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University of North Carolina Wilmington

NC · Public · South · National university · 15,784 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate64.7%
Early roundNot reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS
Regular round†Not reported by roundEarly-round counts not in the CDS

† Not reported by round: this school publishes an overall admit rate but not applicant and admit counts for each round, so early and regular rates can’t be shown.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%35%70%'19'20'21'22'23'24'2565.5%68.0%68.0%64.2%64.7%no datano data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action (Nov. 1), non-binding · School admissions page ↗What this means:

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Required for someRequired if weighted GPA is below 2.80School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Required for some for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

School’s words: “Test scores can be self-reported on the application or sent in unofficially to our office.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡19.5%SAT 6.9% + ACT 12.6%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT6.9%
216 students
Submitted ACT12.6%
391 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1240–1350 median 1301
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
630–690 median 660
500800
SAT Math
610–680 median 640
500800
ACT composite
24–29 median 26
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24'25100%100%26.1%17.0%19.5%46.3%40.7%7.6%5.0%6.9%62.5%61.3%18.5%12.0%12.6%no datano data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160014001200'19'20'21'22'23'24'251190–1300130011901160–1310131011601220–132013201220no datano data1230–1340134012301240–135013501240

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'24'2522–27272223–27272324–282824no datano data24–29292424–292924

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2021: 62%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Not reported2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Required for some2024-25 CDS
  3. No CDS found CDS not available2023-24 CDS
  4. No CDS found CDS not available2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Not reported2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Not reported2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDS

Sources