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BCC is ranked #2,107 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when BCC held the #2,125 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Berkshire 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.
At BCC, 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 Berkshire Community College is 41%. 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 Berkshire Community College this rate is 56%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,465 undergraduates at BCC with 419 being full-time and 1,046 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,952 | $6,935 | $9,888 | $12,881 | $13,293 |
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 BCC, 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 BCC, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $3,615 a year. That adds up to $14,460 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at BCC 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 BCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1350 West Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201-5786 |
| Phone: | 413-499-4660 |
| Website: | www.berkshirecc.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, 1,002 students took at least one online class at Berkshire Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,071 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,002 | 474 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,071 | 571 |
| 2018-2019 | 511 | 115 |
| 2017-2018 | 498 | 141 |
| 2016-2017 | 489 | 129 |
Learn more about online learning at Berkshire 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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