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.
Wilson Community College was awarded 9 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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WCC was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Wilson 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 WCC, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 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 Wilson Community College is 100%. 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 Wilson Community College this rate is 59%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,862 undergraduates at WCC with 413 being full-time and 1,449 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 WCC, 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 WCC, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $7,760 a year. That adds up to $31,040 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at WCC is 14.7%. 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 WCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 902 Herring Ave, Wilson, NC 27893 |
| Phone: | 252-291-1195 |
| Website: | www.wilsoncc.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, 1,453 students took at least one online class at Wilson Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,668 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,453 | 1,070 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,668 | 1,445 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,236 | 736 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,204 | 586 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,146 | 594 |
Learn more about online learning at Wilson 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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