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