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Manhattan Area Technical College was awarded 1 badge in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is clinical/medical laboratory science.
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Out of the 47 colleges in Kansas, MATC is ranked at #29.
MATC was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Manhattan Area Technical 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.
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 Manhattan Area Technical College, this ratio is 15 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 Manhattan Area Technical College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 76% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Manhattan Area Technical College 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 842 undergraduates at MATC with 279 being full-time and 563 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,864 | $13,379 | $14,835 | $15,819 | $16,901 |
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 MATC, 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 MATC, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $5,447 a year. That adds up to $21,788 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at MATC is 6.8%. 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 MATC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3136 Dickens Ave, Manhattan, KS 66503-2499 |
| Phone: | 785-587-2800 |
| Website: | https://manhattantech.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, 159 students took at least one online class at Manhattan Area Technical College. This is the same number of students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 159 | 5 |
| 2019-2020 | 159 | 7 |
| 2018-2019 | 147 | 12 |
| 2017-2018 | 170 | 22 |
| 2016-2017 | 152 | 17 |
Learn more about online learning at Manhattan Area Technical College.
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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