University of Notre Dame vs University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Notre Dame, IN · Chapel Hill, NC · largest Scorecard gap: in-state tuition

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Pair IN:NC

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

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE IN × NC
  • 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 Notre Dame and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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.
  • University of Notre Dame: enrollment grew +5.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +61 students/yr fitted, r² 0.89.
  • University of Notre Dame: acceptance rate tightened -44.5% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.87).
  • 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

Largest gaps: University of Notre Dame vs University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  1. IN-STATE-TUITION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on in-state tuition ($8,994 vs $65,025 at University of Notre Dame)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on avg net price ($11,655 vs $26,780 at University of Notre Dame)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on out-of-state tuition ($41,203 vs $65,025 at University of Notre Dame)

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In-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On in-state tuition, who leads between University of Notre Dame and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on in-state tuition at $8,994 versus $65,025 at University of Notre Dame. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between University of Notre Dame and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on avg net price at $11,655 versus $26,780 at University of Notre Dame. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between University of Notre Dame and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads on out-of-state tuition at $41,203 versus $65,025 at University of Notre Dame. 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