Waubonsee — At A Glance | Waubonsee Community College

Our Students

14,252

credit students

11,877

noncredit enrollments

22:1

student-faculty ratio

18% full-time and 82% part-time enrollment in FY2018

45% male students and 55% female students in FY2018

Average age of credit student is 23 years old in FY2018

21 percent of area high school graduates enroll the following fall

37,122 people have graduated from Waubonsee since the college was established, earning 21,525 certificates and 25,020 degrees

Student Ethnicity

59.4% Caucasian
27.8% Hispanic or Latino
8.0% Black or African American
4.4% Asian
0.3% American Indian/Alaskan Native
0.1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

Student Enrollment

71.7% transfer programs
22.0% career and technical education programs

Tuition and Financial Support

Tuition for in-district residents for the 2019-20 academic year is $130 per semester hour. A typical credit course is three semester hours.

Four basic types of financial aid are available to our students: grants, loans, scholarships and on-campus employment. In fact, for the 2019-20 academic year, the Waubonsee Community College Foundation provided 405 scholarship awards totaling over $378,000 to 347 recipients.

Our Staff

Waubonsee is one of the area's largest employers. The college's staff includes:

111
full-time faculty

39
administrators

539
support staff

486
adjunct faculty

Our Accreditation

Waubonsee Community College is recognized by the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Board of Higher Education and the U.S. Department of Education. See how the college compares to similar institutions in our college scorecard, or learn more about each topic below.

Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

Programmatic Accreditation

Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI)