Career Programs at WPCC

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Western Piedmont Community College is $8,794 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.

Western Piedmont Community College offers the alternative tuition plans .

77% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $5,665 (exclude student loans).

WPCC 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$8,794
Average Financial Amount	$5,665

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Western Piedmont Community College offers 28 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, 419 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Western Piedmont Community College
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	20	72
2 Years Certificate	8	29
Total	28	419

Programs by Award Level

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

72 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
29 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
318 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
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	3	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	7	-
Education [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	1	-
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Civil Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Electromechanical and Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	0	-
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	4	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Child Development	✕	1	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	2	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	21	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection (other)	✕	2	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Machine Shop Technology/Assistant	✕	0	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	9	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Medical Office Management/Administration	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	3	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	1	-
Accounting and Finance	✕	13	-
	Total	72

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	3	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection (other)	✕	0	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Machine Shop Technology/Assistant	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	25 completers	-
Dental Assisting/Assistant	✕	13	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	12	$23,700
Business [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	1	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	0	-
Accounting and Finance	✕	0	-
	Total	29

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture	✕	0	-
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	✕	4	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	0	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	7	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	4	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Cosmetology/Cosmetologist	✕	8	-
Education [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	6	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Civil Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	2	-
Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology	✕	12	-
Electromechanical and Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	1	-
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician	✕	3	-
Surveying Technology/Surveying	✕	1	-
Computer Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	6	-
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✕	0	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	✕	4	-
Legal Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	12 completers	-
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	✔	12	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	135 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	134	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	✕	1	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	12	-
Construction Trades [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection (other)	✕	1	-
Precision Production Trades [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Machine Shop Technology/Assistant	✕	2	-
Welding Technology/Welder	✕	3	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry	✕	0	-
Game and Interactive Media Design	✕	6	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	69 completers	-
Medical Office Management/Administration	✕	4	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✕	9	-
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technician	✕	12	-
Pre-Nursing Studies	✕	1	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✕	5	-
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)	✕	5	-
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	✕	4	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	29	-
Business [+]	✔	14 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	8	-
Office Management and Supervision	✕	1	-
Accounting	✕	0	-
Accounting and Finance	✕	5	-
	Total	318

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 1,749 students are attending at Western Piedmont Community College. There are 67 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 158 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 11 to 1 (9.09%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 161 (full-time) and 212 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Western Piedmont Community College is 39% and transfer-out rate is 14%. The retention rate is 67% at the school.

WPCC 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	1,749
Graduation Rate	39%
Number of Faculty	225
Student to Faculty Ratio	11 to 1

Student Population at WPCC

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,670 students enrolled into Western Piedmont Community College. By gender, 582 male and 1,088 female students are attending the school.

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

Student Population By Gender
Western Piedmont Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,670	582	1,088
Full-time	518	199	319
Part-tme	1,152	383	769

There are 1,305 White (78.14%), 98 Black/African American (5.87%), 166 Hispanic (9.94%), 88 Asian (5.27%), and 177 students with other races attending Western Piedmont Community College. 7 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Western Piedmont Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,670	582	1,088
American Indian/Native American	4	1	3
Asian	88	39	49
Black/African American	98	31	67
Hispanic	166	57	109
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	1,305	449	856
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	0	0	0
Non-resident Alien	7	4	3

Western Piedmont Community College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

480 students (28.74% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 625 students (37.43% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Western Piedmont Community College.

Distance Learning Student Population at Western Piedmont Community College
	Number of Students
Total	1,670
Enrolled Online Exclusively	480
Enrolled Some Online Courses	625
Not in Online Courses	565

By age range, at Western Piedmont Community College, 371 students are aged 20 to 24 (22.22% of total students), 850 students are aged below 20 (50.90%), 55 students are aged above 50 (4.55%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Western Piedmont Community College
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,670	582	1,088
Under 18	515	187	328
Age 18-19	335	143	192
Age 20-21	224	84	140
Age 22-24	147	46	101
Age 25-29	153	44	109
Age 30-34	98	23	75
Age 35-39	55	13	42
Age 40-49	88	21	67
Age 50-64	38	10	28
Over 64	17	11	6

Directory and Accreditation Information

Western Piedmont Community College is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1968 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Western Piedmont Community College.

1001 Burkemont Ave, Morganton, NC

828-448-3500

School Website

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Financial Aid Information

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

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