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City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College was awarded 186 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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Wilbur Wright College is ranked #1,052 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Wilbur Wright College also holds the #46 spot on the Best Colleges in Illinois ranking.
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City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio at City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College is 27 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
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 City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College is 28%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
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 City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,946 undergraduates at Wilbur Wright College with 3,113 being full-time and 4,833 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,736 | $2,801 | $4,617 | $4,716 | $8,174 |
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 Wilbur Wright College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Wilbur Wright College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $4,576 a year. That adds up to $18,304 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Wilbur Wright College is 9.9%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for Wilbur Wright College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4300 N Narragansett, Chicago, IL 60634-1500 |
| Phone: | 773-777-7900 |
| Website: | ccc.edu/colleges/wright/pages/default.aspx |
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, 4,812 students took at least one online class at City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College. This is a decrease from the 7,891 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,812 | 3,920 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,891 | 7,736 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,146 | 380 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,031 | 334 |
| 2016-2017 | 976 | 301 |
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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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