Career Programs at MWCC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Mount Wachusett Community College is $10,920 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Mount Wachusett Community College offers the alternative tuition plans including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

53% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $5,435 (exclude student loans).

MWCC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$10,920
Average Financial Amount	$5,435

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Mount Wachusett Community College offers 25 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 629 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Mount Wachusett Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	19	4	144
2 Years Certificate	6	0	43
Total	25	4	629

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

144 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
43 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
442 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Public Relations/Image Management	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	21 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	7	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	10	-
Computer Software and Media Applications (other)	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	3	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Child Care Provider/Assistant	✕	1	-
Legal Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	12 completers	$22,900
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✔	12	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Physical Fitness Technician	✕	2	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	19	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Commercial Photography	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	32 completers	-
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary	✕	0	-
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (other)	✕	22	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	10	-
Business [+]	✔	26 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	12	-
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	✕	1	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	2	-
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	✔	10	-
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	✕	1	-
	Total	144

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	40 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	2	$55,400
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	✕	1	-
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance)	✕	8	-
Alternative and Complementary Medical Support Services (other)	✕	0	-
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training	✕	29	-
	Total	43

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant	✕	10	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Environmental Studies	✕	9	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	✕	2	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician	✕	15	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	17	-
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design	✕	9	-
Education [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	8	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Child Development	✕	3	-
Child Care and Support Services Management	✕	8	-
Legal Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	11 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✔	11	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (2 completers)	94 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✔	43	-
General Studies	✔	51	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	10	-
Biotechnology	✕	2	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	1	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	1	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Physical Sciences	✕	1	-
Chemistry	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	20	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	35 completers	-
Corrections	✕	0	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	17	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	9	-
Fire Prevention and Safety Technology/Technician	✔	9	-
Mechanics and Repairers [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician	✕	5	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	2	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	13	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	73 completers	-
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	✕	23	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	✕	0	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	2	-
Physical Therapy Technician/Assistant	✕	18	-
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (other)	✕	28	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	0	-
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (other)	✕	1	-
Alternative and Complementary Medical Support Services (other)	✕	1	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✔ (2 completers)	58 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✔	35	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	23	-
History [+]	✕	3 completers	-
History	✕	3	-
	Total	442

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 2,868 students are attending at Mount Wachusett Community College. There are 60 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 383 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 12 to 1 (8.33%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 286 (full-time) and 651 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Mount Wachusett Community College is 27% and transfer-out rate is 10%. The retention rate is 53% at the school.

MWCC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	2,868
Graduation Rate	27%
Number of Faculty	443
Student to Faculty Ratio	12 to 1

Student Population at MWCC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 3,156 students enrolled into Mount Wachusett Community College. By gender, 1,009 male and 2,147 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Mount Wachusett Community College.

Student Population By Gender
Mount Wachusett Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,156	1,009	2,147
Full-time	903	356	547
Part-tme	2,253	653	1,600

There are 2,000 White (63.37%), 313 Black/African American (9.92%), 578 Hispanic (18.31%), 73 Asian (2.31%), and 769 students with other races attending Mount Wachusett Community College. 13 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Mount Wachusett Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,156	1,009	2,147
American Indian/Native American	4	0	4
Asian	73	28	45
Black/African American	313	114	199
Hispanic	578	158	420
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	2,000	641	1,359
Two More	118	39	79
Un-Known	56	25	31
Non-resident Alien	13	3	10

Mount Wachusett Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

1,221 students (38.69% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,016 students (32.19% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Mount Wachusett Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Mount Wachusett Community College
	Number of Students
Total	3,156
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,221
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,016
Not in Online Courses	919

By age range, at Mount Wachusett Community College, 788 students are aged 20 to 24 (24.97% of total students), 997 students are aged below 20 (31.59%), 116 students are aged above 50 (6.21%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Mount Wachusett Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,156	1,009	2,147
Under 18	357	104	253
Age 18-19	640	291	349
Age 20-21	461	160	301
Age 22-24	327	104	223
Age 25-29	411	98	313
Age 30-34	362	88	274
Age 35-39	241	52	189
Age 40-49	240	79	161
Age 50-64	98	28	70
Over 64	18	4	14
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

Directory and Accreditation Information

Mount Wachusett Community College is accredited by New England Commission of Higher Education (12/1/1968 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Mount Wachusett Community College.

444 Green St, Gardner, MA

978-632-6600

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

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