of the University of North Carolina, when it became one of the three charter institutions of the Consolidated University of North Carolina; it changed again to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro when men were first admitted to the school in 1963.
== Recognition and rankings ==
In 2023, Forbes magazine's "America's Top Colleges" ranked UNC Greensboro 485th out of 650 universities, liberal arts colleges, and service academies nationwide, 216th among public universities, and 108th among schools in the South.
In 2023, Money magazine ranked UNC Greensboro as one of “America’s Best Colleges.”
In its 2022 rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked UNC Greensboro tied for 219th in “National Universities,” tied 112th in the ranking of "Top Public Schools," and 214th in “Best Value Schools.”
In its 2021 rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked UNC Greensboro tied for 258th out of 389 national universities, tied for 126th in its ranking of 209 "Top Public Schools", and 23rd out of 389 universities in "Top …