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.
Hudson Valley Community College was awarded 252 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is electrical & power transmission installers.
Explore the best ranked schools for the programs you are most interested in.
HVCC landed the #1,578 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.
HVCC is also ranked #101 out of 142 schools in New York.
See all of the rankings for Hudson Valley Community College.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Hudson Valley Community College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Hudson Valley Community College, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Hudson Valley Community College is 45%. This is comparable to 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 Hudson Valley Community College this rate is 57%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,933 undergraduates at HVCC with 4,545 being full-time and 4,388 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,419 | $7,021 | $10,202 | $12,133 | $13,251 |
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 HVCC, 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 HVCC, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $4,490 a year. That adds up to $17,960 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at HVCC is 8.4%. 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.
Get more details about paying for Hudson Valley Community College.
See which majors at Hudson Valley Community College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Hudson Valley Community College.
Contact details for HVCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 80 Vandenburgh Ave, Troy, NY 12180 |
| Phone: | 518-629-4822 |
| Website: | www.hvcc.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, 5,558 students took at least one online class at Hudson Valley Community College. This is a decrease from the 7,504 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,558 | 2,311 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,504 | 5,429 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,365 | 1,213 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,448 | 1,158 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,633 | 1,655 |
Learn more about online learning at Hudson Valley 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.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.