Real costs by school · Chapel Hill, NC · Public
At University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, families earning $75,000–$110,000 paid an average of $16,415 per year — the published cost of attendance is $26,055. (Federal College Scorecard data, July 2026 refresh.)
| Household income | Avg net price / yr | ≈ four years* |
|---|---|---|
| Under $30k | $2,004 / yr | $8,447 |
| $30–48k | $3,918 / yr | $16,514 |
| $48–75k | $8,538 / yr | $35,988 |
| $75–110k | $16,415 / yr | $69,189 |
| Over $110k | $24,396 / yr | $102,829 |
*Four-year figures grow each year's price by 3.5% — the same method College Compass uses in a family's plan. "Net price" is what families actually paid after grants and scholarships, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education — not a calculator's estimate. Federal reporting groups every income above $110k into one band; families well above it often pay closer to the full cost.
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| Admit rate | 37% in-state · 10% out-of-state — the school's own Common Data Set |
|---|---|
| Merit | 9% of no-need freshmen · avg $7,233 — the school's own Common Data Set |
| Paperwork | CSS Profile · no extra essays — school-verified Aug 2026 |
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Run University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for your student →At $75,000–$110,000 of household income, the distance between University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's published sticker price and what families in that band actually paid is $9,640 a year — a 37% discount off the number on the brochure. That ranks it the cheapest of the 8 North Carolina schools on this site at that income. Graduates report a median $72,200 10 years out — roughly 1.0× the four-year cost at this income band.
Earnings and completion from federal reporting — not the school's own placement survey.
These are averages. Your family isn't average.
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