University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill vs Boston College

Chapel Hill, NC · Chestnut Hill, MA · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair NC:MA

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-PAR · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE NC × MA
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · In-State Tuition

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Boston College: average net price rose +20.6% from $33,070 (2013) to $39,866 (2023), r² 0.88.
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: net price ranged $12,352–$14,163 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -2.5% is not a trend (r² 0.23).
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: acceptance rate tightened -32.1% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.81).
  • Boston College: acceptance rate tightened -51.4% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.82).

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: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill vs Boston College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on in-state tuition ($8,994 vs $70,702 at Boston College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on avg net price ($11,655 vs $41,704 at Boston College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on out-of-state tuition ($41,203 vs $70,702 at Boston College)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Boston College?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on in-state tuition at $8,994 versus $70,702 at Boston College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Boston College?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on avg net price at $11,655 versus $41,704 at Boston College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Boston College?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on out-of-state tuition at $41,203 versus $70,702 at Boston College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); in-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025