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Wilson Community College Data & Information Overview

9 awards Ranking Badges
15% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Wilson Community College Ranked?

Registered Nursing Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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.

Wilson Community College was awarded 9 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.

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Overall Quality

WCC was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

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Is It Hard to Get Into WCC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Wilson Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.

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Wilson Community College Faculty

11 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At WCC, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 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

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 Wilson Community College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Wilson Community College

59% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Wilson Community College this rate is 59%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  59 out of 100
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Wilson Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

413 Full-Time Undergraduates
54.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
63.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,862 undergraduates at WCC with 413 being full-time and 1,449 being part-time.

How Much Does Wilson Community College Cost?

$11,631 Net Price
7% Take Out Loans
$31,040 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of WCC is $11,631. 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 for a school. For more information on the sticker price of WCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At WCC, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $7,760 a year. That adds up to $31,040 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WCC is 14.7%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do WCC Graduates Make?

$27,713 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 WCC make about $27,713 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. Unfortunately, this is 35% 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 Wilson Community College

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

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Contact details for WCC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 902 Herring Ave, Wilson, NC 27893
Phone: 252-291-1195
Website: www.wilsoncc.edu/

Wilson Community College Majors

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

Online Learning at WCC

85% Take At Least One Class Online
63% Take All Classes Online

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.

In 2020-2021, 1,453 students took at least one online class at Wilson Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,668 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,453 1,070
2019-2020 1,668 1,445
2018-2019 1,236 736
2017-2018 1,204 586
2016-2017 1,146 594

Learn more about online learning at Wilson 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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