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Mount Wachusett Community College

Mount Wachusett Community College

Gardner, MA · Suburb · 3,059 students
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$7,931
Average net priceYour net price
In-state · 2023-24
<30
30–48
48–75
75–110
110+
By household income — tap a bar
27%
Graduation rate
Entered fall 2017 & 2018
38% typical
$41,118
Earnings 10 years on
Measured 2020 & 2021
$40,141 typical
Open admission
Acceptance rate
76% typical · not scored
Accredited by New England Commission on Higher Education
About

Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) in Gardner, Massachusetts, is widely recognized for its high-demand healthcare programs—especially Nursing, Dental Hygiene, and Physical Therapist Assistant—as well as robust MassTransfer pathways to four-year public universities. The college is nationally distinguished for its pioneering sustainability efforts, powering its main campus through on-site wind turbines and a biomass heating system, alongside innovative early-college access programs like the Pathways Early College Experience. Serving a diverse student body of recent high school graduates, dual-enrolled teenagers, and returning adult learners, MWCC offers a supportive, commuter-friendly campus culture anchored by modern technical training labs and dedicated academic success centers.

Wikipedia:Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) is a public community college in Gardner, Massachusetts. Established by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1963, it features an open admissions policy for the majority of its academic programs. MWCC offers more than 70 academic programs that allow students to earn an Associate of Science degree (A.S.), Associate of Arts degree (A.A.), or a certificate.

Location
Gardner, MA, 01440-1000 · Suburb campus
✈
Nearest airport from college
ORH · Worcester
23 mi away
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Cost & aid
Cost of attendance
These figures are federal data and may be out of date.
In-stateOut-of-state
Tuition & fees$6,160$11,080
Books & supplies$1,540$1,540
Cost of attendance$15,487$20,407 est.
Average net price$7,931Not published
Out-of-state prices
Tuition & fees$11,080
In-state: $6,160
Books & supplies$1,540
Cost of attendance$20,407 est.
In-state: $15,487
Average net priceNot published
In-state: $7,931
est. = the in-state cost of attendance with out-of-state tuition swapped in; no out-of-state figure is published.
Net price by family income · in-state students, 2023-24
$0–30k
$5,899
$30–48k
$5,873
$48–75k
$6,711
$75–110k
$9,850
$110k+
$14,528
Outcomes
Completion
Within 6 yrs
27%
Entered 2017–18
8 yrs after starting · first-time, full-time students
31% graduated · 25% transferred · 1% still enrolled · 42% left or unknown
Earnings · measured 2020 & 2021
6 yrs after entry$37,314
10 yrs after entry$41,118
Debt
Median at graduation$10,252
Monthly payment$109
Middle 50% owe$1.8k–$8.6k
90th percentile$15,250
Green marks a figure above the typical Associate's — high career & technical: $40,141 earned 10 yrs after entry.
Admissions

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Essay prompts

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Student Body
Gender
Men 33%Women 67%
Who enrolls
Faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell grant
44%
First-gen
48%
Family income
$27,199
Independent
48%
Veterans
1%
Age at entry
25.0
Part-time
73%
Race & ethnicity
White
58%
Hispanic
24%
Black
10%
Asian
3%
Two or more
3%
Unknown
3%
Varsity sports

No data. This school isn't in the U.S. Department of Education's athletics (EADA) file, so we can't list its teams. That doesn't mean it has none.

Institutional
Resources
Endowment
$6M
Full-time faculty
100%
Faculty salary
$8,488/mo
Teaching spend
$7,354
per student
Federal loans
17%
Classification
Carnegie type
Associate's — high career & technical
Undergraduate profile
Two-year, mostly part-time

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