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.
Bergen Community College was awarded 280 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.
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Bergen Community College landed the #477 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.
Bergen Community College is also ranked #11 out of 44 schools in New Jersey.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Bergen Community College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
With a student to faculty ratio of 18 to 1, Bergen Community College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Bergen Community College is 32%. 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 Bergen Community College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,409 undergraduates at Bergen Community College with 5,994 being full-time and 5,415 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,259 | $8,721 | $11,450 | $14,421 | $15,060 |
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 Bergen Community 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 Bergen Community College, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $5,057 a year. That adds up to $20,228 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Bergen Community College is 9.8%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for Bergen Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, NJ 07652-1595 |
| Phone: | 201-447-7200 |
| Website: | https://www.bergen.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, 9,409 students took at least one online class at Bergen Community College. This is a decrease from the 11,067 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 9,409 | 5,567 |
| 2019-2020 | 11,067 | 9,927 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,283 | 702 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,432 | 698 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,451 | 694 |
Learn more about online learning at Bergen 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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