University of North Carolina at Wilmington Nursing Programs

University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a public institution situated in Wilmington, North Carolina. Wilmington is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is University of North Carolina at Wilmington?

Contact details for UNCW are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5963
Phone:	910-962-3000
Website:	www.uncw.edu

How Do I Get Into UNCW?

You can apply to UNCW online at: www.uncw.edu/admissions/apply.html

Admission Requirements for UNCW

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UNCW?

UNCW has an acceptance rate of 68%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 61%, and the acceptance rate for women is 72%.

Average Test Scores

About 8% of students accepted to UNCW submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 670. Math scores were between 600 and 660.

UNCW received ACT scores from 19% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 28. Math scores were between 24 and 27. Composite scores were between 24 and 28.

Can I Afford University of North Carolina at Wilmington?

The overall average net price of UNCW is $32,565. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UNCW, approximately 49% of students took out student loans averaging $7,895 a year. That adds up to $31,580 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UNCW is 1.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of North Carolina at Wilmington Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 14,488 undergraduate students at UNCW, with 11,849 being full-time and 2,639 being part-time.

There are also 3,542 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 11,849 full-time undergraduates at UNCW, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of North Carolina at Wilmington students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	208
Black or African American	462
Hispanic or Latino	903
White	9,236
International Students	242
Other Races/Ethnicities	798

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at University of North Carolina at Wilmington. At this time, 35 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 48 countries are represented at UNCW. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, China, and India.

Online Learning at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

There are 27 bachelor’s degree and 48 master’s degree programs available online at UNCW. In 2020-2021, 13,440 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UNCW has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 17th most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of UNCW

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of North Carolina at Wilmington was 34.3%. This is the #535 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UNCW regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.