by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Iowa Central Community College was awarded 81 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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College Factual ranked Iowa Central Community College as #1,041 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 Iowa Central Community College held the #1,099 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 40 colleges in Iowa, Iowa Central Community College is ranked at #21.
If you are worried about getting into Iowa Central 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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1, Iowa Central 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.
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 Iowa Central Community College is 100%. This is higher than 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 Iowa Central Community College this rate is 55%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,704 undergraduates at Iowa Central Community College with 2,341 being full-time and 2,363 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,872 | $7,776 | $10,419 | $11,945 | $11,341 |
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 Iowa Central Community College, 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 Iowa Central Community College, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $5,164 a year. That adds up to $20,656 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Iowa Central Community College is 16.6%. 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 Iowa Central Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Triton Circle, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 |
| Phone: | 515-576-7201 |
| Website: | www.iowacentral.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, 1,314 students took at least one online class at Iowa Central Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,543 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,314 | 458 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,543 | 662 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,357 | 688 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,537 | 825 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,888 | 1,003 |
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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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