by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Glendale Community College was awarded 19 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice studies.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Glendale Community College is ranked #891 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Glendale Community College held the #1,085 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Glendale Community College also holds the #15 spot on the Best Colleges in Arizona ranking.
Since Glendale 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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Glendale Community 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.
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 Glendale 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 Glendale Community College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 14,374 undergraduates at Glendale Community College with 4,133 being full-time and 10,241 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,765 | $10,211 | $12,179 | $14,710 | $16,231 |
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 Glendale 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 Glendale Community College, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $3,468 a year. That adds up to $13,872 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Glendale Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6000 W Olive Ave, Glendale, AZ 85302 |
| Phone: | 623-845-3000 |
| Website: | www.gccaz.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Fine & Studio Arts | 817 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 633 | NA |
| Nursing | 179 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 142 | NA |
| Natural Sciences | 139 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 115 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 106 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 97 | NA |
| General Physical Sciences | 90 | NA |
| Behavioral Science | 87 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 1,577 students took at least one online class at Glendale Community College. This is a decrease from the 8,246 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,577 | 603 |
| 2021-2022 | 8,246 | 3,624 |
| 2020-2021 | 10,666 | 5,349 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,430 | 1,321 |
Learn more about online learning at Glendale Community 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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