UNC Chapel Hill vs other locations

EconPop
Sun, 03 Nov 2019 22:25:34 +0000

threegirlpileup:

I think people often assume that UNC-CH is the best and the other schools are sub-par. While it is true that UNC-CH is the hardest to get into academically, it depends on what your kid is planning to study. Engineering? Textile Arts? NC State. Performing Arts? UNC-Greensboro. People are often surprised that my prospective dance major is not applying to UNC-CH until I tell them that UNC-CH doesn’t offer a dance major, much less a BFA!

And to piggyback on this …

UNC-Charlotte is an up-and-comer with the benefit of being in the banking center of Charlotte. That gives business/finance/accounting majors an edge with plenty of internship opportunities and post-graduation first jobs.

UNC-Asheville is a public LAC with a small enrollment of approximately 3300 undergraduates. The city of Asheville is the perfect environment for a LAC, with 90K people in a mountainous area with plenty of outdoor activities and an eclectic cool downtown.

UNC-Wilmington is the beach college, with a great marine science specialty. And downtown Wilmington is a nice place to hang out.

There are several HBCUs under the UNC umbrella, NCA&T (with a good engineering school, and a business school with the distinction of producing almost the most black CPA in the country,) NCCU, Winston-Salem State, Fayetteville State, and Elizabeth City State.

There are a lot of special differentiators with many of the UNC schools.