by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Athens State University was awarded 37 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.
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College Factual ranked Athens State University as #1,037 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Athens State University held the #1,151 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 40 colleges in Alabama, Athens State University is ranked at #11.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Athens State University, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Athens State University is 50%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,688 undergraduates at Athens State University with 1,202 being full-time and 1,486 being part-time.
The student loan default rate at Athens State University is 5.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Athens State University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 300 N Beaty St, Athens, AL 35611 |
| Phone: | 256-233-8100 |
| Website: | www.athens.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/athensstateuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/athensstuniv |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 176 | $45,102 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 131 | $33,168 |
| Accounting | 73 | $39,224 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 55 | $32,066 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 37 | $34,685 |
| Human Resource Management | 24 | $40,295 |
| General Psychology | 22 | NA |
| Special Education | 20 | $35,832 |
| General Biology | 19 | $32,464 |
| General English Literature | 16 | $31,785 |
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, 2,552 students took at least one online class at Athens State University. This is a decrease from the 2,660 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,552 | 1,673 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,660 | 1,722 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,699 | 1,996 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,822 | 2,049 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,800 | 1,951 |
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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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