by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview covers the essential stats on Wilkes Community College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Wilkes Community College was awarded 8 badges in the 2026 rankings.
College Factual ranked Wilkes Community College as #2,241 out of 3,449 colleges and universities in the country on its 2026 Best Colleges list.
Wilkes Community College also holds the #72 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.
At Wilkes Community College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 8 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 opportunities to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Wilkes Community College is 20%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Wilkes Community College has a freshmen retention rate of 75%. That’s a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It’s also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor’s degree is typically four years. This rate at Wilkes Community College for first-time, full-time students is 52%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Wilkes Community College.
During the most recent academic year, there were 1,881 undergraduates at Wilkes Community College.
Get more detailed information on the diversity at Wilkes Community College.
The average net price of Wilkes Community College is $16,772. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. 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 price 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 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 $34,728 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is about 29% less than the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.
See which majors at Wilkes Community College make the most money.
Wilkes Community College is a public institution found in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The surrounding location of Wilkesboro is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town. 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: | 3368386100 |
| Website: | www.wilkescc.edu |
In the latest year of available data, students from 16 majors graduated from Wilkes Community College. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.
| Most Popular Majors | Completions | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 1,123 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 178 | $31,188 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 161 | $21,595 |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 93 | $36,668 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 87 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 86 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 59 | NA |
| Culinary Arts | 57 | NA |
| Building Management & Inspection | 54 | NA |
| Agricultural Production | 45 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
1,641 students took at least one online class at Wilkes Community College.
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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