by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Atlanta Technical College was awarded 434 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health & medical assisting services.
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Atlanta Area Tech landed the #1,593 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Atlanta Area Tech held the #1,687 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Atlanta Area Tech also holds the #40 spot on the Best Colleges in Georgia ranking.
Since Atlanta Technical College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
The student to faculty ratio at Atlanta Technical College is about average at 14 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Atlanta Technical College is 37%. 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 Atlanta Technical College this rate is 60%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,030 undergraduates at Atlanta Area Tech with 818 being full-time and 2,212 being part-time.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Atlanta Area Tech, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $5,661 a year. That adds up to $22,644 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Atlanta Area Tech is 10.0%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for Atlanta Area Tech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1560 Metropolitan Pkwy Sw, Atlanta, GA 30310-4446 |
| Phone: | 404-225-4400 |
| Website: | https://atlantatech.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 2,691 students took at least one online class at Atlanta Technical College. This is an increase from the 2,516 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,691 | 1,758 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,516 | 2,011 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,200 | 776 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,111 | 702 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,440 | 721 |
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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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