by our College Data Analytics Team
In 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.
Nunez Community College was awarded 16 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is industrial technology.
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Nunez Community College landed the #1,426 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 Nunez Community College held the #1,771 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 29 colleges in Louisiana, Nunez Community College is ranked at #10.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Nunez 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 at Nunez Community College is 20 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
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 Nunez Community College is 37%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 46% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Nunez Community College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,166 undergraduates at Nunez Community College with 790 being full-time and 1,376 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,405 | $9,986 | $11,354 | $12,091 | $11,915 |
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 Nunez Community College, 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 Nunez Community College, approximately 34% of students took out student loans averaging $5,512 a year. That adds up to $22,048 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Nunez Community College is 19.7%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Get more details about the location of Nunez Community College.
Contact details for Nunez Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3710 Paris Rd, Chalmette, LA 70043 |
| Phone: | 504-278-6467 |
| Website: | www.nunez.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, 1,289 students took at least one online class at Nunez Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,489 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,289 | 662 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,489 | 636 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,154 | 427 |
| 2017-2018 | 993 | 320 |
| 2016-2017 | 899 | 229 |
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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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