UNC Minimum Admission Requirements

The Systemwide minimum admission requirements are guidelines to help future students and university administrators determine if applicants are ready to meet the challenges of a four-year degree program, or if they might benefit from additional preparatory work at a community college before transferring into the UNC System. As a mechanism for predicting student success, the UNC System’s minimum eligibility requirements consider three key measurements of students’ previous achievement: high school courses, high school grade point average (GPA), and test scores*.

*The UNC Board of Governors recently adopted a time-limited policy provision (through Fall 2025) that outlines the minimum eligibility requirements for admissions consideration.

To be eligible for review by any of the 16 UNC System universities, a student must:

• earn at least a 2.5 weighted high school GPA

OR

• score a minimum SAT of 1010 or ACT composite of 19

STANDARD TEST REQUIREMENT

On May 23, 2024, the UNC Board of Governors approved Policy 700.1.1 revising the test score requirements for admissions. Effective Fall 2025, students with a weighted GPA between 2.5 and less than 2.8 must submit SAT or ACT scores. Students with a weighted GPA of 2.8 or higher have the option to submit these scores.

Please note that, while these are the minimum requirements for consideration, they do not guarantee acceptance.