by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Wilkes Community College was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice studies.
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Wilkes Community College landed the #1,987 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Wilkes Community College held the #2,014 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 93 colleges in North Carolina, Wilkes Community College is ranked at #81.
If you are worried about getting into Wilkes Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Wilkes Community College it is much better at 7 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Wilkes Community College is 22%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Wilkes Community College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,435 undergraduates at Wilkes Community College with 938 being full-time and 1,497 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Wilkes Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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Get more details about the location of Wilkes Community College.
Contact details for Wilkes Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1328 South Collegiate Dr, Wilkesboro, NC 28697 |
| Phone: | 336-838-6100 |
| Website: | www.wilkescc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 172 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 128 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 121 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 79 | NA |
| Building Management & Inspection | 66 | NA |
| Agricultural Production | 60 | NA |
| General Engineering Technology | 52 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 47 | NA |
| Accounting | 40 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 38 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,576 students took at least one online class at Wilkes Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,991 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,576 | 617 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,991 | 1,357 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,369 | 2,043 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,226 | 491 |
Learn more about online learning at Wilkes Community College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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