by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
Norwalk Community College was awarded 183 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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NCC is ranked #1,350 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when NCC held the #1,837 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
NCC is also ranked #18 out of 28 schools in Connecticut.
If you are worried about getting into Norwalk 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 18 to 1, Norwalk 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 Norwalk Community College is 31%. 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 Norwalk Community College this rate is 59%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,420 undergraduates at NCC with 1,424 being full-time and 2,996 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,460 | $6,861 | $7,449 | $12,335 | $12,189 |
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 NCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
The student loan default rate at NCC is 13.0%. 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 NCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 188 Richards Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06854 |
| Phone: | 203-857-7000 |
| Website: | https://norwalk.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, 2,484 students took at least one online class at Norwalk Community College. This is a decrease from the 4,324 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,484 | 883 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,324 | 3,650 |
| 2018-2019 | 893 | 241 |
| 2017-2018 | 854 | 198 |
| 2016-2017 | 889 | 213 |
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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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