by our College Data Analytics TeamIn 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.
Bay de Noc Community College was awarded 24 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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Bay College landed the #1,804 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 Bay College held the #1,818 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 57 colleges in Michigan, Bay College is ranked at #51.
Since Bay de Noc Community 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 is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Bay de Noc Community College, this ratio is 18 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 Bay de Noc Community College is 100%. 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 Bay de Noc Community 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 1,898 undergraduates at Bay College with 725 being full-time and 1,173 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,993 | $6,813 | $8,972 | $12,104 | $12,624 |
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 Bay 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 Bay College, approximately 31% of students took out student loans averaging $5,925 a year. That adds up to $23,700 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Bay College is 12.1%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Bay College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2001 N Lincoln Road, Escanaba, MI 49829-2511 |
| Phone: | 906-786-5802 |
| Website: | https://www.baycollege.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, 1,317 students took at least one online class at Bay de Noc Community College. This is an increase from the 1,244 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,317 | 713 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,244 | 562 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,023 | 420 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,054 | 437 |
| 2016-2017 | 976 | 414 |
Learn more about online learning at Bay de Noc Community College.
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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