by our College Data Analytics Team
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Gateway Community and Technical College was awarded 30 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is precision metal working.
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Gateway landed the #1,621 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Gateway held the #1,992 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 39 colleges in Kentucky, Gateway is ranked at #19.
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Since Gateway Community and Technical 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 at Gateway Community and Technical College is about average at 18 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 Gateway Community and Technical College is 92%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Gateway Community and Technical College has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. 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 4,299 undergraduates at Gateway with 1,151 being full-time and 3,148 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,100 | $6,252 | $8,116 | $9,314 | $11,667 |
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 Gateway, 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 Gateway, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $3,660 a year. That adds up to $14,640 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Gateway are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 500 Technology Way, Florence, KY 41042 |
| Phone: | 859-441-4500 |
| Website: | https://gateway.kctcs.edu/index.aspx |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Information Systems | 479 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 461 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 396 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 363 | NA |
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 262 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 261 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 252 | NA |
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance | 116 | NA |
| Ground Transportation | 105 | NA |
| Nursing | 91 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 3,015 students took at least one online class at Gateway Community and Technical College. This is an increase from the 2,510 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,015 | 1,664 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,510 | 1,467 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,514 | 1,415 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,755 | 801 |
Learn more about online learning at Gateway Community and Technical College.
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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