by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
Queensborough Community College was awarded 411 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice.
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QCC is ranked #1,273 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 QCC held the #1,373 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
QCC also holds the #79 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Queensborough Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
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 Queensborough Community College, this ratio is 16 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 Queensborough Community College is 53%. 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 Queensborough Community College this rate is 59%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 12,405 undergraduates at QCC with 7,497 being full-time and 4,908 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,866 | $6,066 | $8,656 | $10,835 | $12,334 |
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 QCC, 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 QCC, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $5,057 a year. That adds up to $20,228 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at QCC is 5.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for QCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 222-05 56Th Ave, Bayside, NY 11364-1497 |
| Phone: | 718-631-6262 |
| Website: | www.qcc.cuny.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, 8,931 students took at least one online class at Queensborough Community College. This is a decrease from the 12,328 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 8,931 | 2,456 |
| 2019-2020 | 12,328 | 12,325 |
| 2018-2019 | 262 | 11 |
| 2017-2018 | 320 | 17 |
| 2016-2017 | 219 | 26 |
Learn more about online learning at Queensborough 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.
References
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