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Wingate, NC · Private · 2,668 undergraduates · suburban

Wingate University

Less selective

Wingate is a small private university built around applied learning, pre-professional preparation and close faculty access.

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Institutional profile

Regionally focused Solid in mobility, and steady in affordability.
Academic Emerging Affordability Steady Career Steady Mobility Solid Experience Emerging
Academic standing Emerging
Affordability Steady
Career outcomes Steady
Mobility Solid
Student experience Emerging
Admission
85% admitted

21,210 applicants in the reported year

Price by income
Varies across five income ranges

Compare recent average annual costs by household income

Completion
60.1%

$52,649 median earnings 10 years after enrollment

What sets Wingate University apart

Academic design

Students combine a liberal-arts core with programs such as nursing, business, education, sport management and the sciences, plus faculty-mentored undergraduate research.

Campus pattern

The main campus has a small-town North Carolina feel while remaining within reach of Charlotte’s employers and professional sports market.

Career & value signal

W’Engage gives sophomores a structured U.S.-based civic-learning experience that extends coursework into communities beyond campus.

Can I get in?

85% admitted

Start with the academic record, then make the intended direction and school-specific fit concrete.

Recent applicant pool

21,210

About 85 in every 100 applicants were admitted.

Admission rate 85%
Entering class

Academic range

SAT middle 50%990–1270
8201440
ACT middle 50%18–24
1428

Of admitted students, 24% submitted an SAT, and 12% submitted an ACT. Because ACT scores came from few admitted students, the range describes that self-selected group rather than the full class.

Entered with a 4.0 GPA8%

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Where your GPA sits in the entering class

The full entering-class GPA distribution for Wingate University, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.

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What Wingate University weighs when it reads a file

See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.

  • Course rigor  
  • GPA  
  • Test scores  
  • Essay  
  • Recommendations  
  • Extracurriculars  
  • Demonstrated interest  
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What moves the application

The evidence that separates a strong file

01

Show preparation for this curriculum

Students combine a liberal-arts core with programs such as nursing, business, education, sport management and the sciences, plus faculty-mentored undergraduate research.

02

Make institutional fit specific

Wingate is a small private university built around applied learning, pre-professional preparation and close faculty access.

03

Use the application route carefully

Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.

How to apply

Rounds, route, and required materials

Build the calendar around the earliest realistic application round and assemble each required item once.

Regular Decisionrolling
Fee and waiverNo application fee

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Major and program admission

Some fields have their own entry path.

The college admit rate above covers the university as a whole. These requirements apply only to the named program.

NursingAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

Can I afford it?

Compare annual cost by household income.

Start with the average net price for your income range, then set that estimate beside your other realistic options.

Published annual cost$64,440
Average annual cost after aid$21,000
Affordability profileSteady

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Average annual cost by household income at Wingate University

Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.

  • $0–30k 
  • $30–48k 
  • $48–75k 
  • $75–110k 
  • $110k+ 
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Is it worth it?

Completion, debt, and earnings

Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.

Complete within 8 years60.1%

Degree completion across the reported entering cohort

Return after year one68.8%

First-year students who return for year two

Median federal debtWhat students owe on the way out

And what that comes to against what they earn.

Median earnings$52,649

Reported 10 years after enrollment

Academic portfolio

Largest bachelor’s fields

How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

Recent graduates70
Median earnings$52,822

Psychology, General

Recent graduates66
Median earnings$45,795

Biology, General

Recent graduates51
Median earnings$58,623

Business Administration, Management and Operations

Recent graduates38
Median earnings$67,082

Criminal Justice and Corrections

Recent graduates34
Median earnings$62,075

What is campus life like?

Wingate University beyond the classroom

The main campus has a small-town North Carolina feel while remaining within reach of Charlotte’s employers and professional sports market.

Academics

A defining academic feature

Students combine a liberal-arts core with programs such as nursing, business, education, sport management and the sciences, plus faculty-mentored undergraduate research.

Campus setting

What shapes an ordinary week

The main campus has a small-town North Carolina feel while remaining within reach of Charlotte’s employers and professional sports market.

Career & value

Where the degree can lead

W’Engage gives sophomores a structured U.S.-based civic-learning experience that extends coursework into communities beyond campus.

2,668 undergraduatesSoutheastsuburban settingCampus housing available