Western Piedmont Community College Trade Programs

Western Piedmont Community College is a public institution located in Morganton, North Carolina. Morganton is a great location for students who prefer city over country 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

Can I Afford WPCC?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time WPCC students paid $76 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $268 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$2,432	$8,576
Fees	$209	$209
Books and Supplies	$1,400	$1,400

The student loan default rate at WPCC is 11.1%. 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 1,670 undergraduate students at WPCC, with 518 being full-time and 1,152 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 518 full-time undergraduates at WPCC, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	40
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	401
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Online Learning at Western Piedmont Community College

In 2020-2021, 1,105 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.

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 #336 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at WPCC 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%.

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.