Students
Who's on campus
A medium campus of 14,922 undergrads, where 24% receive Pell Grants, a low share compared to other colleges.
Race & ethnicity
Diversity index0.37
Economic access
Campus size
11% of undergraduates take every course online, and another 53% take some
Where first-years come from
2,754 first-time students
11% came from other states and 0.7% from abroad; 87% are from North Carolina. Fewer from other states than at 70% of colleges.
- In-state (North Carolina)87%
- Other states11%
- Abroad0.7%
- Not reported0.7%
Top home states
- North Carolina(home state)87% 2,402
- Virginia1.8% 50
- Maryland1.7% 47
- Pennsylvania1.4% 39
- New Jersey1.3% 37
From 38 states (counting DC).
Students starting college for the first time, by where they lived when admitted. Colleges report it every other fall.
Transfers in and out
Transferring in, fall 2024
1,883
new transfer students, 41% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 73% of colleges.
1,510 full-time, 373 part-time.
Going on to another college
19%
of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 930 students).
Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.
Who they are
13% of undergrads study part-time.
63% women
Another gender: Not collected by this college.
Degree-seeking undergraduates. Men and women add up to 100% because federal data has colleges count each student of another or unknown gender as a man or a woman.
Campus life
Housing, sports, faith, Greek life, and LGBTQ+ life
Housing for 5,173 students.
Housing
Beds
5,173
About 35 for every 100 undergrads (median college: 59). Can include graduate housing.
First-years
Not required to live on campus
Many colleges still expect it, with exceptions such as for local students.
Meal plans
Offered
Athletics & programs
Athletics
NCAA Division I · Colonial Athletic Association
Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays basketball, baseball, cross country/track (no football).
How the Colonial Athletic Association comparesROTC
Not listed
Study abroad
Offered
Undergraduate research
Not listed
Calendar
Semesters
Student services
- Academic and career counseling
- Help finding a job while enrolled
- Job placement after graduating
- 13% of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office
Religious life
Affiliation
No religious affiliation
Campus ministries
Listed among campus activities
Faith communities · 1
Greek life
On the national organizations' own chapter lists.
Among first-years: 0.0% of men, 0.0% of women.
- Fraternity and sorority housing
Councils and chapters
3listedPanhellenic sororities (NPC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
2listedInterfraternity (NIC and IFC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
Mu-Zeta
Gamma Theta
LGBTQ+ life
Support on campus
Founded 2010
Policies
- Nondiscrimination policy covers gender identity or expression
- Chosen name and pronouns on campus records
Listed by Trans Policy Clearinghouse, read October 2026; not confirmed by the college.
State law for public colleges
North Carolina public universities and community colleges may not keep offices named diversity, equity, and inclusion or promoting different treatment by federally protected class; the law doesn't name sexual orientation or gender identity.
N.C. Gen. Stat. §§116-415 to 116-417 (North Carolina SB 558 (2026)), in effect since June 24, 2026. Lists can lag changes on campus, so a center listed above may have changed since the list was read.
Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024
Not collected by this college.
Gender unknown: 31
Colleges record gender so differently that these counts can't be compared between colleges.
Sources:College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part A, enrollment by level), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;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 Admissions survey, Fall 2024;State laws on public colleges, In effect since June 24, 2026About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)