University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill vs Dartmouth College

Chapel Hill, NC · Hanover, NH · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair NC:NH

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE NC × NH
  • 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 ENROLL-RACE · single · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Both enrollments grew, different paces

ENROLL-RACE · single · 2013–2023

Undergraduate headcount rose at both University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Dartmouth College across 2013–2023 on similar paces, while acceptance rates tightened on both sides, a growth-under-squeeze pattern rather than a pure size race.

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: enrollment grew +15.0% over 2013–2023; fitted +266 students/yr fitted, r² 0.96.
  • Dartmouth College: enrollment grew +5.1% over 2013–2023; fitted +26 students/yr fitted, r² 0.49.
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: acceptance rate tightened -32.1% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.81).
  • Dartmouth College: acceptance rate tightened -36.3% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.78).

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 Dartmouth College

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on in-state tuition ($8,994 vs $68,268 at Dartmouth College)
  2. ACCEPTANCE-RATE Dartmouth College leads on acceptance rate (5.4% vs 15.3% at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
  3. AVG-NET-PRICE University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on avg net price ($11,655 vs $29,519 at Dartmouth 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 Dartmouth College?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on in-state tuition at $8,994 versus $68,268 at Dartmouth College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On acceptance rate, who leads between University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Dartmouth College?
Dartmouth College leads on acceptance rate at 5.4% versus 15.3% at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Dartmouth College?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on avg net price at $11,655 versus $29,519 at Dartmouth 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