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University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a public institution located in Wilmington, North Carolina. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

1,341 Master's Degrees
34 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is University of North Carolina at Wilmington?

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Contact details for UNCW are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5963
Phone: 910-962-3000
Website: www.uncw.edu

University of North Carolina at Wilmington Graduate Student Diversity

3,542 Graduate Students
72% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,542 graduate students at UNCW, 28% are male and 72% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of North Carolina at Wilmington graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 73
Black or African American 372
Hispanic or Latino 181
White 2,513
International Students 78
Other Races/Ethnicities 325

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at University of North Carolina at Wilmington. At this time, 35 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 48 countries are represented at UNCW. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, China, and India.

Online Learning at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

4,619 Took All Classes Online
12,402 Took At Least One Class Online
There are 27 bachelor’s degree and 48 master’s degree programs available online at UNCW. In 2022-2023, 12,402 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UNCW has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 5th most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UNCW majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Business, Management & Marketing 4%
Communication & Journalism 14%
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 9%
History 5%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 7%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 4%
Public Administration & Social Service 1%

University of North Carolina at Wilmington Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 259 0 259
Nursing 8 233 15 256
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 93 0 93
Teacher Education Grade Specific 2 88 0 90
Social Work 0 83 0 83
Accounting 0 61 0 61
General Education 4 53 0 57
Public Relations & Advertising 0 51 0 51
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 50 0 50
Educational Administration 18 11 12 41
Other Health Professions 12 26 0 38
General Psychology 0 32 2 34
Instructional Media Design 10 21 0 31
Writing Studies 0 27 0 27
Finance & Financial Management 0 25 0 25
Chemistry 0 25 0 25
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 21 0 21
Public Administration 0 21 0 21
Computer Software & Applications 0 20 0 20
History 0 18 0 18
Natural Resources Conservation 0 16 0 16
Gerontology 0 14 0 14
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution 0 14 0 14
Security Science and Technology 14 0 0 14
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 8 2 10
General English Literature 0 10 0 10
Geography & Cartography 10 0 0 10
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 9 0 9
Allied Health Professions 0 8 0 8
Computer Information Systems 0 7 0 7
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 7 0 7
Curriculum & Instruction 0 6 0 6
Romance Languages 0 6 0 6
Sociology 0 6 0 6
Mathematics 0 5 0 5
General Biology 0 4 0 4
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 0 3 3
Natural Resource Management 0 3 0 3
Community Organization & Advocacy 2 0 0 2
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 0 0
Computer Science 0 0 0 0
Information Technology 0 0 0 0
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 0
Multilingual Education 0 0 0 0
Special Education 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 0 0
Other Engineering 0 0 0 0
Ethnic Studies 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 0 0
Public Health 0 0 0 0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0
Statistics 0 0 0 0
International Studies 0 0 0 0
Marine Science 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Health & Physical Education 0 0 0 0
Recreation Administration 0 0 0 0
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 0 0 0 0
Physics 0 0 0 0
Anthropology 0 0 0 0
Criminology 0 0 0 0
Economics 0 0 0 0
Political Science & Government 0 0 0 0
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 0
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 0 0
Music 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 80 1,341 34 1,455

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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