Waubonsee Community College Overview

Located in Sugar Grove, Illinois, Waubonsee Community College is a public institution. The rural area surrounding Waubonsee is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

What Is Waubonsee Community College Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Waubonsee is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the associate's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Waubonsee.
• In <nil>, 23% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Waubonsee makes roughly $41,917 a year. This is 3% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Waubonsee Community College?

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:	www.waubonsee.edu

How Do I Get Into Waubonsee?

You can apply to Waubonsee online at: https://www.waubonsee.edu/admissions/how-enroll/enrollment-steps/new-student-application

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

Can I Afford Waubonsee Community College?

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 Waubonsee, approximately 15% of students took out student loans averaging $3,169 a year. That adds up to $12,676 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Waubonsee is 2.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Waubonsee Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,779 undergraduate students at Waubonsee, with 2,355 being full-time and 5,424 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,355 full-time undergraduates at Waubonsee, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	81
Black or African American	164
Hispanic or Latino	783
White	1,241
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	86

Over 17 countries are represented at Waubonsee. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, Philippines, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Waubonsee Community College

In 2020-2021, 4,789 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Waubonsee has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 11th most popular in Illinois for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Waubonsee

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Waubonsee Community College was 68.6%. This is the #542 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Waubonsee regardless of major.

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%.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.