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McDowell Technical Community College landed the #2,070 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 McDowell Technical Community College held the #2,151 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
McDowell Technical Community College is also ranked #88 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that McDowell Technical Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at McDowell Technical Community College it is much better at 7 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 McDowell Technical Community College is 31%. 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 McDowell Technical Community College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,048 undergraduates at McDowell Technical Community College with 270 being full-time and 778 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 McDowell Technical Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
The student loan default rate at McDowell Technical Community College is 13.1%. 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 McDowell Technical Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 54 College Drive, Marion, NC 28752-8728 |
| Phone: | 828-652-6021 |
| Website: | https://www.mcdowelltech.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, 518 students took at least one online class at McDowell Technical Community College. This is a decrease from the 953 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 518 | 315 |
| 2019-2020 | 953 | 625 |
| 2018-2019 | 570 | 151 |
| 2017-2018 | 522 | 128 |
| 2016-2017 | 510 | 155 |
Learn more about online learning at McDowell Technical Community 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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