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Housing is available both on-campus and off-campus. (There may be some limited on-campus housing allocated for graduate students in Seahawk Landing.) Most MFA students prefer to live off-campus and with roommates as a cost-saving option, often in or—albeit less common—at Wrightsville Beach or Carolina Beach.

Several downtown private rental properties have been kept in the MFA program for years and continue to be popular choices. Available rentals are also regularly publicized by current MFA students and faculty via email and the Facebook groups for and .

The offers a wide range of housing options—here are some resources graduate students have found helpful:

• rental properties
• Popular for UNCW subleases/roommates
• Local (Sweyer)
• (see 'housing' section)
• UNCW on-campus housing
• UNCW off-campus housing

Here's a brief list of Wilmington .

Here is a listing with .

Prefer a house to an apartment?

Take a peek at what's available:

• (Wilmington)
• (close to campus)

is a desirable neighborhood for graduate students and young professionals. Also see the Historic District along , downtown between Market and Castle streets.

Interested in demographic data and neighborhood crime rates?

See , and also (list at right).

SpotCrime provides a (free sign-up to search tool).

Need more help finding housing? Check out Off-Campus Student Services!

The local bus system is free for registered UNCW students with a student ID. Busses are generally reliable, but run on a 30-minute or 1-hour loop, so planning is key. Bicycle racks are affixed to the front of busses.

The Seahawk Shuttle (part of Wave) runs several routes within a one-mile radius to campus, stopping at apartment complexes and shopping centres.

Wilmington has historically not been a pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly city, but recent improvements have given us the (a multi-use trail that also runs through campus) and the (starting downtown and officially ending just before the bridge at Wrightsville Beach).

See this for its color-coded route recommendations for cycling in the Wilmington area. See also Ä¢¹½´«Ã½'s Hawk Wheels Bike Support and Bird Bike Share program, the , and for more resources.