{"id":26102,"date":"2018-09-10T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=26102"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:56:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:56:26","slug":"us-news-rank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=26102","title":{"rendered":"UNC-Chapel Hill ranks fifth among the country\u2019s public universities for 18th consecutive year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0<\/em>U.S. News & World Report \u2018Best Colleges\u2019 list ranks Carolina 30th overall<\/em><\/p>\n

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation\u2019s first public university, is again listed as one of the top universities in the country.<\/p>\n

For the 18th<\/sup> straight year, UNC-Chapel Hill, a public research university dedicated to making its first-class education both accessible and affordable, has placed fifth among national public universities on U.S. News & World Report\u2019s annual \u201cBest Colleges\u201d rankings, published today (Sept. 10) on www.usnews.com. For the 14th<\/sup> consecutive time in \u201cGreat Schools, Great Prices,\u201d Carolina was the first national public university, the eighth overall in rankings of national universities for best value.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur students, faculty and staff\u2019s commitment to excellence is evident in Carolina\u2019s placement among the top five public universities for the 18th consecutive year,\u201d said Chancellor Carol L. Folt. \u201cAs we remain steadfast in our mission of serving the public in our state and around the world, we will continue to make a world-class education affordable, conduct ground-breaking research and lead in innovation for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ranking comes just days after the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education ranked Carolina as the best public university for financial value<\/a>, and the second overall among the top 250 institutions. In addition to being recognized by U.S. News for this commitment, Kiplinger\u2019s Personal Finance magazine has ranked Carolina first 17 times among U.S. public colleges and universities offering stellar academics at a reasonable price.<\/p>\n

U.S. News & World Report assesses these rankings on over a dozen measures: graduation and retention rates (22 percent); assessment of academic quality by presidents, provosts, deans of admissions and high school counselors (20 percent); faculty resources (20 percent); student excellence (10 percent); financial resources (10 percent); graduation rate performance (8 percent); alumni giving (5 percent) and social mobility (5 percent).<\/p>\n

The University has a unique commitment to making a Carolina education accessible to deserving students. The University practices need-blind admissions and proudly meets 100 percent of the documented need of undergraduates qualifying for need-based aid who apply on time and meets more than two-thirds of that need with grants and scholarships.\u00a0 Fourteen percent of the Class of 2022 qualified for the Carolina Covenant, and since it began in 2003, more than 6,500 students have benefited.\u00a0 For the 13th consecutive year, Carolina received a record number of first-year applications\u00a0for fall 2018 \u2013 from 43,384 applicants and up 6 percent from last year.<\/p>\n

Additional U.S. News rankings including UNC-Chapel Hill were as follows:<\/p>\n