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.
Great Basin College was awarded 20 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology.
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College Factual ranked Great Basin College as #1,088 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Great Basin College held the #1,597 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Great Basin College also holds the #4 spot on the Best Colleges in Nevada ranking.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Great Basin College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
With a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1, Great Basin 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 Great Basin College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 38% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Great Basin College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 13% for first-time, full-time students at Great Basin College, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,772 undergraduates at Great Basin College with 1,062 being full-time and 2,710 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,899 | $7,079 | $9,050 | $10,395 | $12,318 |
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 Great Basin 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 Great Basin College, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $5,955 a year. That adds up to $23,820 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Great Basin College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1500 College Parkway, Elko, NV 89801 |
| Phone: | 775-327-2228 |
| Website: | www.gbcnv.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 94 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 90 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 56 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 56 | NA |
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 55 | NA |
| Nursing | 55 | $70,512 |
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance | 52 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 51 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 39 | $64,807 |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 36 | 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, 3,165 students took at least one online class at Great Basin College. This is a decrease from the 3,357 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 3,165 | 2,998 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,357 | 3,174 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,616 | 3,342 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,855 | 2,194 |
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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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