The Office of Institutional Research and the Student Records Office at WCC collects and publishes data on our graduation/retention rates and student body diversity for graduates as required by the Department of Education.
The data are updated annually in April.
Graduation and Retention Rates
Students beginning in Fall 2021:
Graduation Rate: Percentage of students who enrolled as first time, full-time students in a WCC program and graduated from WCC was 33 percent. Additional graduation/transfer data available at the IPEDS Data Center (www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/).
Transfer Rate: Percentage of students who enrolled as first-time, full-time students in a WCC program and transferred to any college was 21 percent.
Retention Rate: Of the first time, full time WCC students who did not graduate or transfer, 23% continued to enroll at WCC. Additional retention data available at the IPEDS Data Center (www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/).
Graduation/Transfer rates (150%) for First-Time, Full Time (Fall 2021 FTIAC Cohort) by ethnicity, gender, Federal Pell and Loan Recipients
Graduation/Transfer rates: FTIAC students beginning in Fall 2021
| Ethnicity | Grad Rate | Transfer Rate |
|---|---|---|
|
Asian |
40% |
30% |
|
Black/African American |
18% |
28% |
|
Hispanic |
33% |
19% |
|
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
0% |
50% |
|
U.S. Non-resident |
31% |
46% |
|
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander |
0% |
0% |
|
White |
36% |
18% |
|
2 or more |
26% |
24% |
|
Unknown |
44% |
22% |
Note: Ethnicity percentages based upon known data
| Gender | Grad Rate | Transfer Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 34% | 22% |
| Male | 32% | 20% |
| Recipient of Financial Aid | Grad Rate | Transfer Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Pell | 30% | 22% |
| Stafford Loan-No Pell | 44% | 19% |
| No Pell or Stafford Loan Received | 34% | 21% |
Student body diversity: Fall 2024
| Ethnicity | Full-time | Part-time | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Asian |
5% |
7% |
6% |
|
Black/African American |
14% |
15% |
15% |
|
Hispanic |
9% |
8% |
8% |
|
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
0.3% |
0.2% |
0.2% |
|
U.S. Nonresident |
3% |
3% |
3% |
|
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander |
0% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
|
White |
58% |
56% |
57% |
|
2 or more |
7% |
6% |
6% |
|
Unknown |
4% |
5% |
5% |
| Gender | Full-time | Part-time | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 50% | 55% | 53% |
| Male | 50% | 45% | 47% |
| Recipient of Financial Aid | Full-time | Part-time | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pell | 39% | 25% | 29% |
| Stafford Loan-No Pell | 5% | 3% | 4% |
| No Pell or Stafford Loan Received | 56% | 71% | 67% |
Employment Data
WCC surveys alumni 6 months after graduation. Of the students who graduated from WCC in academic year 2023-2024 (Fall 2023 through Spring/Summer 2024):
- 75.7% reported being employed at the time of the survey (54.2% full-time and 21.5% part-time)
- 61.7% reported that their employment was related to the program from which they graduated
- 47.3% of respondents had enrolled in another academic program (37.2% at a 4-year institution and 10.1% at a 2-year institution, including WCC)