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.
Black River Technical College was awarded 43 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health sciences & services.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Black River Technical College is ranked #1,535 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Black River Technical College held the #1,884 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Black River Technical College is also ranked #18 out of 34 schools in Arkansas.
If you are worried about getting into Black River Technical College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
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 Black River Technical College, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Black River Technical College is 63%. This is higher 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 Black River Technical College this rate is 53%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,350 undergraduates at Black River Technical College with 768 being full-time and 582 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 Black River Technical 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 Black River Technical College, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $4,215 a year. That adds up to $16,860 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Black River Technical College is 6.8%. 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 Black River Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1410 Hwy 304 East, Pocahontas, AR 72455 |
| Phone: | 870-248-4000 |
| Website: | www.blackrivertech.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, 963 students took at least one online class at Black River Technical College. This is an increase from the 876 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 963 | 486 |
| 2019-2020 | 876 | 369 |
| 2018-2019 | 608 | 195 |
| 2017-2018 | 749 | 162 |
| 2016-2017 | 750 | 177 |
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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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