Hill Hall on the UNC campus
The University of North Carolina
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- The University of North Carolina was the first public university in the United States to open its doors (1795) and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century.
- In keeping with the state's longstanding tradition, UNC's in-state tuition rates are among the lowest in the nation.
- The 16 campuses of the University--located across N.C.--have a combined enrollment of more than 183,000 students. Enrollment is expected to top 235,000 by 2012.
- UNC campuses collectively offer degrees in more than 300 disciplines. They confer more than three-fourths of North Carolina's baccelaureate degrees in high-need areas such as education, social work, engineering, nursing.
- UNC programs include an array of distinguished liberal-arts programs, two medical schools and one teaching hospital, two law schools, a veterinary school, a school of pharmacy, ten nursing programs, 15 schools of education, three schools of engineering, and a specialized school for performing artists.