Study Abroad

Yes, IELTS is considered an acceptable test score for admissions at UNC Wilmington. The language test score requirements are applicable to international students who have not pursued their education from an institute with first language being English or do not satisfy the minimum SAT or ACT score requirement.

UNCW also accepts TOEFL, Duolingo, Pearson & iTEP Academic as valid test scores.

The test score requirements for PG student vary with courses, for UG students, these are listed below:

The University of North Carolina Wilmington application fee for international UG students is USD 80 (INR 6.8 K). The application fee is non-refundable, & is to be paid as part of the application process.

Students cannot proceed with their application submission, without the payment of the same.

A comparison of University of Southern California with Arizona State University over the years for the Financial Times MBA rankings is given below.

UNC Wilmington attains a global university rank #763 as per Global University Rankings, rolled out by Shiksha.

On a national-level, UNCW ranks #251, while its courses also perform reasonably as part of the latest Shiksha course-specific rankings, as seen below:

Duke University, based in Durham, North Carolina is considered the #1 university in the region, as per the latest rankings of the top colleges & universities in North Carolina, USA, given by Shiksha.

Duke, not part of the Ivy League, is considered among the best higher educational institutes in the country & cemented by the fact that on a country-level it ranks #17, while also ranking #35 globally as per Shiksha rankings.

Financial Times Rankings is known to publish Business School and MBA rankings for universities since 1999. University of Southern California has been ranked at #50 according to the Financial Times MBA rankings 2025. Some of the other FT MBA rankings of the university are given as follows:

The annual cost of studies at UNCW varies as per the choice of the course & the type of the accommodation a student opts for.

The estimated cost of attendance for UG degree international students is around INR 40.8 L, while the same figure for PG degree students is around INR 39.94 L.

This includes all the costs associated with studies & living as part of the University of North Carolina in Wilmington.

UNCW is known to offer about 55 undergraduate degrees, 35 postgraduate degrees & four doctoral degrees as part of its course catalogue.

The courses are available to be pursued across a vast array of streams such as: Business Administration, Management, Analytics, Accounting, Athletics, Healthcare, Engineering, & Architecture among others.

As per national public university rankings rolled out by a popular university ranking publication, the University of North Carolina Wilmington ranks #103 in the US.

Among all universities that form part of the University of North Carolina education system, only UNC Chapel Hill & NC State University ranked above UNCW.

UNC Wilmington ranks just outside the top 250 colleges & universities in USA, securing a rank #251 as part of the latest country-level rankings given by Shiksha.

Further, on a global level, the institute attains the rank: #763 among all higher educational institutes ranked globally by Shiksha as part of its the latest Global University Rankings.