by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Harford Community College was awarded 104 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is medical/clinical assistant.
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Harford Community College is ranked #1,431 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Harford Community College held the #1,569 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 36 colleges in Maryland, Harford Community College is ranked at #29.
If you are worried about getting into Harford 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 at Harford Community College is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 Harford Community College is 33%. 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 Harford Community College is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,256 undergraduates at Harford Community College with 1,750 being full-time and 3,506 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,071 | $6,512 | $8,370 | $11,225 | $11,394 |
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 Harford 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 Harford Community College, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $5,697 a year. That adds up to $22,788 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Harford Community College is 8.8%. 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 Harford Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 401 Thomas Run Rd, Bel Air, MD 21015-1698 |
| Phone: | 443-412-2000 |
| Website: | www.harford.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, 3,247 students took at least one online class at Harford Community College. This is a decrease from the 4,803 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,247 | 1,456 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,803 | 4,158 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,413 | 865 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,292 | 770 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,213 | 635 |
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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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