Wingate University strives to make education at an independent university affordable. In fact, one college-loan website ranks Wingate tops among North Carolina colleges and universities in providing financial aid.
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Wingate University is a laboratory of difference-making, aligning talent, resources and expertise with student learning opportunities to improve the human condition. What difference will you make?
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According to the Cooperative Institutional Research Program, 96 percent of first-year students entering Wingate in 2017 said the University's good academic reputation was important or very important in their decision to attend Wingate.
Wingate's new Farmer's Market, set for Thursday afternoons, will feature locally produced fruits and veggies, meats, baked goods and specialty items. The market is open to the public and will accept SNAP/EBT benefits.
Named the fourth-best nursing program in North Carolina by RegisteredNursing.org last year, and the highest-ranking independent university on the list, Wingate’s program reports a seven-year average pass rate of more than 98 percent.
Central Piedmont Community College and Wingate University have launched a collaborative baccalaureate degree-completion program that will allow Central Piedmont grads to complete their bachelor's degrees at Wingate at a reduced cost.
Religion professor and director of Wingate's Collaborative for the Common Good, Dr. Catherine Wright empowers students to make a difference in their community.
Wingate handed out full-tuition scholarships to 11 students in the first cohort of Wayfind, a college-access program created in 2019 by the University and Union County Public Schools.
Weeklong camp presented by Wingate health sciences programs opens students' eyes to potential careers as healthcare providers.
Title IX, which changed the landscape for women in education, business, sports and many other areas of life, was signed into law in 1972.
Selected students will live together and take for-credit classes during a four-week session this summer.
Accrediting body approves program with no outstanding citations. Accreditation is good for the next decade.
Orton-Gillingham-trained teachers will get practical experience by tutoring during Wingate-held reading clinics. Wingate education students also can sign up to learn OG.
Campus Community Spotlight
Our people set us apart from our peer institutions and help make the traditions and values that are unique to Wingate University. Through interviews with faculty, staff and students, you'll start to understand the phrase "The Wingate Way." To view more videos, click here.
A Golden Door Scholar and Political Science major, Lilian found her voice and confidence to be an advocate in the community.
A transfer graduate student studying occupational therapy, McKenzie brought a world of experience from the deaf community to her studies.
The Burnsville Learning Center in rural Anson County needed help discovering and cataloging who was buried in a Civil War-era cemetery. Wingate history professor, Dr. David Mitchell, proposed that Julia Lasure could tackle it as an internship.