University of North Carolina Wilmington Student Population

How many students at UNCW? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 18,848 students have enrolled in University of North Carolina Wilmington with 15,254 undergraduate and 3,594 graduate students.

By gender, 6,598 male and 12,250 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (16,875 students on average - public Research University (high research activity)).

4,303 students are enrolled exclusively, and 8,428 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

University of North Carolina Wilmington has a total of 18,848 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 15,254 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,594 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,598 male and 12,250 female students (the male-female ratio is 35:65) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 14,242 White, 1,038 Black, and 427 Asian students out of a total of 18,848 are attending at University of North Carolina Wilmington. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of North Carolina Wilmington is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 41.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UNCW has 282 students under 18 years old and 20 students over 65 years old. There are 13,966 students under 25 years old, and 4,882 students over 25 years old out of 18,848 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 282 students are younger than 18 and 8 students are older than 65. UNCW has 13,144 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,110 students aged 25 and over.

It has 822 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,772 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of North Carolina Wilmington, 4,303 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,428 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,132 students who live in North Carolina or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 171 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 15,254 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,883 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 12.34%.1,510 students have transferred in as full-time status and 373 students transferred in as part-time status.