Waubonsee — At A Glance | Waubonsee Community College

Our Students

12,859

credit students

7,048

noncredit enrollments

19:1

student-faculty ratio

FY2020 Fast Facts - 20% Full-Time vs 80% Part-Time Enrollment

FY2020 Fast Facts - 55% Female vs 45% Male students

FY2020 Fast Facts - Average age of Credit Students is 23

19% of area high school graduates

enroll the following fall at Waubonsee

39,949 people have graduated

from Waubonsee since the college was established, earning 22,921 certificates and 27,437 degrees

1,627 degrees and certificates

were awarded in the 2019-2020 academic year.

Student Ethnicity

56.0% Caucasian
31.4% Hispanic or Latino
7.7% Black or African American
4.5% Asian
0.2% American Indian/Alaskan Native
0.2% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

Student Enrollment

73.2% Transfer Programs
21.0% Career Programs
5.8% Developmental Programs

Tuition and Financial Support

Tuition for in-district residents for the 2020-21 academic year is $140 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 2020-21 academic year, the Waubonsee Community College Foundation provided 367 scholarship awards totaling over $331,000 to 325 recipients.

Our Staff

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

98
full-time faculty

360
adjunct faculty

39
administrators

611
support staff

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)