by our College Data Analytics Team
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.
Wake Technical Community College was awarded 76 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.
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Wake Technical Community College is ranked #461 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Wake Technical Community College held the #693 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Wake Technical Community College also holds the #14 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Wake Technical 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.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Wake Technical Community College, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Wake Technical Community College is 51%. This is comparable to 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 Wake Technical Community College is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 21,760 undergraduates at Wake Technical Community College with 6,944 being full-time and 14,816 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,175 | $2,271 | $4,552 | $8,397 | $10,485 |
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 Wake Technical Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Wake Technical Community College, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $5,460 a year. That adds up to $21,840 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Wake Technical Community College is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Wake Technical Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 9101 Fayetteville Road, Raleigh, NC 27603-5696 |
| Phone: | 919-866-5000 |
| Website: | www.waketech.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 1,429 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 801 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 749 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 493 | NA |
| Accounting | 399 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 293 | NA |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration | 167 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 164 | NA |
| Building Management & Inspection | 138 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 129 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 16,574 students took at least one online class at Wake Technical Community College. This is an increase from the 16,415 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 16,574 | 10,859 |
| 2021-2022 | 16,415 | 11,482 |
| 2020-2021 | 20,432 | 17,129 |
| 2018-2019 | 10,551 | 5,474 |
Learn more about online learning at Wake Technical Community College.
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.
References
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