by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Central Ohio Technical College was awarded 12 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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COTC is ranked #981 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when COTC held the #1,312 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 91 colleges in Ohio, COTC is ranked at #32.
Since Central Ohio Technical College 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.
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 Central Ohio 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.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Central Ohio Technical College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 18% for first-time, full-time students at COTC, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Central Ohio Technical College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,029 undergraduates at COTC with 598 being full-time and 2,431 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,030 | $9,947 | $10,532 | $12,824 | $14,135 |
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 COTC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At COTC, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $4,729 a year. That adds up to $18,916 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for COTC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1179 University Drive, Newark, OH 43055-1767 |
| Phone: | 740-366-1351 |
| Website: | www.cotc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 150 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 98 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 81 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 43 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 41 | NA |
| Human Services | 28 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 20 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 17 | NA |
| Computer Programming | 11 | NA |
| Information Technology | 11 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,215 students took at least one online class at Central Ohio Technical College. This is an increase from the 1,019 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,215 | 556 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,019 | 346 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,310 | 438 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,125 | 335 |
Learn more about online learning at Central Ohio Technical 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.
References
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