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UNC Charlotte acceptance rate

University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Charlotte, North Carolina · Public · 24,453 undergraduates

79.6%
accepted, fall 2024
23,887
applications
19,015
offers of admission
4,657
enrolled (24% of those admitted)

UNC Charlotte expanded its offers faster than its applicant pool grew, so the rate climbed 16 points between 2014 and 2024, to 80%. UNC Charlotte admits more of its applicants than the typical four-year college, where the median rate is 77%. UC Riverside is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to UNC Charlotte in size and selectivity (76%); San Jose State University is the easiest (85%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 71%2002 73%2003 70%2004 72%2005 72%2006 78%2007 73%2008 75%2009 76%2010 76%2011 71%2012 70%2013 69%2014 64%2015 63%2016 62%2017 66%2018 67%2019 65%2020 80%2021 79%2022 80%2023 80%2024 80%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202423,88719,01579.6%4,657
202322,69918,20880.2%4,501
202221,35517,00779.6%4,157
202120,36616,18079.4%4,256
202019,94915,86679.5%3,999
201921,86814,22565.0%3,653
201817,20911,50166.8%3,708
201716,69610,99265.8%3,373
201617,51810,86662.0%3,453
201516,38310,37263.3%3,452
201415,61010,00464.1%3,319
201313,7429,41668.5%3,541
201212,3068,57069.6%3,169
201111,2398,03471.5%2,985
201010,7028,15876.2%3,187
200910,3367,90676.5%3,090
20089,9117,47775.4%2,955
20079,4096,88173.1%2,798
20068,6656,73877.8%2,890
20058,8486,41372.5%2,629
20048,4786,08571.8%2,519
20038,1125,66869.9%2,430
20027,7315,65673.2%2,351
20017,5335,36571.2%2,203

Applications and offers

010k20k30k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 8k Admitted: 5k2002 Applied: 8k Admitted: 6k2003 Applied: 8k Admitted: 6k2004 Applied: 8k Admitted: 6k2005 Applied: 9k Admitted: 6k2006 Applied: 9k Admitted: 7k2007 Applied: 9k Admitted: 7k2008 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2009 Applied: 10k Admitted: 8k2010 Applied: 11k Admitted: 8k2011 Applied: 11k Admitted: 8k2012 Applied: 12k Admitted: 9k2013 Applied: 14k Admitted: 9k2014 Applied: 16k Admitted: 10k2015 Applied: 16k Admitted: 10k2016 Applied: 18k Admitted: 11k2017 Applied: 17k Admitted: 11k2018 Applied: 17k Admitted: 12k2019 Applied: 22k Admitted: 14k2020 Applied: 20k Admitted: 16k2021 Applied: 20k Admitted: 16k2022 Applied: 21k Admitted: 17k2023 Applied: 23k Admitted: 18k2024 Applied: 24k Admitted: 19k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women13,46510,87580.8%
Men10,4088,13078.1%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
570 to 660 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
570 to 670
ACT composite
21 to 28

Colleges similar to UNC Charlotte

The six public four-year colleges closest to UNC Charlotte in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK		77%22,734$15,531$66,905
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN		80%31,855$17,330$74,314
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX		80%32,294$17,040$72,508
UC Riverside
Riverside, CA		76%22,593$12,672$72,974
University of Missouri, Columbia
Columbia, MO		78%23,929$21,142$69,958
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA		85%27,601$14,241$83,493

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by UNC Charlotte to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · UNC Charlotte on College Scorecard