Wharton County Junior College Teaching Programs

Wharton County Junior College is a public institution situated in Wharton, Texas. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Wharton draws many to the area.

Where Is Wharton County Junior College?

Contact details for Wharton County Junior College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	911 Boling Hwy, Wharton, TX 77488
Phone:	979-532-4560
Website:	https://www.wcjc.edu

How Do I Get Into Wharton County Junior College?

You can apply to Wharton County Junior College online at: www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX

Wharton County Junior College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Wharton County Junior College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Wharton County Junior College, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $4,989 a year. That adds up to $19,956 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Wharton County Junior College is 9.1%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

Wharton County Junior College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,099 undergraduate students at Wharton County Junior College, with 2,546 being full-time and 3,553 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,546 full-time undergraduates at Wharton County Junior College, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Wharton County Junior College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	423
Black or African American	272
Hispanic or Latino	1,050
White	760
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

Online Learning at Wharton County Junior College

In 2019-2020, 5,142 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Wharton County Junior College has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Wharton County Junior College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Wharton County Junior College was 150.7%. This is the #237 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Wharton County Junior College 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%.

Wharton County Junior College Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	TOTAL
Early Childhood Education	1	1
TOTAL	1	1

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.