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Wilkes Community College Overview

Wilkes Community College is a public institution situated in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Wilkesboro draws many to the area.

What Is Wilkes Community College Known For?

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  • Students at Wilkes Community College may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 6 to 1.
  • The associate's degree is the highest award offered at Wilkes Community College.
  • In <nil>, 23% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Wilkes Community College?

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Contact details for Wilkes Community College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1328 South Collegiate Dr, Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Phone: 336-838-6100
Website: www.wilkescc.edu

How Do I Get Into Wilkes Community College?

You can apply to Wilkes Community College online at: https://www2.cfnc.org/exclusive.html#/applicationlogin/WilkCC/Undergrad/WilkCCUndergradApp

Since Wilkes Community College has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Wilkes Community College?

8.6% Loan Default Rate

The student loan default rate at Wilkes Community College is 8.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Wilkes Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

753 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,315 undergraduate students at Wilkes Community College, with 753 being full-time and 1,562 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 753 full-time undergraduates at Wilkes Community College, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 10
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 98
White 574
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 52

Online Learning at Wilkes Community College

1,357 Took All Classes Online
1,991 Took At Least One Class Online
72.4% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 1,991 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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Online Growth Rankings of Wilkes Community College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Wilkes Community College was 72.4%. This is the #505 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Wilkes Community College 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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