Wharton County Junior College
Top Ranked (2021-22): View Rankings
Tel:
(979) 532-4560
- Wharton County Junior College is a public, two-year, comprehensive community college offering a wide range of postsecondary educational programs and services including associate degrees, certificates, continuing-education courses, cultural affairs, and leisure-time activities for the benefit of the community and a population of students that varies in age, background, and ability.
School Highlights
Wharton County Junior College serves 6,768 students (42% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 32:1 is lower than the state community college average of 37:1.
Minority enrollment is 66% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is less than the state average of 68%.
Top Rankings
Wharton County Junior College ranks among the top 20% of community colleges in Texas for:
- Category Attribute
- Diversity Diversity in US community colleges
- Student Earnings Highest graduate earnings (10 years post graduation)
- Debt For Students Least debt for graduating students
School Overview
The teacher population of 210 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.
| Wharton County Junior College | (TX) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Vocational & Technical-High Traditional | Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Vocational & Technical-High Traditional |
| Institution Level | At least 2 but less than 4 years | At least 2 but less than 4 years |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 210 staff | 121 staff |
Source: 2019 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- WCJC is a multi-campus, comprehensive community college created in 1946 to serve the educational needs of Wharton County and adjacent counties in the Gulf Coast Region of Texas. The college offers associate in arts, associate of arts in teaching, and associate in applied science degrees, transfer curricula in preparation for the baccalaureate degree, career/vocational curricula, remedial and developmental courses, adult basic education, assist under prepared students to achieve competency in basic skills, supports excellence in instruction in all academic areas and continuing-education noncredit courses and programs. Wharton County Junior College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Associate of Arts and the Associate of Applied Science degrees.
Nearby Schools
The nearest community college to Wharton County Junior College is American InterContinental University-Houston (42.6 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- American InterContinental University-HoustonPrivate for-profit349 students | 42.60 Mi9999 Richmond Avenue
Houston, TX 77042
(832) 201-3600 42.60349 - 147 students | 43.70 Mi7277 Regency Sq Blvd
Houston, TX 77036
(713) 974-7181 43.70147 - 376 students | 44.00 Mi7000 Regency Square Blvd.
Houston, TX 77036
(713) 785-5995 44.00376 - Brazosport CollegePublic4,311 students | 45.10 Mi500 College Dr
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
(979) 230-3000 45.104,311 - Vet Tech Institute of HoustonPrivate for-profit176 students | 46.90 Mi4669 Southwest Fwy Ste 100
Houston, TX 77027
(713) 629-1500 46.90176
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