by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
University of North Carolina at Pembroke was awarded 78 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, UNC Pembroke is ranked #1,636 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UNC Pembroke held the #1,702 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UNC Pembroke is also ranked #54 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.
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With an acceptance rate of 92%, University of North Carolina at Pembroke is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 7% of students accepted to UNC Pembroke submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 580. Math scores were between 430 and 560.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At University of North Carolina at Pembroke, this ratio is 15 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of North Carolina at Pembroke is 74%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 73% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of North Carolina at Pembroke enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 24% for first-time, full-time students at UNC Pembroke, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,436 undergraduates at UNC Pembroke with 4,945 being full-time and 1,491 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,412 | $9,817 | $12,263 | $14,915 | $15,119 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UNC Pembroke, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UNC Pembroke, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $5,275 a year. That adds up to $21,100 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UNC Pembroke is 10.2%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for UNC Pembroke are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One University Drive, Pembroke, NC 28372-1510 |
| Phone: | 910-521-6000 |
| Website: | https://www.uncp.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/uncpembroke |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/uncpembroke |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 159 | $33,883 |
| Sociology | 131 | $26,651 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 120 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 117 | $25,589 |
| General Biology | 110 | $27,360 |
| Nursing | 94 | $59,515 |
| Social Work | 76 | $29,018 |
| General Psychology | 66 | $22,475 |
| Business Administration & Management | 52 | $36,819 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 51 | $25,546 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 6,316 students took at least one online class at University of North Carolina at Pembroke. This is a decrease from the 7,474 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 6,316 | 3,815 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,474 | 3,600 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,608 | 2,288 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,683 | 1,728 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,861 | 1,202 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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