unitid 199218 · Wilmington, NC · public 4-year · city (midsize)
University of North Carolina Wilmington
- enrollment 2023
- 20,742
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
64%
21st pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
14,922
81st pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
24%
undergrads on Pell grants
26th pctl among public 4-years
completion
71%
finish within 150% time
90th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$26,547
73rd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$20,109
after aid, aided students
91st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$54,967
after entry, Title IV students
62nd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$19,500
49th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,778 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k20%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k19%
- 110k+29%
- Median family income
- $52,650
- First-generation students
- 26%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,277
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.8× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 789 | $79,949 | $22,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 729 | $75,102 | $21,500 |
| Psychology, General. | 261 | $46,831 | $23,250 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 242 | $103,337 | — |
| Biology, General. | 184 | $58,157 | $22,125 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 175 | $53,772 | $21,500 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 165 | $45,632 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 143 | $45,395 | $20,130 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 141 | $125,190 | — |
| Criminology. | 122 | $48,855 | $22,915 |
| Public Health. | 119 | $53,609 | $23,500 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 114 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
nearest neighbors in sector
Compare with peers
built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.