+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at University of North Carolina Wilmington rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($21.3k → $24.2k).
North Carolina · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina. 14,176 undergraduate students. 120 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of North Carolina Wilmington
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of North Carolina Wilmington fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.6% → 0.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. North Carolina
Each tile compares this institution to the North Carolina median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$54,967+17% · 6→10y
North Carolina median $36,030$46,972
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry70.7%+31% · '97→'24
North Carolina median 46.1%$15,178+218% · '97→'20
At program completion14,176+81% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS85.0%+3% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time74.0%+5% · '01→'24
latest cohort$7,317+208% · '00→'24
out-of-state $22,985SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.7%Median federal debt $15,178 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $54,967 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+31%
University of North Carolina Wilmington · completion · 150% rose
53.9% → 70.6%
+126%
University of North Carolina Wilmington · completion · 100% rose
24.9% → 56.4%
+81%
University of North Carolina Wilmington · undergrad enrollment rose
8,237 → 14,922
+208%
University of North Carolina Wilmington · in-state tuition rose
$2,360 → $7,277
+149%
University of North Carolina Wilmington · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,710 → $24,152
+218%
University of North Carolina Wilmington · median debt rose
$6,125 → $19,500
-100%
University of North Carolina Wilmington · cohort default rate fell
4.5% → 0.0%
+29%
University of North Carolina Wilmington · earnings_median_10yr rose
$42,600 → $54,967
+33%
University of North Carolina Wilmington · earnings_median_8yr rose
$38,400 → $51,021
+37%
University of North Carolina Wilmington · earnings_median_6yr rose
$34,400 → $46,972
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$125,190Fine and Studio Arts.$103,521Business Administration, Management and Operations.$103,337Business/Managerial Economics.$99,380Computer Science.$98,418Educational Administration and Supervision.$90,021Chemistry.$85,818Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$79,949Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.$76,435Psychology, General.$76,386Business Administration, Management and Operations.$75,102Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.$61,746Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.$61,204Chemistry.$61,124Education, General.$59,004Biology, General.$58,157Social Work.$57,858Political Science and Government.$56,406Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences.$56,245Public Administration.$55,828Mathematics.$54,638Communication and Media Studies.$53,772Public Health.$53,609Special Education and Teaching.$51,603
Showing top 24 of 47 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
47 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES · CIP 38
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$79,949Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$125,190Public Health.$53,609Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$45,975Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.$76,435
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of North Carolina Wilmington
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$750,347
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $18,377
- HS-only baseline · NC
- $35,600
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in North Carolina
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of North Carolina Wilmington graduates earn $X” — not “University of North Carolina Wilmington makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of North Carolina Wilmington caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.