Wilkes Community College
Wilkes Community College at a Glance
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About Wilkes Community College
According to Wikipedia, Wilkes Community College is a public community college in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. It is part of the North Carolina Community College System and serves the people of Wilkes, Ashe and Alleghany counties, and beyond. The college is best known as the site of the annual MerleFest music festival.
Wilkes Community College's Online Degrees
Certificate in Starting Your Own Business In Health And Healing
- Required Credits: 11
- Completion Time: 3 months
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Legal And Ethical Issues In Healthcare
- Required Credits: 12
- Completion Time: 3 months
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Violence Prevention And Awareness
- Required Credits: 13
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Music Therapy And Sound Healing
- Required Credits: 8
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Spirituality, Health, And Healing
- Required Credits: 25
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 3
- Required Credits: 9
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Wellness And The Environment
- Required Credits: 9
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Brain Health
- Required Credits: 10
- Completion Time: 3 months
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Healthy Aging
- Required Credits: 10
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 2
- Required Credits: 10
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Pain Assessment And Management
- Required Credits: 12
- Completion Time: 3 months
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Global Healing Systems
- Required Credits: 13
- Completion Time: 3 months
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Infectious Diseases And Infection Control
- Required Credits: 13
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health: Foundations 1
- Required Credits: 14
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Women'S Health Issues
- Required Credits: 14
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Food, Nutrition, And Health
- Required Credits: 16
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Healing Environments For Body, Mind, And Spirit
- Required Credits: 16
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Perinatal Issues
- Required Credits: 20
- Completion Time: 3 months
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Complementary And Integrative Health
- Required Credits: 24
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Integrative Behavioral Health
- Required Credits: 24
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Nutrition, Chronic Disease, And Health Promotion
- Required Credits: 24
- Completion Time: 3 months
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Gerontology
- Required Credits: 25
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Holistic And Integrative Health
- Required Credits: 33
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Meditation
- Required Credits: 8
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Mindful Relationships
- Required Credits: 8
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Mindfulness
- Required Credits: 8
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Stress Management
- Required Credits: 14
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in Energy Medicine
- Required Credits: 10
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Certificate in End Of Life Care
- Required Credits: 19
- Completion Time: 6 weeks
- Format: Fully online
Wilkes Community College Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information
| Retention Rate | Graduation Rate |
|---|---|
| 69% | 61% |
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 Wilkes Community College Cost To Attend?
| Tuition and fees (in-state) |
|---|
| $2,572 |
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 Wilkes Community College Graduates Make?
Ten years after starting college, former Wilkes Community College students who received federal financial aid earn a median of $40,188 a year, and 83% 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.
Wilkes 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 |
|---|---|
| 3,096 | 3,096 |
Source: National Center for Education Statistics; 12-month enrollment for 2023–24.
Where is Wilkes Community College?
Wilkes Community College is located at 1328 South Collegiate Dr, Wilkesboro, NC 28697.
How Safe is Wilkes Community College?
No violent or property offenses were reported on Wilkes 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, Wilkes Community College has a violent crime rate of less than 0.01% and a property crime rate of less than 0.01%. Wilkesboro has a violent crime rate of 0.36% and a property (including theft) crime rate of 5.31%. 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 Wilkes Community College Known For?
Wilkes Community College is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
Wilkes Community College's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Wilkes 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
Wilkes Community College ranks #1636 in the U.S. and #4225 worldwide for influence in Social Work.
social-work DegreesWilkes Community College ranks #2330 in the U.S. and #8988 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
computer-science DegreesWilkes Community College ranks #2363 in the U.S. and #8303 worldwide for influence in Medical.
medicine DegreesWilkes Community College ranks #2502 in the U.S. and #5197 worldwide for influence in Criminal Justice.
criminal-justice DegreesWilkes Community College ranks #3050 in the U.S. and #11244 worldwide for influence in Education.
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