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Wytheville Community College Data & Information Overview

136 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
11% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Wytheville Community College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Wytheville Community College Ranked?

#2,005 Best Colleges in Nation
#56 Best Colleges in VA
Health Professions 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.

Wytheville Community College was awarded 136 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, WCC is ranked #2,005 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.

Out of the 63 colleges in Virginia, WCC is ranked at #56.

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Is It Hard to Get Into WCC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Wytheville Community College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.

Learn more about Wytheville Community College admissions.

Wytheville Community College Faculty

24 to 1 Student to Faculty
29% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Wytheville Community College, this rate is 24 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.

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 Wytheville Community College is 29%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  29 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Wytheville Community College

60% 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 Wytheville Community College this rate is 60%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  60 out of 100
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100

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Wytheville Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

802 Full-Time Undergraduates
10.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
63.3% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,244 undergraduates at WCC with 802 being full-time and 1,442 being part-time.

How Much Does Wytheville Community College Cost?

$2,462 Net Price
3% Take Out Loans
$20,980 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of WCC is $2,462. 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 WCC

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$1,559 $2,923 $3,565 $4,872 $8,557

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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At WCC, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $5,245 a year. That adds up to $20,980 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WCC is 10.7%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do WCC Graduates Make?

$30,775 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from WCC make around $30,775 per year during the early years of their employment. Unfortunately, this is 28% 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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See which majors at Wytheville Community College make the most money.

Location of Wytheville Community College

Virginia State
802 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Located in Wytheville, Virginia, Wytheville Community College is a public institution. Wytheville is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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Contact details for WCC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1000 E Main Street, Wytheville, VA 24382-3308
Phone: 276-223-4700
Website: www.wcc.vccs.edu/

Wytheville Community College Majors

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

Online Learning at WCC

61% Take At Least One Class Online
36% 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, 1,277 students took at least one online class at Wytheville Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,611 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,277 749
2019-2020 1,611 975
2018-2019 1,490 429
2017-2018 1,575 459
2016-2017 1,625 521

Learn more about online learning at Wytheville 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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