Wayne Community College

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#9450 / #2502
Global Influence / U.S. Influence
College in Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.

Wayne Community College at a Glance

U.S. influence rank
#2502
Tuition and fees (2025–26)
$2,598
Graduation rate
57%
Undergraduates (fall 2024)
2,739

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Wayne Community College Featured Rankings

About Wayne Community College

According to Wikipedia, Wayne Community College is a public community college in Goldsboro, North Carolina. It offers more than 70 credit programs on campus with nine buildings and over 287,000 square feet . Over 14,000 curriculum and extension students are enrolled at the college per year. The college is part of the North Carolina Community College System.

Wayne Community College's Online Degrees

AA in Associate In Arts
  • Required Credits: 60-61
  • Format: Fully online
AAS in Risk Management And Insurance
  • Required Credits: 67
AAS in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
  • Operations Management
  • Required Credits: 67-69
AAS in Office Administration
  • Required Credits: 69-73
AAS in It Business Support
  • Required Credits: 65-66
AAS in Medical Office Administration
  • Required Credits: 69-73
AAS in Applied Animal Science Technology
  • Required Credits: 73
Certificate in Project Management
  • Required Credits: 18
Certificate in Emergency Management
Degree Concentrations
  • Ems Management
  • Management
  • Public Safety
  • Law Enforcement Management
  • Fire Services Management
  • Required Credits: 18
Certificate in Office Administration
Degree Concentrations
  • Microsoft Applications
  • Legal Assistant
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Criminal Justice Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Management
  • Correctional Services Management
  • Forensic Science
  • Required Credits: 18
Certificate in Medical Office Administration
Degree Concentrations
  • Dental Office
  • Medical Scribe
  • Medical Insurance
  • Required Credits: 17
Certificate in Web Development
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Business Apps
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Java Programming
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Web Programming
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Accounting And Finance
Degree Concentrations
  • Bookkeeping
  • Required Credits: 17
Certificate in Marketing
  • Required Credits: 18
Certificate in Application Development
  • Required Credits: 12
AAS in Accounting And Finance
  • Required Credits: 67
AAS in Software Development
  • Required Credits: 65-68
Certificate in Operating Systems Support
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Systems And Hardware Support
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Applied Animal Science Technology
  • Required Credits: 15
Certificate in Computer Programming
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Business Support
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Mobile Web Development
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Systems Support
  • Required Credits: 12
Certificate in Business Administration
Degree Concentrations
  • Operations Management
  • Required Credits: 18
AAS in Criminal Justice Technology
Degree Concentrations
  • Forensic Science
  • Required Credits: 64
AAS in Emergency Management
  • Required Credits: 65
Certificate in Early Childhood Administrator
  • Required Credits: 16

Wayne Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Retention RateGraduation Rate
67%57%

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); acceptance rate for fall 2024; test scores for fall 2024; applications and enrollment for fall 2023; retention for students who started in fall 2023; graduation rate within six years for students who started in 2019.

How Much Does Wayne Community College Cost To Attend?

Tuition and fees (in-state)
$2,598

Source: U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and NCES); tuition and fees for 2025–26; net price for 2024–25, for first-time, full-time students receiving financial aid.

How Much Do Wayne Community College Graduates Make?

Ten years after starting college, former Wayne Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $40,597 a year, and 85% of those not still in school are working.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard; students who started college in 2011–12 or 2012–13, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars.

Wayne Community College's Demographics

Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.

Student BodyUnder-Grads
4,1984,198

Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.

Where is Wayne Community College?

Wayne Community College is located at 3000 Wayne Memorial Dr, Goldsboro, NC 27534.

How Safe is Wayne Community College?

No violent or property offenses were reported on Wayne Community College’s campus in 2024. Its figures can also be looked up in the U.S. Department of Education’s Campus Safety and Security database.

Relative to its enrollment, Wayne Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Goldsboro has a violent crime rate of 1.09% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 5.90%. Sources: campus: U.S. Department of Education Campus Safety and Security data, on-campus offenses in 2024 (violent: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property: burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson, which excludes ordinary theft); city: FBI Crime Data Explorer, offenses reported to the city police in 2024.

What Is Wayne Community College Known For?

Wayne Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:

Wayne Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Each rank compares how much Wayne Community College's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence

Nursing
#2428
World Rank
#2428
Historical Rank
#953
USA Rank

Wayne Community College ranks #953 in the U.S. and #2428 worldwide for influence in Nursing.

nursing Degrees
Education
#7534
World Rank
#7536
Historical Rank
#1991
USA Rank

Wayne Community College ranks #1991 in the U.S. and #7534 worldwide for influence in Education.

education Degrees
Social Work
#5375
World Rank
#5375
Historical Rank
#2019
USA Rank

Wayne Community College ranks #2019 in the U.S. and #5375 worldwide for influence in Social Work.

social-work Degrees
Medical
#7481
World Rank
#7483
Historical Rank
#2146
USA Rank

Wayne Community College ranks #2146 in the U.S. and #7481 worldwide for influence in Medical.

medicine Degrees
Computer Science
#8597
World Rank
#8601
Historical Rank
#2210
USA Rank

Wayne Community College ranks #2210 in the U.S. and #8597 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.

computer-science Degrees
Biology
#10305
World Rank
#10319
Historical Rank
#2627
USA Rank

Wayne Community College ranks #2627 in the U.S. and #10305 worldwide for influence in Biology.

biology Degrees
Criminal Justice
#5839
World Rank
#5841
Historical Rank
#2785
USA Rank

Wayne Community College ranks #2785 in the U.S. and #5839 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.

criminal-justice Degrees
Engineering
#12836
World Rank
#12839
Historical Rank
#3113
USA Rank

Wayne Community College ranks #3113 in the U.S. and #12836 worldwide for influence in Engineering.

engineering Degrees