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Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus vs University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Atlanta, GA · Chapel Hill, NC · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair GA:NC

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-PAR · NET-PAR · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE GA × NC
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-RACE · wide · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Both grew, one campus expanded much faster

ENROLL-RACE · wide · 2013–2023

Undergraduate headcount rose at both Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill across 2013–2023, with a wide pace gap, while acceptance rates tightened on both sides. Growth plus a shared selectivity squeeze is the board's distinctive shape.

  • Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus: enrollment grew +30.7% over 2013–2023; fitted +396 students/yr fitted, r² 0.90.
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: enrollment grew +15.0% over 2013–2023; fitted +266 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.
  • Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus: acceptance rate tightened -70.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.72).
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: acceptance rate tightened -32.1% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.81).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus vs University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($89,432 vs $57,057 at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
  2. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on median debt at graduation ($14,000 vs $21,672 at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($102,772 vs $72,200 at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?▼
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $89,432 versus $57,057 at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?▼
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on median debt at graduation at $14,000 versus $21,672 at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?▼
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $102,772 versus $72,200 at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025