University of North Carolina at Charlotte Business Programs

Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Rankings

UNC Charlotte holds the #11 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UNC Charlotte.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#5	Most Popular Entrepreneurial Studies Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#19	Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Most Popular International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#35	Most Popular Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#47	Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#48	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#73	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#74	Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#166	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UNC Charlotte has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#43	Best Value Colleges for International Business	College Factual
#62	Best Value Colleges for Economics	College Factual
#82	Best Value Colleges for Finance & Financial Management	College Factual
#168	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#215	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#215	Best General Business Administration and Management Schools	College Factual

Where Is University of North Carolina at Charlotte?

Contact details for UNC Charlotte are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
Phone:	704-687-2000
Website:	www.uncc.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/UNCCharlotte
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/UNCCharlotte

How Do I Get Into UNC Charlotte?

You can apply to UNC Charlotte online at: https://admissions.uncc.edu/admissions/apply-now

Admission Requirements for UNC Charlotte

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UNC Charlotte?

UNC Charlotte has an acceptance rate of 80%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 60% of students accepted to UNC Charlotte submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 640. Math scores were between 550 and 640.

UNC Charlotte received ACT scores from 57% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 26. Math scores were between 21 and 27. Composite scores were between 22 and 27.

Can I Afford University of North Carolina at Charlotte?

The overall average net price of UNC Charlotte is $30,517. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UNC Charlotte, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $7,602 a year. That adds up to $30,408 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UNC Charlotte is 4.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 24,175 undergraduate students at UNC Charlotte, with 21,104 being full-time and 3,071 being part-time.

There are also 5,971 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 21,104 full-time undergraduates at UNC Charlotte, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of North Carolina at Charlotte students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,850
Black or African American	3,368
Hispanic or Latino	2,510
White	11,466
International Students	453
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,457

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. At this time, 29 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 102 countries are represented at UNC Charlotte. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

In 2019-2020, 28,152 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UNC Charlotte has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 12th most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of UNC Charlotte

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of North Carolina at Charlotte was 93.1%. This is the #365 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UNC Charlotte regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Finance	361	0	0	0	361
General Business Administration and Management	155	0	127	23	305
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	214	0	0	0	214
Accounting	155	0	58	0	213
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	14	81	0	95
Operations Management	76	0	0	0	76
International Business/Trade/Commerce	56	0	0	0	56
Entrepreneurship	0	1	51	0	52
Management Science	50	0	0	0	50
Business Economics	40	0	0	0	40
General Economics	25	0	0	0	25
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	0	3	18	0	21
Real Estate	0	0	5	0	5
Business Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,132	18	340	23	1,513

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Stanton49 under License

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