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.
William Rainey Harper College was awarded 442 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Harper College is ranked #512 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Harper College held the #647 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 85 colleges in Illinois, Harper College is ranked at #22.
If you are worried about getting into William Rainey Harper 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 William Rainey Harper College is about average at 16 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 William Rainey Harper College is 33%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 74% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like William Rainey Harper College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 12,199 undergraduates at Harper College with 4,405 being full-time and 7,794 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,504 | $6,398 | $9,346 | $11,784 | $12,836 |
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 Harper 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 Harper College, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $4,807 a year. That adds up to $19,228 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Harper College is 7.8%. 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 Harper College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1200 W Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IL 60067-7398 |
| Phone: | 847-925-6000 |
| Website: | https://www.harpercollege.edu/index.php |
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, 8,553 students took at least one online class at William Rainey Harper College. This is a decrease from the 10,549 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 8,553 | 4,919 |
| 2019-2020 | 10,549 | 8,444 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,022 | 902 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,676 | 865 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,586 | 839 |
Learn more about online learning at William Rainey Harper 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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