Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Business Administration and Management, General (20% of graduates). 17 students for every faculty member, more than at 78% of colleges. 72% of faculty are full-time. Spends $10,765 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
3,879 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 56% of graduates; 52 programs in 20 fields awarded at least one.
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.020120% 776Graduates in this field earn $75,512 4 years out
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380119% 740Graduates in this field earn $86,606 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.01017.6% 293Graduates in this field earn $49,609 4 years out
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric 09.01014.6% 177Graduates in this field earn $54,315 4 years out
- Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.01014.5% 174Graduates in this field earn $60,750 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Health professions, 10% → 24% of graduates since 2014–15 (943 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Computer Science$88,219 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $66,977
4 years after completion$88,219National median: $107,009Below typical4 years out, Pell: $82,484 · Non-Pell: $78,859(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $23,980 · 182 graduates, two most recent years combined
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other$86,654 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $56,924
4 years after completion$86,654National median: $68,245Above typical4 years out, Pell: $64,734 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $23,421 · 97 graduates, two most recent years combined
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$86,606 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $74,463
4 years after completion$86,606National median: $88,910About typical4 years out, Pell: $68,952 · Non-Pell: $73,452(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $15,128 · 1,528 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$75,512 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $48,369
4 years after completion$75,512National median: $68,257Above typical4 years out, Pell: $60,785 · Non-Pell: $68,618(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $19,555 · 1,395 graduates, two most recent years combined
Computer and Information Sciences, General$71,964 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $54,105
4 years after completion$71,964National median: $92,374Below typicalMedian federal debt: $26,000 · 71 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
The college also reports 18 to 1 in its Common Data Set (17,084 students, 973 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
33%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 10% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 149 | 8% |
| 10–19 | 439 | 25% |
| 20–29 | 641 | 36% |
| 30–39 | 262 | 15% |
| 40–49 | 119 | 7% |
| 50–99 | 125 | 7% |
| 100+ | 49 | 3% |
This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.
Programs & curriculum
- Accelerated program
- Distance learning
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- English as a Second Language
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Teacher certification
- Study abroad
Requires coursework in arts, computer literacy, English composition, a foreign language, history, physical education, humanities, intensive writing, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.
$90,363
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other public colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable. Many public universities' endowments sit mostly in a separate foundation this survey doesn't count, so this likely understates what's actually available.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;University of North Carolina Wilmington Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;University of North Carolina Wilmington Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)