by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Nassau Community College was awarded 54 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health & medical assisting services.
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Nassau Community College is ranked #426 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Nassau Community College held the #981 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 136 colleges in New York, Nassau Community College is ranked at #43.
If you are worried about getting into Nassau Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
With a student to faculty ratio of 17 to 1, Nassau 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.
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 Nassau Community College is 45%. This is comparable to 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 Nassau Community College is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,864 undergraduates at Nassau Community College with 7,594 being full-time and 6,270 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,240 | $4,020 | $8,048 | $10,768 | $12,211 |
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 Nassau Community College, 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 Nassau Community College, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $5,191 a year. That adds up to $20,764 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Nassau Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Education Dr, Garden City, NY 11530-6793 |
| Phone: | 516-572-7501 |
| Website: | www.ncc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 1,020 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 176 | NA |
| Nursing | 167 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 145 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 81 | NA |
| Marketing | 57 | NA |
| Legal Support Services | 52 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 46 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 45 | NA |
| Accounting | 39 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 7,463 students took at least one online class at Nassau Community College. This is a decrease from the 10,780 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 7,463 | 3,837 |
| 2021-2022 | 10,780 | 6,958 |
| 2020-2021 | 13,301 | 12,117 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,839 | 741 |
Learn more about online learning at Nassau 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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