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Acceptance Rate 65.45%
Yield 26.93%
SAT Score 1,245
ACT Score 25
Applicants 13,287

Applying To UNCW

For the academic year 2019-20, the acceptance rate is 65.45% at University of North Carolina Wilmington where a total of 13,287 students applied and 8,697 were accepted. The average SAT score of enrolled students is 1,245 and the average ACT score is 25. It requires six items and recommends 1 articles to submit to their applicants. The following table describes the general admission information for applying to University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Open Admission Policy✗
Undergraduate Application Fees$80
Graduate Application Fees$75
Admission Informationwww.uncw.edu/admissions/
Online Applicationwww.uncw.edu/admissions/apply.html
Acceptance Rate65%
Average Test Scores1,245 SAT / 25 ACT
Credits AcceptedDual Credits, Advanced placement (AP) Credits, Credit for Military Training

Acceptance Rate, Yield, and Headcounts

For the academic year 2019-2020, the acceptance rate is 65.45% where a total of 13,287 students (4,850 men and 8,437 women) have applied to UNCW and 8,697 (3,030 men and 5,667 women) students have been admitted to the school. Among them, 841 male and 1,501 female students have enrolled into UNCW and its yield, also known as enrollment rate is 26.93%. The following table shows the admission statistics including admission stats, acceptance rate, and yield.
Admission Statistics at UNCW
TotalMenWomen
Applicants13,2874,8508,437
Admitted8,6973,0305,667
Enrolled2,3428411,501
Acceptance Rate 65.45% 62.47% 67.17%
Yield (Enrollment Rate) 26.93% 27.76% 26.49%
[Chart] Acceptance Rate and Yield

Average SAT and ACT Scores

At UNCW, 1,085 applicants (46% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 1,464 applicants (63%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees. The average SAT score of those who submitted scores is 1,245 and the average ACT score is 25 at UNCW. SAT 75th percentile score is 1,320 and 25th percentile score is 1,170. For ACT scores, the 75th percentile score is 80 and the 25th percentile score is 64. The following table shows the detailed SAT and ACT scores distribution of enrolled students at UNCW.
Average SAT and ACT Scores at UNCW
25th Percentile75th Percentile
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing590660
SAT Math580660
ACT Composite2227
ACT Math2126
ACT English2127
[Chart] SAT Scores by Subject
[Chart] ACT Scores by Subject

Admission Requirements

University of North Carolina Wilmington requires 6 item(s) (High School GPA, High School Rank, High School Record (or Transcript), Recommendations, Admission Test Scores, TOEFL) and recommends 1 articles (Completion of College Preparatory Program) to submit to their applicants. The following table summarizes the application requirements at University of North Carolina Wilmington
Application Requirements for UNCW
High School GPA✔
High School Rank✔
High School Record (or Transcript)✔
Completion of College Preparatory Program✓
Recommendations✔
Formal Demonstration of Competencies✗
Admission Test Scores✔
TOEFL✔
Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)✗
✔ Required △ Considered (not Required) ✓ Recommended ✗ Neither Required nor Recommended

Calendar System and Accepted Credits

The calendar system at University of North Carolina Wilmington is Semester. University of North Carolina Wilmington accepts Dual Credits, Advanced placement (AP) Credits, Credit for Military Training. Next table describes credits that University of North Carolina Wilmington accepts.
Calendar SystemSemester
Dual Credits✔
Credits for Life Experiences✗
Advanced placement (AP) Credits✔
Credit for military training ✔

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