Mount Wachusett Community College Business Programs

Mount Wachusett Community College is a public institution situated in Gardner, Massachusetts. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of MWCC.

Mount Wachusett Community College Rankings

MWCC landed the #212 spot in our 2023 ranking of best colleges. We analyzed 1,477 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. MWCC also holds the #12 spot on the Best Colleges in Massachusetts ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

MWCC has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#56	Best Business Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at MWCC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#13	Best Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#54	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards MWCC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#53	Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Course Advisor
#199	Highest Paid General Business Administration and Management Graduates	College Factual
#207	Highest Paid Business Administration & Management Graduates	College Factual
#245	Highest Paid Business, Management & Marketing Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Mount Wachusett Community College?

Contact details for MWCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	444 Green St, Gardner, MA 01440-1000
Phone:	978-632-6600
Website:	MWCC.EDU

How Do I Get Into MWCC?

You can apply to MWCC online at: mwcc.edu/enroll/admissions/apply/

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

Can I Afford Mount Wachusett 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 MWCC, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $4,217 a year. That adds up to $16,868 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MWCC is 11.3%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Mount Wachusett Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,187 undergraduate students at MWCC, with 1,021 being full-time and 2,166 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,021 full-time undergraduates at MWCC, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	34
Black or African American	57
Hispanic or Latino	172
White	677
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	66

Over 10 countries are represented at MWCC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Brazil, and Canada.

Online Learning at Mount Wachusett Community College

In 2019-2020, 2,903 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 14th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of MWCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mount Wachusett Community College was 65.2%. This is the #467 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at MWCC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at MWCC 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 MWCC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Business/Commerce	#105
General Business/Commerce	#105
General Business Administration and Management	#305
Business Administration & Management	#391

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%.

Mount Wachusett Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	12	23	35
General Business/Commerce	0	35	35
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	10	0	10
Interior Design Management	2	0	2
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	1	0	1
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	1	0	1
TOTAL	26	58	84

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.