Enrollment Trends at UNCW

The student population at University of North Carolina Wilmington is 17,843 (14,294 undergraduate and 3,549 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,906 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UNCW is 80.11% which is increased by 1,847 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,059 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.95 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

4,619 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 319.15% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 16,369 where 17,843 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.11% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.89% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,847 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,059 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.95 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UNCW than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of North Carolina Wilmington since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13,937	12,447	4,982	7,465	1,490	448	1,042
2014-15	14,570 633	12,964 517	5,018 36	7,946 481	1,606 116	502 54	1,104 62
2015-16	14,918 348	13,235 271	5,100 82	8,135 189	1,683 77	508 6	1,175 71
2016-17	15,740 822	13,914 679	5,347 247	8,567 432	1,826 143	544 36	1,282 107
2017-18	16,487 747	14,502 588	5,485 138	9,017 450	1,985 159	545 1	1,440 158
2018-19	16,747 260	14,452 -50	5,450 -35	9,002 -15	2,295 310	651 106	1,644 204
2019-20	17,499 752	14,785 333	5,461 11	9,324 322	2,714 419	792 141	1,922 278
2020-21	17,915 416	14,650 -135	5,290 -171	9,360 36	3,265 551	960 168	2,305 383
2021-22	18,030 115	14,488 -162	5,071 -219	9,417 57	3,542 277	999 39	2,543 238
2022-23	17,843 -187	14,294 -194	5,055 -16	9,239 -178	3,549 7	987 -12	2,562 19
Average	16,369	13,973	5,226	8,747	2,396	694	1,702

University of North Carolina Wilmington Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 13,973 where 14,294 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of North Carolina Wilmington since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,447	11,408	4,566	6,842	1,039	416	623
2014-15	12,964	11,690	4,548	7,142	1,274	470	804
2015-16	13,235	11,635	4,622	7,013	1,600	478	1,122
2016-17	13,914	12,023	4,837	7,186	1,891	510	1,381
2017-18	14,502	12,346	4,943	7,403	2,156	542	1,614
2018-19	14,452	12,157	4,852	7,305	2,295	598	1,697
2019-20	14,785	12,480	4,857	7,623	2,305	604	1,701
2020-21	14,650	11,989	4,561	7,428	2,661	729	1,932
2021-22	14,488	11,849	4,418	7,431	2,639	653	1,986
2022-23	14,294	11,923	4,470	7,453	2,371	585	1,786
Average	13,973	13,973	4,667	7,283	13,973	559	1,465

University of North Carolina Wilmington Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,396 where 3,549 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of North Carolina Wilmington since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,490	593	170	423	897	278	619
2014-15	1,606	612	207	405	994	295	699
2015-16	1,683	657	218	439	1,026	290	736
2016-17	1,826	763	250	513	1,063	294	769
2017-18	1,985	854	262	592	1,131	283	848
2018-19	2,295	918	260	658	1,377	391	986
2019-20	2,714	1,047	305	742	1,667	487	1,180
2020-21	3,265	1,237	351	886	2,028	609	1,419
2021-22	3,542	1,285	363	922	2,257	636	1,621
2022-23	3,549	1,638	437	1,201	1,911	550	1,361
Average	2,396	2,396	282	678	2,396	411	1,024

University of North Carolina Wilmington Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.81%. The percentage was 80.45% 10 years ago and UNCW still has a high percentage of white students. 1.99% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.74% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of North Carolina Wilmington over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	72	256	714	837	26	11,212	371
2014-15	69	292	798	917	18	11,560	423
2015-16	84	321	831	955	14	11,637	475
2016-17	85	336	869	1,033	14	12,176	519
2017-18	82	298	858	1,085	17	12,812	572
2018-19	76	317	836	1,143	24	12,961	596
2019-20	77	349	857	1,228	25	13,579	657
2020-21	98	337	991	1,303	15	13,808	682
2021-22	90	347	1,046	1,282	12	13,707	667
2022-23	102	355	1,024	1,419	15	13,527	576
Average	84	321	882	1,120	18	12,698	554

University of North Carolina Wilmington Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,619 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 319.15% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of North Carolina Wilmington from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,570	1,102	2,511	10,957
2015-16	14,918	1,571	2,916	10,431
2016-17	15,740	2,051	4,373	9,316
2017-18	16,487	2,540	4,606	9,341
2018-19	16,747	3,040	4,793	8,914
2019-20	17,499	3,540	4,960	8,999
2020-21	17,915	6,269	10,763	883
2021-22	18,030	4,857	8,583	4,590
2022-23	17,843	4,619	7,783	5,441
Average	16,639	3,288	5,699	7,652

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