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Highland Community College landed the #2,121 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.
Highland Community College is also ranked #45 out of 47 schools in Kansas.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Highland Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Highland Community College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Highland Community College is 96%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 39% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Highland Community College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,700 undergraduates at Highland Community College with 932 being full-time and 1,768 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,605 | $4,798 | $7,682 | $9,055 | $8,990 |
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 Highland 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 Highland Community College, approximately 82% of students took out student loans averaging $3,128 a year. That adds up to $12,512 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Highland Community College is 18.4%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Contact details for Highland Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 606 W Main, Highland, KS 66035-4165 |
| Phone: | 785-442-6000 |
| Website: | www.highlandcc.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, 1,380 students took at least one online class at Highland Community College. This is an increase from the 1,377 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,380 | 770 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,377 | 786 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,237 | 778 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,353 | 848 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,353 | 841 |
Learn more about online learning at Highland 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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