Registered Nursing at University of North Carolina at Wilmington
If you are interested in studying registered nursing, you may want to check out the program at University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.UNCW is located in Wilmington, North Carolina and approximately 17,915 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,057 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2021, 782 of them were registered nursing majors.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Registered Nursing section at the bottom of this page.
UNCW Registered Nursing Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing
UNCW Registered Nursing Rankings
The following rankings from College Factual show how the registered nursing progam at UNCW compares to programs at other colleges and universities.
Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.
Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings
The registered nursing major at UNCW is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Registered 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.
Ranking Type | Rank |
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Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 13 |
Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools | 25 |
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 217 |
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 312 |
Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 316 |
Best Registered Nursing Schools | 443 |
Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools | 472 |
527 | |
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools | 1,006 |
1,131 |
Registered Nursing Student Demographics at UNCW
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the registered nursing majors at University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
UNCW Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in registered 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 registered nursing.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 20 |
Black or African American | 61 |
Hispanic or Latino | 40 |
White | 606 |
International Students | 12 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 43 |
UNCW also has a doctoral program available in registered nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
Related Majors
Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into
A degree in registered 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 |
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.