Western Piedmont Community College
Western Piedmont Community College at a Glance
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About Western Piedmont Community College
According to Wikipedia, Western Piedmont Community College is a public community college in Morganton, North Carolina. It was chartered on April 2, 1964, as a member of the North Carolina Community College System. The college is the home of the Sam J. Ervin Library, dedicated to the veteran U.S. senator and Morganton native, who chaired the Senate Watergate hearings in 1973.
Western Piedmont Community College's Online Degrees
Certificate in General Accounting
- Required Credits: 15
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Administrative Specialist
- Required Credits: 18
- Format: Fully online
AAS in Associate In Applied Sciences
Degree Concentrations
- Business Administration
- Office Administration
- Accounting And Finance
- Medical Office Administration
- Information Technology
- Criminal Justice Technology
- Paralegal Technology
- Required Credits: 65
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Computerized Accounting
- Required Credits: 14
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Computer Networking
- Required Credits: 18
- Format: Fully online
Western Piedmont Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Retention Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 75% | 42% |
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 Western Piedmont Community College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $2,650 |
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 Western Piedmont Community College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Western Piedmont Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $37,927 a year, and 81% 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.
Western Piedmont Community College's Demographics
Students enrolled at any time during the 2023–24 school year, including part-time and online students.
| Student Body | Under-Grads |
|---|---|
| 2,334 | 2,334 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Western Piedmont Community College?
Western Piedmont Community College is located at 1001 Burkemont Ave, Morganton, NC 28655-4511.
How Safe is Western Piedmont Community College?
No violent or property offenses were reported on Western Piedmont 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, Western Piedmont Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Morganton has a violent crime rate of 0.42% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 2.82%. 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 Western Piedmont Community College Known For?
Western Piedmont Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
Western Piedmont Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Western Piedmont 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
Western Piedmont Community College ranks #2927 in the U.S. and #10768 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
computer-science DegreesWestern Piedmont Community College ranks #3037 in the U.S. and #10905 worldwide for influence in Medical.
medicine DegreesWestern Piedmont Community College ranks #3087 in the U.S. and #6611 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
criminal-justice DegreesWestern Piedmont Community College ranks #3465 in the U.S. and #12871 worldwide for influence in Education.
education DegreesWestern Piedmont Community College ranks #3679 in the U.S. and #14372 worldwide for influence in Engineering.
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