by our College Data Analytics Team
College 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.
Garden City Community College was awarded 244 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Garden City Community College is ranked #840 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Garden City Community College held the #1,155 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 47 colleges in Kansas, Garden City Community College is ranked at #9.
Garden City Community 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.
The student to faculty ratio at Garden City Community College is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 Garden City Community College is 100%. 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 Garden City Community College this rate is 58%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,868 undergraduates at Garden City Community College with 798 being full-time and 1,070 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,934 | $4,632 | $6,537 | $8,493 | $8,021 |
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 Garden City 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 Garden City Community College, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $4,378 a year. That adds up to $17,512 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Garden City Community College is 4.7%. 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 Garden City Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 801 Campus Dr, Garden City, KS 67846-6333 |
| Phone: | 620-276-7611 |
| Website: | www.gcccks.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, 1,034 students took at least one online class at Garden City Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,249 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,034 | 431 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,249 | 399 |
| 2018-2019 | 785 | 254 |
| 2017-2018 | 661 | 188 |
| 2016-2017 | 714 | 174 |
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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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