by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Great Bay Community College was awarded 15 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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Great Bay Community College is ranked #2,067 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 17 colleges in New Hampshire, Great Bay Community College is ranked at #17.
Great Bay Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Great Bay Community College it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Great Bay Community College is 22%. This is lower 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 Great Bay Community College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,565 undergraduates at Great Bay Community College with 458 being full-time and 1,107 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,167 | $18,551 | $18,794 | $18,794 | $18,794 |
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 Bay Community College, 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 Great Bay Community College, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $5,241 a year. That adds up to $20,964 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Great Bay Community College is 9.0%. 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 Bay Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 320 Corporate Drive, Portsmouth, NH 03801-2879 |
| Phone: | 603-427-7600 |
| Website: | https://www.greatbay.edu/ |
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 2020-2021, 1,332 students took at least one online class at Great Bay Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,426 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,332 | 846 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,426 | 1,080 |
| 2018-2019 | 469 | 131 |
| 2017-2018 | 439 | 124 |
| 2016-2017 | 493 | 120 |
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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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