Waubonsee — At A Glance | Waubonsee Community College

Our Students

13,696

credit students

8,409

noncredit enrollments

22:1

student-faculty ratio

FY2019 Fast Facts - Enrollment is 18% for Full-Time and 82% for Part-Time

FY2019 Fast Facts - 44% male students, 56% female students

FY2019 Fast Facts - Average age of Credit Students is 23

21% of area high school graduates

enroll the following fall at Waubonsee

38,527 people have graduated

from Waubonsee since the college was established, earning 22,266 certificates and 26,174 degrees

1,894 degrees and certificates

were awarded in the 2018-2019 academic year.

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

Sources: ICCB/IPEDS and internal reports for FY2018

Student Enrollment

71.7% transfer programs
22.0% career and technical education programs

Sources: ICCB/IPEDS and internal reports for FY2018

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 346 recipients.

Our Staff

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

108
full-time faculty

332
adjunct faculty

38
administrators

575
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)