University of North Carolina Wilmington: Outcomes

How much do University of North Carolina Wilmington graduates earn?

The reported median is $61,925 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $65,610 as its benchmark; the difference is -$3,685 per year.

Mobility is the stronger at University of North Carolina Wilmington, but return is less favorable: Azimuth places its return pillar in the 43rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $9,958 less than expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sits in the 19th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $9,952.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $19,910. Median earnings are $61,925 four years after completion.

Azimuth puts that earnings figure in the 57th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610; its earnings are $3,685 below it. Both measures point below their reference points.

Program choice marks a wide modeled earnings span at University of North Carolina Wilmington, from the downside scenario of $44,314 to the upside scenario of $86,065. These scenarios are modeled from the program mix rather than observed graduate groups.

Among higher-earning fields, median earnings four years after completion are $88,219 in Computer Science, $86,654 in Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, and $71,964 in Computer and Information Sciences. Those field-level figures show how outcomes can differ across the modeled range.

Further study matters when reading four-year earnings. An estimated 29.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

Four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, so graduates continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $61,925
Rank for difference from expectations: 19th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

University of North Carolina Wilmington reported median: $61,925
Peer schools comparable schools · $3,685 above University of North Carolina Wilmington: $65,610
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $9,958 above University of North Carolina Wilmington: $71,883

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $44,314
Median · reported: $61,925
Higher estimate: $86,065

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do University of North Carolina Wilmington graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

University of North Carolina Wilmington graduates’ reported earnings are $9,958 below that expectation, the 19th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending University of North Carolina Wilmington caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at University of North Carolina Wilmington report the highest earnings?

At University of North Carolina Wilmington, program choice spans markedly different earnings levels four years after completion. Nursing had median earnings of $86,606 and 739 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #105 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Computer Science recorded $88,219 with 86 degrees awarded, and Azimuth ranks it #146 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Business Administration and Management reported $75,512 across 666 degrees awarded and holds an Azimuth rank of #66 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Psychology sits at a more moderate $49,609, with 208 degrees awarded and an Azimuth national field rank of #202 among nonprofit four-year institutions. The higher-earning and more moderate fields make the return picture depend heavily on field selection.

University of North Carolina Wilmington has 28 nationally ranked bachelor's programs, with 32 fields reporting earnings data. The strongest rankings sit in health and the sciences, while the largest programs are concentrated in nursing and business.

Nursing is the largest program with published earnings, awarding 739 degrees a year. Graduates earn a median of $86,606 four years after completion, and Azimuth ranks the program #105 nationally and #1 in North Carolina.

The highest-earning program is Computer Science, at $88,219, with 86 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #146 nationally and #9 in North Carolina. Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences holds the best national rank at #2, with earnings of $86,654 from 52 degrees a year.

Further analysis

Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix put the downside at $44,314, the typical outcome at $61,925, and the upside at $86,065. Computer Science is the highest-earning listed program at $88,219 four years after completion; among the largest programs with published earnings, Psychology is lowest at $49,609. The spread shows variation by field.

Among federally aided completers from University of North Carolina Wilmington who are working and not enrolled, median earnings four years after completion are $61,925. That is $3,685 below the median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

The figure comes from 3,933 completers and falls at the 57th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $9,958 less than the model expects for similar students.

Azimuth places that gap in the 19th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix span from $44,314 on the downside to $86,065 on the upside, with $61,925 as the typical figure.

An estimated 29.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.