International 3%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Belk College of Business 1,181 60% 54% 11% 10% 16% 2% $79,041 70 -0.50 85 95%
Accounting 177 +1 61% 56% 11% 7% 19% 3% $82,381 39 -0.30 88 97% — — — —
Business Analytics 88 +18 59% 45% 15% 15% 14% 2% $77,052 18 -0.88 84 92% — — — —
Business Economics — — — — — — — — $76,810 20 -0.80 83 — — — — —
Economics 65 +3 71% 55% 14% 14% 14% 2% $75,340 18 -0.85 82 95% — — — —
Finance 380 +23 67% 54% 13% 7% 17% 2% $87,432 38 -0.40 91 96% — — — —
International Business 35 +7 46% 51% 3% 6% 40% 0% $77,791 50 -0.26 84 90% — — — —
Management 134 +13 57% 60% 6% 9% 15% 1% $74,813 59 -0.15 82 96% — — — —
Marketing 246 +10 45% 55% 8% 16% 14% 1% $68,811 21 -0.68 75 95% — — — —
Operations Management 56 +18 82% 54% 9% 12% 12% 5% $74,813 13 -1.01 82 96% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Cato College of Education 131 2% 63% 2% 11% 16% 0% $50,854 1 -0.27 36 91%
Birth-Kindergarten Education 8 — 0% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% $50,817 41 -0.22 36 91% — — — —
Elementary Education 101 — 1% 58% 3% 12% 18% 0% $50,817 41 -0.22 36 91% — — — —
Middle Grades Education 8 — 25% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% $50,817 41 -0.22 36 91% — — — —
Special Education 11 — 0% 73% 0% 9% 9% 0% $51,169 26 -0.72 37 90% — — — —
Special Education and Teaching 3 — 0% 67% 0% 33% 0% 0% $51,169 26 -0.72 37 90% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts + Architecture 246 26% 52% 8% 17% 17% 1% $56,831 4 +0.30 52 94%
Architecture 69 — 36% 57% 7% 12% 16% 3% $73,978 80 +0.68 81 97% — — — —
Art History 12 — 33% 58% 0% 25% 8% 0% $47,830 40 -0.31 28 89% — — — —
Dance 18 +1 6% 61% 0% 22% 6% 6% $46,010 73 +0.39 23 100% — — — —
Fine Arts 10 — 20% 50% 10% 30% 10% 0% $47,830 58 +0.11 28 89% — — — —
Graphic Design 40 — 12% 40% 15% 18% 25% 0% $58,868 49 -0.09 57 — — — — —
Music 8 — 12% 50% 25% 12% 0% 0% $50,258 65 +0.38 34 96% — — — —
Music Performance 14 — 64% 71% 7% 7% 7% 0% $50,258 65 +0.38 34 96% — — — —
Studio Art 45 — 18% 51% 7% 11% 22% 0% $47,830 58 +0.11 28 89% — — — —
Theatre 30 +2 33% 43% 7% 30% 20% 0% $46,095 73 +0.41 23 94% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Computing and Informatics 926 76% 44% 22% 13% 11% 4% $105,089 96 -0.53 97 96%
Computer Science 838 +3 78% 46% 22% 12% 10% 4% $107,308 32 -0.52 98 96% — — — —
Information Technology 88 +29 59% 30% 17% 27% 15% 3% $83,965 22 -0.70 89 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Health and Human Services 762 27% 45% 8% 24% 14% 2% $62,451 16 -0.53 65 97% 4.8%
Allied Health Diagnostic and Treatment — — — — — — — — $83,442 92 +1.03 88 98% 3.0% — — —
Kinesiology 227 +2 38% 52% 8% 16% 15% 2% $53,312 15 -0.99 43 93% — — — —
Nursing 149 — 13% 50% 9% 15% 15% 1% $90,505 50 -0.17 92 97% 3.3% — — —
Public Health 53 — 13% 28% 13% 40% 9% 2% $66,790 57 +0.15 72 100% — — — —
Respiratory Care 29 — 17% 76% 3% 7% 7% 0% $83,442 76 +0.82 88 98% 3.0% — — —
Health Administration 253 +4 31% 38% 8% 32% 12% 2% $53,190 12 -0.68 42 100% — — — —
Social Work 51 — 12% 37% 6% 33% 18% 0% $50,677 31 -0.31 36 92% 10.1% — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences 1,711 33% 51% 4% 21% 15% 1% $57,374 5 -0.15 53 94% 8.7%
Geosciences 72 +5 53% 81% 3% 3% 7% 0% $58,222 22 -0.62 56 94% — — — —
Meteorology 17 — 47% 88% 0% 6% 6% 0% $64,671 54 -0.04 69 — — — — —
Africana Studies 12 — 42% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $46,870 7 -0.98 25 95% — — — —
English 105 +6 25% 63% 3% 18% 10% 0% $48,879 34 -0.43 31 88% — — — —
French 8 +4 38% 38% 0% 38% 25% 0% $52,251 30 -0.52 40 87% — — — —
German 12 +1 58% 58% 0% 17% 17% 8% $63,658 70 +0.50 67 89% — — — —
History 84 +11 60% 67% 1% 11% 10% 0% $55,026 48 -0.19 47 96% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 90 +20 34% 44% 8% 26% 13% 1% $55,083 40 -0.21 47 — — — — —
Japanese 20 +3 70% 55% 5% 10% 15% 10% $53,030 33 -0.45 42 69% — — — —
Latin American Studies 1 +6 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $50,299 21 -0.71 34 — — — — —
Philosophy 10 +5 60% 50% 0% 20% 20% 0% $57,823 44 -0.27 55 92% — — — —
Religious Studies 8 +5 0% 50% 0% 12% 12% 0% $53,169 73 +0.29 42 92% — — — —
Spanish 39 +10 26% 26% 0% 15% 56% 0% $52,251 30 -0.52 40 87% — — — —
Writing 11 +3 55% 64% 0% 0% 36% 0% $47,381 26 -0.61 27 — — — — —
Anthropology 26 +4 31% 50% 8% 15% 4% 0% $55,269 51 -0.15 48 96% — — — —
Communication Studies 243 +8 37% 53% 2% 22% 12% 1% $64,737 66 +0.27 69 96% — — — —
Geography 26 +4 62% 42% 0% 15% 19% 4% $65,982 72 +0.44 71 98% — — — —
Global Studies 28 +11 18% 46% 11% 18% 21% 0% $51,579 4 -1.10 38 84% — — — —
Political Science 130 +17 40% 44% 5% 22% 19% 1% $63,864 28 -0.61 67 94% 8.3% — — —
Psychology 472 +5 20% 47% 5% 23% 14% 1% $54,232 49 -0.13 45 94% — — — —
Sociology 141 +13 27% 41% 5% 28% 16% 1% $58,699 66 +0.16 57 92% 9.0% — — —
Criminal Justice 156 +14 36% 53% 3% 17% 20% 1% $59,241 49 -0.09 58 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 468 38% 48% 15% 14% 14% 2% $67,516 36 -0.17 73 94%
Computer Science & Mathematics — — — — — — — — $99,552 14 -0.55 96 — — — — —
Chemistry 42 +1 55% 67% 17% 7% 7% 0% $73,181 65 +0.15 80 94% — — — —
Mathematics 45 +2 58% 64% 11% 9% 11% 2% $67,298 25 -0.68 73 92% — — — —
Mathematics and Statistics 11 — 55% 64% 0% 18% 9% 0% $75,699 6 -1.05 82 92% — — — —
Physics 21 — 81% 67% 10% 5% 10% 0% $93,403 80 +0.71 94 100% — — — —
Biology 349 +6 31% 42% 16% 16% 15% 2% $65,047 43 -0.16 69 94% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Data Science 78 71% 41% 17% 27% 10% 1% $86,235 83 -1.13 90
Data Science 78 +1 71% 41% 17% 27% 10% 1% $86,235 13 -1.13 90 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
William States Lee College of Engineering 598 88% 61% 8% 7% 14% 3% $96,305 93 -0.24 95 98% 4.8%
Civil Engineering 101 — 79% 61% 8% 6% 16% 3% $90,949 40 -0.20 93 99% — — — —
Computer Engineering 58 — 91% 45% 14% 9% 19% 7% $106,691 29 -0.49 98 97% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 58 — 90% 64% 9% 5% 12% 5% $102,943 19 -0.67 97 99% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 208 — 90% 66% 7% 4% 12% 3% $97,745 48 -0.18 95 98% — — — —
Systems Engineering 27 — 81% 44% 7% 4% 19% 7% $93,093 5 -1.32 94 100% — — — —
Civil Engineering Technology 20 — 90% 55% 10% 20% 15% 0% $94,002 23 -0.57 94 100% — — — —
Electrical Engineering Technology 19 — 100% 63% 11% 16% 5% 0% $93,489 67 +0.40 94 100% 4.8% — — —
Engineering Technology 44 — 89% 66% 0% 9% 20% 2% $90,718 54 +0.17 92 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering Technology 63 — 92% 63% 8% 6% 14% 2% $91,332 58 +0.22 93 96% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,420
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $23,199
Est. In-State Cost $9,599
Est. Out-of-State Cost $30,010
ROI Percentile 81th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 85%
4-Year Graduation Rate 50%
6-Year Graduation Rate 69%
Transfer-Out Rate 21%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 23.5% 1,434 55% 52% 10% 14% 16% 2% $74,480 38 -0.53 81 96% —
Social Sciences 18.3% 1,117 28% 47% 4% 23% 15% 1% $58,271 49 -0.08 56 94% 8.9%
Computer Science 16.5% 1,004 75% 44% 21% 14% 11% 4% $103,625 39 -0.58 97 96% —
Health Sciences 7.5% 458 26% 50% 9% 18% 14% 2% $68,879 16 -0.48 75 95% 3.3%
Engineering 7.4% 452 87% 61% 8% 5% 14% 4% $97,763 29 -0.36 95 98% —
Humanities 6.6% 400 40% 52% 3% 20% 17% 1% $52,824 38 -0.32 41 90% —
Life & Natural Sciences 5.7% 349 31% 42% 16% 16% 15% 2% $65,047 36 -0.16 69 94% —
Professional 5.0% 302 63% 58% 5% 14% 18% 1% $74,978 65 +0.01 82 97% 4.8%
Arts 4.0% 246 26% 52% 8% 17% 17% 1% $56,831 72 +0.30 52 94% —
Physical Sciences & Math 3.4% 208 57% 73% 8% 6% 8% 0% $68,209 20 -0.32 74 94% —
Education 2.1% 131 2% 63% 2% 11% 16% 0% $50,855 29 -0.27 36 91% —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $22.7M #145 40% $1.4M 37 #91 181 9
Humanities & Social Sciences $17.8M #118 19% $0.3M 15 #205 108 5
Physical Sciences & Math $13.9M #157 53% $0.3M 26 #102 114 9
Computer Science $12.1M #74 70% $0.2M 21 #45 106 —
Life & Natural Sciences $9.3M #167 47% $0.4M 15 #125 87 19
Business & Economics $5.9M #91 4% $0.1M 2 #225 — —
Education $5.5M #95 20% $0.1M 53 #55 — —
Health Sciences $3.1M #183 62% $0.2M 11 #132 25 —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 10 #51 — —
Total $90.2M #160 40% $3.0M 190 #115 621 42

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 148 $905K $887K $18K
Football 122 $11.9M $15.6M -$3.6M
Baseball 40 $3.5M $2.3M $1.2M
Soccer 33 $1.4M $1.4M -$4K
Basketball 15 $5.0M $3.8M $1.2M
Golf 11 $563K $565K -$2K
Tennis 10 $549K $552K -$2K
Total 294 $23.9M $25.1M -$1.2M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 145 $1.1M $1.1M -$6K
Soccer 31 $987K $946K $41K
Lacrosse 27 $940K $944K -$3K
Softball 20 $1.5M $1.5M $6K
Volleyball 16 $1.1M $1.1M $27K
Basketball 14 $3.6M $2.4M $1.2M
Golf 7 $485K $491K -$6K
Tennis 7 $668K $682K -$13K
Total 184 $10.3M $9.1M $1.2M
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 293 $2.0M $2.0M $11K
Football 122 $11.9M $15.6M -$3.6M
Soccer 64 $2.4M $2.4M $36K
Baseball 40 $3.5M $2.3M $1.2M
Basketball 29 $8.6M $6.2M $2.4M
Lacrosse 27 $940K $944K -$3K
Softball 20 $1.5M $1.5M $6K
Golf 18 $1.0M $1.1M -$8K
Tennis 17 $1.2M $1.2M -$16K
Volleyball 16 $1.1M $1.1M $27K
Total 478 $55.0M $55.0M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 78%
Yield (non-ED) 23%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 83% 67% 77%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 43%
SAT Range 1150 – 1340
SAT Math Range 570 – 680
SAT RW Range 570 – 670