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Greenfield Community College landed the #2,138 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Greenfield Community College held the #2,170 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
If you are worried about getting into Greenfield 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 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 Greenfield 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.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Greenfield Community College is 39%. 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 Greenfield Community College this rate is 58%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,620 undergraduates at Greenfield Community College with 438 being full-time and 1,182 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,379 | $9,022 | $9,553 | $12,393 | $13,495 |
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 Greenfield Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Greenfield Community College, approximately 14% of students took out student loans averaging $3,430 a year. That adds up to $13,720 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Greenfield Community College is 11.7%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Greenfield Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One College Dr, Greenfield, MA 01301-9739 |
| Phone: | 413-775-1000 |
| Website: | www.gcc.mass.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 1,081 students took at least one online class at Greenfield Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,454 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,081 | 694 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,454 | 1,454 |
| 2018-2019 | 230 | 230 |
| 2017-2018 | 591 | 203 |
| 2016-2017 | 507 | 181 |
Learn more about online learning at Greenfield 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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