by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Columbus Technical College was awarded 184 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mechanic & repair tech (other).
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Columbus Technical College is ranked #540 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Columbus Technical College is also ranked #8 out of 68 schools in Georgia.
If you are worried about getting into Columbus 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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Columbus Technical 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.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Columbus Technical College is 50%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 45% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Columbus Technical College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,999 undergraduates at Columbus Technical College with 944 being full-time and 2,055 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 Columbus Technical College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Columbus Technical College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $4,400 a year. That adds up to $17,600 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Columbus Technical College is 7.5%. 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 Columbus Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 928 Manchester Expressway, Columbus, GA 31904-6572 |
| Phone: | 706-649-1800 |
| Website: | www.columbustech.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 2,032 students took at least one online class at Columbus Technical College. This is a decrease from the 2,112 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,032 | 887 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,112 | 1,108 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,597 | 344 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,352 | 318 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,123 | 312 |
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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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