2023 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-Custodial Funds
- Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Position-Custodial Funds
- 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: Short-Term Debt
- Note 9: Long-Term Liabilities
- Note 10: Derivative Instruments
- Note 11: Leases and Subscription-Based Information Technology Arrangements
- Note 12: Net Position
- Note 13: Revenues
- Note 14: Operating Expenses by Function
- Note 15: Pension Plans
- Note 16: Other Postemployment Benefits
- Note 17: Risk Management
- Note 18: Commitments and Contingencies
- Note 19: Related Parties
- Note 20: Investment in Joint Ventures
- Note 21: Blended Component Units
- Note 22: Changes in Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Note 23: Net Position Restatement
- Note 24: Subsequent Event
Required Supplementary Information
- Required Supplementary Information Table of Contents
- Schedule of the Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability Cost-Sharing, Multiple Employer, Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Schedule of University Contributions Cost-Sharing, Multiple Employer, Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Notes to Required Supplementary Information-Defined Benefit Pension Plan
- Schedule of the Proportionate Net OPEB Liability (Asset) Cost-Sharing, Multiple Employer, Defined Benefit OPEB Plans
- Schedule of University Contributions Cost-Sharing, Multiple Employer, Defined 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