by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Augusta Technical College was awarded 140 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & medical administrative services.
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Augusta Technical College landed the #787 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.
Augusta Technical College also holds the #19 spot on the Best Colleges in Georgia ranking.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Augusta Technical 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.
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 Augusta Technical College, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Augusta Technical College is 57%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 49% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Augusta Technical College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,863 undergraduates at Augusta Technical College with 1,380 being full-time and 2,483 being part-time.
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 Augusta Technical College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Augusta Technical College, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $5,889 a year. That adds up to $23,556 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Augusta Technical College is 8.4%. 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 Augusta Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3200 Augusta Tech Drive, Augusta, GA 30906 |
| Phone: | 706-771-4000 |
| Website: | www.augustatech.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 1,832 students took at least one online class at Augusta Technical College. This is a decrease from the 2,565 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,832 | 1,057 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,565 | 1,473 |
| 2018-2019 | 798 | 221 |
| 2017-2018 | 829 | 219 |
| 2016-2017 | 860 | 219 |
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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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