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Mt. Hood Community College was awarded 187 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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College Factual ranked MHCC as #899 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 MHCC held the #1,779 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 30 colleges in Oregon, MHCC is ranked at #12.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Mt. Hood 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.
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 Mt. Hood Community College, this ratio is 17 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 Mt. Hood Community College is 41%. 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 Mt. Hood Community College this rate is 53%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,812 undergraduates at MHCC with 2,405 being full-time and 4,407 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,206 | $4,681 | $7,684 | $10,338 | $11,060 |
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 MHCC, 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 MHCC, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $2,043 a year. That adds up to $8,172 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at MHCC is 13.3%. 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 MHCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 26000 Se Stark St, Gresham, OR 97030 |
| Phone: | 503-491-6422 |
| Website: | www.mhcc.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, 2,379 students took at least one online class at Mt. Hood Community College. This is a decrease from the 2,674 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,379 | 464 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,674 | 588 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,117 | 566 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,996 | 643 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,990 | 673 |
Learn more about online learning at Mt. Hood 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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