University of
North Carolina at Greensboro
Public Research University in Greensboro, NC. Six-year graduation rate 56%. Median 10-year earnings $48,160.
Students who entered University of North Carolina at Greensboro land at a median of $48,160 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 56%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $22,858, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 89% of applicants are accepted. 12,948 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. 21% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. 2% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 590–685 | 48 (2%) |
| SAT Math | 560–670 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–27 | 232 (10%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 56%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 79% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Transfer-out runs to 27% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 24% return, against 79% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 13,848 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $11,404 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $7,305 while those at $110k+ pay $19,580. About 71% get grants averaging $9,313, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 47% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 2,580 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $7,305 |
| $30–48k | $8,082 |
| $48–75k | $11,605 |
| $75–110k | $16,979 |
| $110k+ | $19,580 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 6,476 of these 13,848 students, totalling $42,453,013 — an average of $6,555 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Guilford County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)