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Located in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Wilkes Community College is a public institution. The surrounding location of Wilkesboro is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Wilkes Community College Rankings

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 Wilkes Community College.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#44 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It

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

Wilkes 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 Wilkes Community College?

3% Take Out Loans
16.5% Loan Default Rate

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Wilkes Community College, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $3,736 a year. That adds up to $14,944 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Wilkes Community College is 16.5%. 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.

Wilkes Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

938 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,435 undergraduate students at Wilkes Community College, with 938 being full-time and 1,497 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

Of the 938 full-time undergraduates at Wilkes Community College, 43% are male and 57% 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 2
Black or African American 20
Hispanic or Latino 106
White 743
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 57

Online Learning at Wilkes Community College

2,043 Took All Classes Online
2,369 Took At Least One Class Online
72.4% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 2,369 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 #451 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%.

Wilkes Community College Business Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management 102 25 28 155
Accounting and Finance 15 6 4 25
Accounting 1 2 1 4
TOTAL 118 33 33 184

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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