
The University of North Carolina at Wilmington had a wait list acceptance rate of 18.98% for the application year 2024, with 389 out of 2050 waitlisted applicants ultimately admitted. This represents a substantial drop in the acceptance rate compared to 33.38% for the application year 2022, when 454 students were admitted from a smaller wait list of 1360. In stark contrast, the application year 2023 saw zero admissions from the wait list, indicating significant fluctuations in wait list outcomes over the past few years.