University of North Carolina Wilmington Student Population and Demographics

UNCW Student Population

There are 17,843 students including 14,294 undergraduate and 3,549 graduate students at University of North Carolina Wilmington for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 13,561 full-time and 4,282 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,042 male and 11,801 female students. University of North Carolina Wilmington is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,619 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of North Carolina Wilmington has a total enrollment of 17,843 with a gender distribution of 33.86% male (6,042 students) and 66.14% female (11,801 students). There are 5,055 male and 9,239 female students in undergraduate school and 987 male and 2,562 female students are attending graduate school at University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Student Population By Gender
University of North Carolina Wilmington
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,843	6,042	11,801
Undergraduate	14,294	5,055	9,239
Graduate	3,549	987	2,562
Full-time	13,561	4,907	8,654
Part-time	4,282	1,135	3,147

[Chart] University of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of North Carolina Wilmington has 13,561 full-time and 4,282 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 11,923 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,371 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,638 students are full-time and 1,911 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of North Carolina Wilmington
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	17,843	13,561	4,282
Undergraduate	14,294	11,923	2,371
Graduate	3,549	1,638	1,911
Men	6,042	4,907	1,135
Women	11,801	8,654	3,147

[Chart] University of North Carolina Wilmington Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of North Carolina Wilmington, 4,619 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,783 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 17,843 students. In undergraduate schools, 9,604 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,798 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of North Carolina Wilmington
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,843	14,294	3,549
Online Exclusively	4,619	2,022	2,597
In Some Online Classes	7,783	7,582	201
Not In Online Classes	5,441	4,690	751

[Chart] University of North Carolina Wilmington Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of North Carolina Wilmington. There are 102 American Indian/Native American, 13,527 White, 1,024 Black/African American, 355 Asian, 1,419 Hispanic, 15 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 362 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of North Carolina Wilmington
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,843	6,042	11,801
American Indian/Native American	102	29	73
Asian	355	121	234
Black/African American	1,024	291	733
Hispanic	1,419	480	939
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	6	9
White	13,527	4,581	8,946
Two More	576	202	374
Race Un-Known	438	160	278

[Chart] University of North Carolina WilmingtonRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Age Distribution
University of North Carolina Wilmington
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,843	14,294	3,549
Under 18	245	245	0
Age 18-19	4,825	4,824	1
Age 20-21	4,965	4,891	74
Age 22-24	2,670	1,966	704
Age 25-29	1,821	982	839
Age 30-34	1,020	480	540
Age 35-39	764	327	437
Age 40-49	1,063	401	662
Age 50-64	452	170	282
Over 64	18	8	10
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of North Carolina Wilmington 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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