Wayne Community College Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Small city
Inside an urbanized area and a principal city.
- City (this campus)
- Suburb
- Town
- Rural
2,739 students
Larger than 65% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 35.2%
- TypePublic
- ClassCommunity college
- CalendarSemester
Nearby college towns
- Mount Olive15.2 mi
- Wilson22.8 mi
- Smithfield22.8 mi
- Kinston24.1 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at Wayne Community College, the largest reported group is White (47.3%), followed by Black (25%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.4% | 0% |
| Asian | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| Black | 25% | 1.7% |
| Hispanic | 23.1% | 6% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.3% | 0.9% |
| White | 47.3% | 90.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% | 0% |
| Non-resident | 0.7% | 0% |
| Unknown | 0.5% | 0% |
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Did you know? Wayne Community College
- $2,093average net price after grants for aided students, against $8,742 published tuition.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $40,597median annual earnings of former students who received federal aid.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 42%of first-time, full-time students finish within 150% of normal time (six years for a bachelor's).Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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