by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Wallace Community College, Selma was awarded 145 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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WCCS landed the #1,892 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when WCCS held the #1,929 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
WCCS is also ranked #34 out of 40 schools in Alabama.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Wallace Community College, Selma 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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Wallace Community College, Selma is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Wallace Community College, Selma is 56%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
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 Wallace Community College, Selma this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,316 undergraduates at WCCS with 458 being full-time and 858 being part-time.
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 WCCS, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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Get more details about the location of Wallace Community College, Selma.
Contact details for WCCS are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3000 Earl Goodwin Parkway, Selma, AL 36702-2808 |
| Phone: | 334-876-9227 |
| Website: | https://www.wccs.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 934 students took at least one online class at Wallace Community College, Selma. This is an increase from the 786 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 934 | 624 |
| 2019-2020 | 786 | 448 |
| 2018-2019 | 648 | 276 |
| 2017-2018 | 806 | 356 |
| 2016-2017 | 747 | 284 |
Learn more about online learning at Wallace Community College, Selma.
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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