2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report
The Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) is prepared each fall by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and provides accountability and transparency to the people of North Carolina and beyond by reporting accurate and obtainable information within the context of the overall mission and goals of the University. The report contains the audited proprietary financial statements of the University, as well as those for the University’s fiduciary funds and component units. The report includes these highlights: information from and about UNC-Chapel Hill’s leadership, UNC-Chapel Hill’s major progress and initiatives, an independent auditor’s report as well as financial management’s discussion and analysis.
Additional features include: various financial disclosures reviewing investments, debts, revenues and expenses, supplementary information on the University’s retirement plans, and finally, a statistical section detailing financial trends, revenue and debt capacity/ratios, demographic information and operating information.
This online version of the report contains a downloadable PDF of the full report, as well as this interactive web edition that can be accessed by clicking on any link of interest on the tabs below, which will take you directly to the page of information in the report.
We hope you find the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report both informative and useful.
Overview
Financial Statements
- Statement of Net Position-Proprietary Funds
- Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Position-Proprietary Funds
- Statement of Cash Flows-Proprietary Funds
- Statement of Fiduciary Net Position
- Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Position
- Statement of Financial Position for Component Units of the University
- Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets for Component Units of the University
- Note 1: Significant Accounting Policies
- Note 2: Deposits and Investments
- Note 3: Fair Value Measurements
- Note 4: Endowment Investments
- Note 5: Receivables
- Note 6: Capital Assets
- Note 7: Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
- Note 8: Reverse Repurchase Agreements
- Note 9: Short-Term Debt
- Note 10: Long-Term Liabilities
- Note 11: Derivative Instruments
- Note 12: Lease Obligations
- Note 13: Net Position
- Note 14: Revenues
- Note 15: Operating Expenses by Function
- Note 16: Pension Plans
- Note 17: Other Postemployment Benefits
- Note 18: Risk Management
- Note 19: Commitments and Contingencies
- Note 20:The Coronavirus Pandemic Emergency
- Note 21: Related Parties
- Note 22: Investment in Joint Ventures
- Note 23: Blended Component Units
- Note 24: Changes in Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Note 25: Net Position Restatement
- Note 26: Subsequent Events
Required Supplementary Information
- Required Supplementary Information Table of Contents
- Schedule of the Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability Cost-Sharing, Multiple Employer, Definied Benefit Pension Plan
- Schedule of University Contributions Cost-Sharing, Multiple Employer, Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Notes to Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Schedule of the Proportionate Share Net OPEB Liability (Asset) Cost-Sharing, Multiple Employer, Definied Benefit OPEB Plans
- Notes to Defined Benefit OPEB Plans
Demographic and Economic Information
- Annual Undergraduate Educational Costs Per Student
- Admissions, Enrollment, and Degrees Earned
- First Year Students Applied, Accepted and Enrolled
- Headcount Total
- Degrees Earned
- Demographic Data
- Principal Employers