by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
John Wood Community College was awarded 47 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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John Wood Community College is ranked #1,469 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when John Wood Community College held the #1,546 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
John Wood Community College also holds the #67 spot on the Best Colleges in Illinois ranking.
Since John Wood Community College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
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 John Wood Community College, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 John Wood Community College is 29%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at John Wood Community College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,881 undergraduates at John Wood Community College with 890 being full-time and 991 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,696 | $4,867 | $8,107 | $10,140 | $8,794 |
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 John Wood 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 John Wood Community College, approximately 23% of students took out student loans averaging $3,814 a year. That adds up to $15,256 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at John Wood Community College is 13.6%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for John Wood Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1301 S 48Th Street, Quincy, IL 62305-8736 |
| Phone: | 217-224-6500 |
| Website: | www.jwcc.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, 1,194 students took at least one online class at John Wood Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,396 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,194 | 489 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,396 | 493 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,135 | 324 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,150 | 339 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,113 | 310 |
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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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