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Florence-Darlington Technical College was awarded 423 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is dental hygiene/hygienist.
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College Factual ranked Florence-Darlington Technical College as #1,663 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 Florence-Darlington Technical College held the #1,831 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 44 colleges in South Carolina, Florence-Darlington Technical College is ranked at #26.
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Florence-Darlington Technical College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Florence-Darlington 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.
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 Florence-Darlington Technical College is 52%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 47% rate at Florence-Darlington Technical College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,315 undergraduates at Florence-Darlington Technical College with 1,259 being full-time and 2,056 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,885 | $1,244 | $1,958 | $4,970 | $5,033 |
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 Florence-Darlington Technical 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 Florence-Darlington Technical College, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $3,548 a year. That adds up to $14,192 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Florence-Darlington Technical College is 14.0%. 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 Florence-Darlington Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2715 W. Lucas Street, Florence, SC 29501-0548 |
| Phone: | 843-661-8324 |
| Website: | https://www.fdtc.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, 1,859 students took at least one online class at Florence-Darlington Technical College. This is a decrease from the 2,606 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,859 | 996 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,606 | 1,467 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,758 | 588 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,102 | 684 |
| 2016-2017 | 4,308 | 2,592 |
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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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