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.
Edgecombe Community College was awarded 72 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & medical administrative services.
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Edgecombe Community College is ranked #1,518 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 Edgecombe Community College held the #1,890 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 93 colleges in North Carolina, Edgecombe Community College is ranked at #51.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Edgecombe 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 measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Edgecombe Community College it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Edgecombe Community College is 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Edgecombe Community College has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,459 undergraduates at Edgecombe Community College with 362 being full-time and 1,097 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 Edgecombe Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
The student loan default rate at Edgecombe Community College is 13.1%. 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 Edgecombe Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2009 W Wilson St, Tarboro, NC 27886 |
| Phone: | 252-823-5166 |
| Website: | www.edgecombe.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, 1,075 students took at least one online class at Edgecombe Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,319 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,075 | 620 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,319 | 1,122 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,072 | 620 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,437 | 795 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,394 | 717 |
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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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