by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Midlands Technical College was awarded 437 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is electrical, electronic & communications engineering technology.
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College Factual ranked MTC as #1,503 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when MTC held the #1,525 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
MTC is also ranked #21 out of 44 schools in South Carolina.
Midlands Technical College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
With a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1, Midlands Technical 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 Midlands Technical College is 40%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 49% rate at Midlands Technical College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,794 undergraduates at MTC with 3,770 being full-time and 5,024 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,010 | $4,296 | $6,477 | $7,478 | $7,199 |
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 MTC, 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 MTC, approximately 18% of students took out student loans averaging $4,823 a year. That adds up to $19,292 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at MTC is 10.0%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for MTC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1260 Lexington Drive, West Columbia, SC 29170-2176 |
| Phone: | 803-738-8324 |
| Website: | https://www.midlandstech.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, 6,599 students took at least one online class at Midlands Technical College. This is a decrease from the 7,756 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 6,599 | 3,185 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,756 | 4,169 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,051 | 651 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,904 | 678 |
| 2016-2017 | 4,725 | 1,095 |
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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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