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Delaware County Community College was awarded 238 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.
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College Factual ranked Delaware County Community College as #1,352 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Delaware County Community College held the #1,411 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Delaware County Community College is also ranked #77 out of 109 schools in Pennsylvania.
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As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Delaware County Community College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Delaware County 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 Delaware County Community College is 29%. This is lower 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 Delaware County Community College this rate is 55%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,989 undergraduates at Delaware County Community College with 2,478 being full-time and 7,511 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,659 | $10,011 | $11,836 | $14,797 | $14,909 |
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 Delaware County 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 Delaware County Community College, approximately 51% of students took out student loans averaging $6,690 a year. That adds up to $26,760 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Delaware County Community College is 9.9%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for Delaware County Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 901 S Media Line Rd, Media, PA 19063-1094 |
| Phone: | 610-359-5000 |
| Website: | www.dccc.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, 7,176 students took at least one online class at Delaware County Community College. This is a decrease from the 9,438 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 7,176 | 3,926 |
| 2019-2020 | 9,438 | 9,242 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,216 | 1,781 |
| 2017-2018 | 4,030 | 1,655 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,150 | 1,134 |
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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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