North Carolina Carolina at Chapel Hill). More than 200 years later, the University of North Carolina system encompasses 17 public universities including North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, East Carolina University, Western Carolina University, Winston-Salem State University, the University of North Carolina at Asheville, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, UNC Wilmington, Elizabeth City State University, Appalachian State University, Fayetteville State University, and UNC School of the Arts, and . Along with
University of North Carolina at Charlotte amount of sunlight, and cantilevered multi-story blocks which provide shade and give the building a distinctive look resembling a stack of books. Approximately 28,721 students were enrolled in the University in the fall of 2016 (23,404 undergraduate), 47 percent are male and 53 percent are female. Students hail from 97 of North Carolina's 100 counties, 45 states, and 103 countries. UNC Charlotte is classified as a doctoral research university by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. UNC Charlotte was ranked the 38th top college in the United States by the Social Mobility Index college rankings. The 2013 edition