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Gateway Community College was awarded 264 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.
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College Factual ranked Gateway Community College as #1,115 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 28 colleges in Connecticut, Gateway Community College is ranked at #15.
If you are worried about getting into Gateway Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio at Gateway Community College is about average at 14 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.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Gateway Community College is 21%. This is lower 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 Gateway Community College this rate is 57%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,003 undergraduates at Gateway Community College with 1,902 being full-time and 4,101 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,938 | $6,982 | $7,450 | $9,271 | $12,907 |
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 Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Gateway Community College, approximately 1% of students took out student loans averaging $3,813 a year. That adds up to $15,252 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Gateway Community College is 10.5%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for Gateway Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 20 Church Street, New Haven, CT 06510 |
| Phone: | 203-285-2000 |
| Website: | www.gatewayct.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 4,923 students took at least one online class at Gateway Community College. This is a decrease from the 5,857 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,923 | 3,525 |
| 2019-2020 | 5,857 | 5,267 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,103 | 285 |
| 2017-2018 | 979 | 219 |
| 2016-2017 | 821 | 195 |
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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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