Wilkes Community College earned 45 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 2 in the top 1%, 21 in the top 5%, 21 in the top 10% and 1 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 143 in Best for the Money (North Carolina), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 45 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 2 / 21
Highest placement: #1 of 143, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 14
Placements this edition: 129
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Wilkes Community College Earned?
Wilkes Community College holds 45 ranking badges across 14 fields of study, 23 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics or online-program rankings. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. Read about our data sources and methodologies. Want to feature these awards on your college’s site? Administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
2
Top 5%
21
Top 10%
21
Top 15%
1
Total
45
What Is Wilkes Community College Known For?
Wilkes Community College is best known for Agriculture: 6 of its 45 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Culinary Arts, Horticulture and Agricultural Economics.
How Does Wilkes Community College Rank for Veterans?
Wilkes Community College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #1,933 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 40%).
Continue Your Research on Wilkes Community College
Each ranking here is calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. Wilkes Community College appears in 129 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team