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Nursing at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Nursing at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what University of North Carolina at Wilmington has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNCW is located in Wilmington, North Carolina and has a total student population of 17,915.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

UNCW Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
  • Master’s Degree in Nursing

UNCW Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at UNCW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #201 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at UNCW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

UNCW Nursing Bachelor’s Program

92% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UNCW are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 15
Black or African American 80
Hispanic or Latino 53
White 590
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 40

UNCW Nursing Master’s Program

93% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UNCW, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 104
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 13

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 782
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 206
Nursing Practice 13

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Registered Nurses 102,500 $64,850
Medical and Health Services Managers 9,230 $117,650
Nurse Practitioners 4,760 $104,100
Nurse Anesthetists 3,050 $178,250
Nursing Instructors and Professors 2,170 $68,710

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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