Student Population at University of North Carolina Wilmington

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
17,843	14,294	3,549

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 17,843 students have enrolled in University of North Carolina Wilmington with 14,294 undergraduate and 3,549 graduate students.

By gender, 6,042 male and 11,801 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

4,619 students are enrolled exclusively, and 7,783 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

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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
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,843	14,294	3,549
Men	6,042	5,055	987
Women	11,801	9,239	2,562

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).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	102	29	73
Asian	355	121	234
Black	1,024	291	733
Hispanic	1,419	480	939
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	15	6	9
White	13,527	4,581	8,946
Two or more races	576	202	374
Race Unknown	438	160	278

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	62	16	46
Asian	274	89	185
Black	630	212	418
Hispanic	1,180	419	761
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	14	6	8
White	11,122	3,901	7,221
Two or more races	483	169	314
Race Unknown	236	108	128

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	40	13	27
Asian	81	32	49
Black	394	79	315
Hispanic	239	61	178
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	2,405	680	1,725
Two or more races	93	33	60
Race Unknown	202	52	150

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.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	245	174	71
18-19	4,825	3,187	1,638
20-21	4,965	3,083	1,882
22-24	2,670	1,603	1,067
25-29	1,821	1,271	550
30-34	1,020	735	285
35-39	764	559	205
40-49	1,063	831	232
50-64	452	345	107
Over 65	18	13	5

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	245	174	71
18-19	4,824	3,187	1,637
20-21	4,891	3,029	1,862
22-24	1,966	1,101	865
25-29	982	657	325
30-34	480	357	123
35-39	327	249	78
40-49	401	339	62
50-64	170	140	30
Over 65	8	6	2

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

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.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	17,843	4,619	7,783
Undergraduate	14,294	2,022	7,582
Graduate	3,549	2,597	201

Online Student Population by Locality
	North Carolina Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	4,475	128	16
Undergraduate	1,980	41	1
Graduate	2,495	87	15

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-time	10,626
Transfer-in Full-time	1,297
Regular Part-time	1,967
Transfer-in Part-time	404

Student Population at University of North Carolina Wilmington

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