by our College Data Analytics Team
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State Technical College of Missouri was awarded 126 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is welding technology/welder.
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STC landed the #646 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. This is an improvement over the previous year, when STC held the #765 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 48 colleges in Missouri, STC is ranked at #14.
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As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into State Technical College of Missouri 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 at State Technical College of Missouri is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 State Technical College of Missouri is 76%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 89% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like State Technical College of Missouri enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,756 undergraduates at STC with 1,544 being full-time and 212 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,273 | $10,279 | $13,170 | $15,308 | $15,574 |
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 STC, 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 STC, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $5,406 a year. That adds up to $21,624 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at STC is 4.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for STC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Technology Drive, Linn, MO 65051-9607 |
| Phone: | 573-897-5000 |
| Website: | https://www.statetechmo.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, 516 students took at least one online class at State Technical College of Missouri. This is an increase from the 373 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 516 | 28 |
| 2019-2020 | 373 | 19 |
| 2018-2019 | 353 | 44 |
| 2017-2018 | 332 | 25 |
| 2016-2017 | 248 | 20 |
Learn more about online learning at State Technical College of Missouri.
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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