by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Western Piedmont Community College was awarded 1 badge in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is medical/clinical assistant.
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WPCC is ranked #2,054 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when WPCC held the #2,119 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
WPCC also holds the #86 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 Western Piedmont 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.
At WPCC, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
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 Western Piedmont Community College is 28%. This is lower 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 Western Piedmont Community College this rate is 58%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,792 undergraduates at WPCC with 595 being full-time and 1,197 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 WPCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
The student loan default rate at WPCC is 13.2%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for WPCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1001 Burkemont Ave, Morganton, NC 28655-4511 |
| Phone: | 828-448-3500 |
| Website: | https://www.wpcc.edu/ |
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, 1,105 students took at least one online class at Western Piedmont Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,661 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,105 | 480 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,661 | 1,453 |
| 2018-2019 | 887 | 292 |
| 2017-2018 | 913 | 281 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,080 | 286 |
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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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