by our College Data Analytics Team
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Inver Hills Community College was awarded 138 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is legal professions.
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College Factual ranked IHCC as #1,079 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when IHCC held the #1,395 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
IHCC is also ranked #47 out of 52 schools in Minnesota.
Inver Hills Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
At Inver Hills Community College, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Inver Hills Community College is 53%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 47% rate at Inver Hills Community College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,071 undergraduates at IHCC with 1,515 being full-time and 2,556 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,188 | $9,407 | $11,685 | $14,577 | $15,181 |
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 IHCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At IHCC, approximately 19% of students took out student loans averaging $4,261 a year. That adds up to $17,044 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at IHCC is 6.9%. 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 IHCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2500 80Th St E, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076-3224 |
| Phone: | 651-450-3000 |
| Website: | https://www.inverhills.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 2,911 students took at least one online class at Inver Hills Community College. This is a decrease from the 3,448 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,911 | 2,094 |
| 2019-2020 | 3,448 | 3,264 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,965 | 860 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,072 | 877 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,061 | 904 |
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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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