Student Population by Gender

University of North Carolina Wilmington has a total of 17,843 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 14,294 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,549 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 6,042 male and 11,801 female students (the male-female ratio is 34:66) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total17,84314,2943,549
Men6,0425,055987
Women11,8019,2392,562
University of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 13,527 White, 1,024 Black, and 355 Asian students out of a total of 17,843 are attending at University of North Carolina Wilmington. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
University of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1022973
Asian355121234
Black1,024291733
Hispanic1,419480939
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1569
White13,5274,5818,946
Two or more races576202374
Race Unknown438160278
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American621646
Asian27489185
Black630212418
Hispanic1,180419761
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1468
White11,1223,9017,221
Two or more races483169314
Race Unknown236108128
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American826
Asian331221
Black1083474
Hispanic16261101
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders211
White1,308452856
Two or more races351025
Race Unknown532

Student Age Distribution

By age, UNCW has 245 students under 18 years old and 18 students over 65 years old. There are 12,705 students under 25 years old, and 5,138 students over 25 years old out of 17,843 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 245 students are younger than 18 and 8 students are older than 65. UNCW has 11,926 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,368 students aged 25 and over.
It has 779 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,770 students aged 25 and over.
University of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Student Population by Age chartUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1824517471
18-194,8253,1871,638
20-214,9653,0831,882
22-242,6701,6031,067
25-291,8211,271550
30-341,020735285
35-39764559205
40-491,063831232
50-64452345107
Over 6518135
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1824517471
18-194,8243,1871,637
20-214,8913,0291,862
22-241,9661,101865
25-29982657325
30-34480357123
35-3932724978
40-4940133962
50-6417014030
Over 65862
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of North Carolina Wilmington, 4,619 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,783 students are enrolled in some online courses.
4,475 students lived in North Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 144 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
University of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Online Student Population chart
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students17,8434,6197,783
Undergraduate14,2942,0227,582
Graduate3,5492,597201
Online Student Population by Locality
North Carolina ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students4,47512816
Undergraduate1,980411
Graduate2,4958715

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 14,294 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,701 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.90%.1,297 students have transferred in as full-time status and 404 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time10,626
Transfer-in Full-time1,297
Regular Part-time1,967
Transfer-in Part-time404
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