by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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 46 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.
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College Factual ranked Great Basin College as #1,597 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Great Basin College held the #1,805 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 9 colleges in Nevada, Great Basin College is ranked at #7.
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.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Great Basin College, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 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 Great Basin College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Great Basin College is 3%. That's 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,578 | $8,336 | $10,132 | $11,165 | $12,288 |
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 16% of students took out student loans averaging $6,183 a year. That adds up to $24,732 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Great Basin College is 8.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 23 | $72,244 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 16 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 16 | $50,695 |
| Engineering-Related Technologies | 8 | NA |
| General Biology | 8 | NA |
| General English Literature | 7 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 6 | NA |
| General Social Sciences | 3 | NA |
| Design & Applied Arts | 3 | NA |
| Natural Resource Management | 2 | 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 2020-2021, 3,357 students took at least one online class at Great Basin College. This is a decrease from the 3,616 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,357 | 3,174 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,616 | 3,342 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,290 | 2,638 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,855 | 2,194 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,669 | 2,023 |
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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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