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Luna Community College was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Luna 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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Luna 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.
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 Luna Community College is 37%. This is lower 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 Luna Community College this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 720 undergraduates at Luna Community College with 253 being full-time and 467 being part-time.
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 Luna Community College, 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 Luna Community College, approximately 5% of students took out student loans averaging $2,741 a year. That adds up to $10,964 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Luna Community College is 25.0%. 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 Luna Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 336 Luna Drive, Las Vegas, NM 87701 |
| Phone: | 505-454-2500 |
| Website: | www.luna.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, 452 students took at least one online class at Luna Community College. This is an increase from the 312 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 452 | 193 |
| 2019-2020 | 312 | 109 |
| 2018-2019 | 250 | 93 |
| 2017-2018 | 160 | 62 |
| 2016-2017 | 250 | 92 |
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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