by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
Chattanooga State Community College was awarded 181 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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Chattanooga State Community College is ranked #1,221 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 Chattanooga State Community College held the #1,293 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Chattanooga State Community College is also ranked #23 out of 45 schools in Tennessee.
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If you are worried about getting into Chattanooga State Community 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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Chattanooga State 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.
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 Chattanooga State Community College is 45%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 48% rate at Chattanooga State Community College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,452 undergraduates at Chattanooga State Community College with 3,404 being full-time and 4,048 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,607 | $6,153 | $7,930 | $10,502 | $11,124 |
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 Chattanooga State Community College, 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 Chattanooga State Community College, approximately 11% of students took out student loans averaging $4,807 a year. That adds up to $19,228 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Chattanooga State Community College is 13.3%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Chattanooga State Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4501 Amnicola Hwy, Chattanooga, TN 37406-1097 |
| Phone: | 423-697-4400 |
| Website: | https://www.chattanoogastate.edu/ |
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 2020-2021, 3,425 students took at least one online class at Chattanooga State Community College. This is a decrease from the 7,070 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,425 | 1,886 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,070 | 6,156 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,056 | 1,217 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,251 | 1,219 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,123 | 1,126 |
Learn more about online learning at Chattanooga State 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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