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Wake Technical Community College Overview

Wake Technical Community College is a public institution situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. Raleigh is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Wake Technical Community College Known For?

8,737 Undergraduate Awards
  • The associate's degree is the highest award offered at Wake Technical Community College.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 44% of the faculty were full-time.

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Wake Technical Community College Rankings

Out of the 113 colleges in North Carolina, Wake Technical Community College is ranked at #14.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Wake Technical Community College.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best Management Sciences & Methods Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#8 Best Cosmetology Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#11 Best Value Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#12 Best Computer Information Systems Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#19 Best Computer Systems Networking Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#53 Best Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#67 Best Accounting Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#81 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#81 Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#123 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Wake Technical Community College has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#1 Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#7 Best Cosmetology Schools College Factual
#67 Best Computer Information Systems Schools College Factual
#107 Best Computer Science Schools Computer Science Degree
#131 Best Computer & Information Sciences Schools College Factual
#135 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools College Factual

Where Is Wake Technical Community College?

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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

How Do I Get Into Wake Technical Community College?

You can apply to Wake Technical Community College online at: www2.cfnc.org/exclusive.html#/applicationlogin/WakeTCC/Undergrad/WakeTCCApp

As long as you submit the requested materials to Wake Technical Community College when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Wake Technical Community College?

58% Take Out Loans
15.3% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

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 Wake Technical Community College, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $5,406 a year. That adds up to $21,624 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Wake Technical Community College is 15.3%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

Wake Technical Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

6,944 Full-Time Undergraduates
52% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 21,760 undergraduate students at Wake Technical Community College, with 6,944 being full-time and 14,816 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 6,944 full-time undergraduates at Wake Technical Community College, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Wake Technical Community College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 392
Black or African American 1,186
Hispanic or Latino 994
White 3,580
International Students 263
Other Races/Ethnicities 529

Over 90 countries are represented at Wake Technical Community College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Wake Technical Community College

17,129 Took All Classes Online
20,432 Took At Least One Class Online
51.7% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 20,432 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Wake Technical Community College has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Wake Technical Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Wake Technical Community College was 51.7%. This is the #582 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Wake Technical Community College regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Wake Technical Community College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Accounting 30%
Business Administration & Management 17%
Business, Management & Marketing 22%
Computer & Information Sciences 21%
Computer Information Systems 25%
Design & Applied Arts 34%
Education 13%
Engineering Technologies 7%
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 35%
Health & Medical Administrative Services 23%
Human Development & Family Studies 35%
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 1%
Liberal Arts General Studies 1%
Teacher Education Grade Specific 13%
Visual & Performing Arts 34%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Wake Technical Community College ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Wake Technical Community College.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Mechanical Engineering Technology #4
Industrial Production Technology #12
Information Science #27
Computer Systems Networking #31
Design & Applied Arts #37
Visual & Performing Arts #76
Engineering Technologies #85
Human Resource Management #92
Teacher Education Grade Specific #142
Computer Information Systems #143
Health & Medical Administrative Services #199
Accounting #231
Computer & Information Sciences #305
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities #318
Liberal Arts General Studies #318
Education #338
Health Professions #436
Business Administration & Management #475

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Wake Technical Community College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 1,504 0 1,504
Business Administration & Management 1,042 187 7 1,236
Computer Information Systems 854 182 5 1,041
Design & Applied Arts 792 95 0 887
Accounting 628 42 10 680
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 273 29 8 310
Health & Medical Administrative Services 167 117 17 301
Teacher Education Grade Specific 240 40 15 295
Building Management & Inspection 246 27 1 274
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 203 20 5 228
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration 120 17 13 150
Criminal Justice & Corrections 107 36 0 143
Precision Metal Working 117 11 4 132
Culinary Arts 98 27 6 131
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 118 8 0 126
General Engineering 0 124 0 124
Nursing 0 112 0 112
Hospitality Management 80 17 3 100
Industrial Production Technology 71 22 0 93
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance 71 9 8 88
Human Development & Family Studies 77 0 0 77
Architectural Engineering Technology 63 6 0 69
Mechanical Engineering Technology 48 17 0 65
Electronics Engineering Technology 47 13 0 60
Civil Engineering Technology 51 8 0 59
Cosmetology 17 19 9 45
Allied Health Professions 6 31 7 44
Plumbing & Water Supply 36 0 6 42
Dental Support Services 0 15 26 41
Mental & Social Health Services 32 9 0 41
Engineering-Related Technologies 30 5 0 35
Fire Protection 9 24 0 33
Ground Transportation 28 1 1 30
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 0 8 18 26
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 24 0 0 24
Agricultural Mechanization 0 10 10 20
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 1 0 19 20
Health & Physical Education 12 4 0 16
Computer Systems Networking 2 7 0 9
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 9 0 0 9
Information Technology 0 6 0 6
Information Science 0 4 0 4
Human Resource Management 0 3 0 3
Computer Programming 1 2 0 3
Computer Software & Applications 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 5,721 2,818 198 8,737

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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