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.
Beaufort County Community College was awarded 243 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Beaufort County Community College is ranked #847 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Beaufort County Community College held the #1,011 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Beaufort County Community College also holds the #16 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.
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Beaufort County Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Beaufort County Community College it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Beaufort County Community College is 19%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Beaufort County Community College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,382 undergraduates at Beaufort County Community College with 418 being full-time and 964 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 Beaufort County Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Beaufort County Community College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $3,000 a year. That adds up to $12,000 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Beaufort County Community College is 9.5%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for Beaufort County Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5337 Us Highway 264 East, Washington, NC 27889 |
| Phone: | 252-946-6194 |
| Website: | www.beaufortccc.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, 1,024 students took at least one online class at Beaufort County Community College. This is an increase from the 854 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,024 | 517 |
| 2019-2020 | 854 | 337 |
| 2018-2019 | 826 | 306 |
| 2017-2018 | 906 | 328 |
| 2016-2017 | 919 | 342 |
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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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