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.
Wor-Wic Community College was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.
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College Factual ranked Wor-Wic Community College as #1,361 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 Wor-Wic Community College held the #1,935 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Wor-Wic Community College also holds the #28 spot on the Best Colleges in Maryland ranking.
Wor-Wic Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio at Wor-Wic Community College is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 Wor-Wic Community College is 52%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 49% rate at Wor-Wic Community College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,705 undergraduates at Wor-Wic Community College with 667 being full-time and 2,038 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,017 | $7,167 | $9,540 | $10,500 | $12,547 |
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 Wor-Wic Community College, 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 Wor-Wic Community College, approximately 17% of students took out student loans averaging $2,907 a year. That adds up to $11,628 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Wor-Wic Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 32000 Campus Drive, Salisbury, MD 21804-7131 |
| Phone: | 410-334-2800 |
| Website: | www.worwic.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 136 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 92 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 63 | NA |
| Nursing | 59 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 24 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 18 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 17 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 12 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 12 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 10 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 1,299 students took at least one online class at Wor-Wic Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,473 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,299 | 558 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,473 | 626 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,198 | 1,171 |
| 2018-2019 | 765 | 197 |
Learn more about online learning at Wor-Wic 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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