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Waubonsee Community College was awarded 12 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general studies.
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College Factual ranked Waubonsee as #590 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Waubonsee held the #1,048 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Waubonsee is also ranked #22 out of 85 schools in Illinois.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Waubonsee 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.
The student to faculty ratio at Waubonsee Community College is 20 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.
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 Waubonsee Community College is 22%. 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 Waubonsee Community College is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,564 undergraduates at Waubonsee with 2,275 being full-time and 5,289 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,722 | $2,223 | $7,420 | $10,136 | $10,270 |
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 Waubonsee, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Waubonsee, approximately 30% of students took out student loans averaging $6,780 a year. That adds up to $27,120 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Waubonsee are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Rte 47 At Waubonsee Drive, Sugar Grove, IL 60554-9454 |
| Phone: | 630-466-7900 |
| Website: | https://www.waubonsee.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 510 | NA |
| Biological & Physical Science | 264 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 160 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 132 | NA |
| Nursing | 74 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 70 | NA |
| Fire Protection | 60 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 51 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 31 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 29 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 3,441 students took at least one online class at Waubonsee Community College. This is a decrease from the 4,789 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,441 | 1,398 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,789 | 2,266 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,305 | 3,473 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,641 | 965 |
Learn more about online learning at Waubonsee 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.
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