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Anne Arundel Community College was awarded 334 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is other mental and social health services and allied professions.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, AACC is ranked #525 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when AACC held the #586 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
AACC also holds the #8 spot on the Best Colleges in Maryland ranking.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Anne Arundel Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
With a student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1, Anne Arundel Community College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Anne Arundel Community College is 26%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Anne Arundel Community College this rate is 61%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,948 undergraduates at AACC with 3,188 being full-time and 8,760 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,015 | $14,515 | $17,028 | $18,820 | $19,226 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of AACC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At AACC, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $4,306 a year. That adds up to $17,224 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at AACC is 7.3%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for AACC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 101 College Pky, Arnold, MD 21012-1895 |
| Phone: | 410-777-2222 |
| Website: | www.aacc.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 8,758 students took at least one online class at Anne Arundel Community College. This is a decrease from the 11,445 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 8,758 | 6,400 |
| 2019-2020 | 11,445 | 11,060 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,849 | 2,458 |
| 2017-2018 | 5,686 | 2,458 |
| 2016-2017 | 5,563 | 2,369 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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