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.
Estrella Mountain Community College was awarded 26 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health & medical assisting services.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Estrella Mountain Community College is ranked #1,170 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Estrella Mountain Community College held the #1,549 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Estrella Mountain Community College is also ranked #19 out of 26 schools in Arizona.
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Since Estrella Mountain Community College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
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 Estrella Mountain Community College, this ratio is 17 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 Estrella Mountain Community College is 100%. 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 Estrella Mountain Community College is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,768 undergraduates at Estrella Mountain Community College with 2,681 being full-time and 6,087 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 Estrella Mountain Community College, 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 Estrella Mountain Community College, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $2,972 a year. That adds up to $11,888 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Estrella Mountain Community College is 9.0%. 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 Estrella Mountain Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3000 N Dysart Rd, Avondale, AZ 85392-1000 |
| Phone: | 623-935-8000 |
| Website: | www.estrellamountain.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, 5,775 students took at least one online class at Estrella Mountain Community College. This is a decrease from the 7,477 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,775 | 3,096 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,477 | 4,279 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,606 | 1,261 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,258 | 1,090 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,948 | 958 |
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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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