Western Piedmont Community College Business Programs

Western Piedmont Community College is a public institution situated in Morganton, North Carolina. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is Western Piedmont Community College?

Contact details for WPCC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1001 Burkemont Ave, Morganton, NC 28655-4511
Phone:	828-448-3500
Website:	www.wpcc.edu

How Do I Get Into WPCC?

You can apply to WPCC online at: https://www2.cfnc.org/exclusive.html#/applicationlogin/WestPCC/Undergrad/WestPCCUndergradApp

Western Piedmont Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Western Piedmont Community College?

The student loan default rate at WPCC is 13.2%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Western Piedmont Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,792 undergraduate students at WPCC, with 595 being full-time and 1,197 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 595 full-time undergraduates at WPCC, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	49
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	449
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Online Learning at Western Piedmont Community College

In 2019-2020, 1,661 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 47th 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 WPCC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Western Piedmont Community College was 104.4%. This is the #363 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at WPCC regardless of major.

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Business Administration and Management	#217
Business Administration & Management	#271

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%.

Western Piedmont Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
Accounting and Finance	13	5	0	18
General Business Administration and Management	3	8	1	12
Office Administration	1	1	0	2
Accounting	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	17	14	1	32

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.