by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
Berks Technical Institute was awarded 1 badge in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is information technology.
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Berks Technical Institute is also ranked #108 out of 109 schools in Pennsylvania.
Berks Technical Institute was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
Since Berks Technical Institute 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.
At Berks Technical Institute, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
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 Berks Technical Institute is 32%. 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 Berks Technical Institute this rate is 59%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 429 undergraduates at Berks Technical Institute with 382 being full-time and 47 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 Berks Technical Institute, 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 Berks Technical Institute, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $8,267 a year. That adds up to $33,068 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Berks Technical Institute is 18.9%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Contact details for Berks Technical Institute are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2205 Ridgewood Rd, Wyomissing, PA 19610-1168 |
| Phone: | 610-372-1722 |
| Website: | https://www.berks.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, 10 students took at least one online class at Berks Technical Institute. This is an increase from the 0 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 10 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 23 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 503 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 602 | 0 |
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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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