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.
Colby Community College was awarded 14 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Colby Community College is ranked #1,280 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Colby Community College held the #1,786 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Colby Community College is also ranked #18 out of 47 schools in Kansas.
If you are worried about getting into Colby 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 13 to 1, Colby 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 Colby Community College is 92%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Colby Community College is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,327 undergraduates at Colby Community College with 581 being full-time and 746 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,828 | $7,083 | $10,241 | $12,563 | $12,519 |
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 Colby 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 Colby Community College, approximately 24% of students took out student loans averaging $4,753 a year. That adds up to $19,012 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Colby Community College is 8.1%. 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 Colby Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1255 S Range, Colby, KS 67701 |
| Phone: | 785-462-3984 |
| Website: | www.colbycc.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, 763 students took at least one online class at Colby Community College. This is an increase from the 724 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 763 | 452 |
| 2019-2020 | 724 | 431 |
| 2018-2019 | 816 | 451 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,412 | 435 |
| 2016-2017 | 977 | 661 |
Learn more about online learning at Colby 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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