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Wilkes Community College Data & Information Overview

120 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
17% Student Loan Default Rate
Find out more about how Wilkes Community College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below.
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How Well Is Wilkes Community College Ranked?

#2,014 Best Colleges in Nation
#83 Best Colleges in NC
Accounting Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

In 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 120 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Wilkes Community College as #2,014 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Wilkes Community College held the #2,062 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Wilkes Community College is also ranked #83 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Wilkes Community College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

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.

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Wilkes Community College Faculty

6 to 1 Student to Faculty
25% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Wilkes Community College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 6 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 25%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  25 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Wilkes Community College

65% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

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 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  65 out of 100
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100

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Wilkes Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

938 Full-Time Undergraduates
16.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
57.1% Percent Women

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.

How Much Does Wilkes Community College Cost?

$2,323 Net Price
$23,416 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Wilkes Community College is $2,323. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Wilkes Community College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$1,348 $2,377 $3,765 $6,425 $10,578

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.

The student loan default rate at Wilkes Community College is 16.5%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

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How Much Money Do Wilkes Community College Graduates Make?

$29,517 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Wilkes Community College make about $29,517 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. Unfortunately, this is 31% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Wilkes Community College

North Carolina State
938 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Located in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Wilkes Community College is a public institution. The surrounding location of Wilkesboro is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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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/

Wilkes Community College Majors

19 Majors With Completions
423 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Wilkes Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Wilkes Community College

86% Take At Least One Class Online
59% Take All Classes Online

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 2020-2021, 1,991 students took at least one online class at Wilkes Community College. This is a decrease from the 2,369 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,991 1,357
2019-2020 2,369 2,043
2018-2019 1,359 609
2017-2018 1,226 491
2016-2017 1,238 362

Learn more about online learning at Wilkes Community College.

Notes and References

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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