by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College was awarded 102 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, OCtech is ranked #1,602 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when OCtech held the #1,762 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
OCtech is also ranked #24 out of 44 schools in South Carolina.
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Orangeburg Calhoun 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.
The student to faculty ratio at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College is 50%. This is comparable to 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 Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,257 undergraduates at OCtech with 646 being full-time and 1,611 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,258 | $5,069 | $5,804 | $7,794 | $12,782 |
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 OCtech, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At OCtech, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $3,515 a year. That adds up to $14,060 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at OCtech is 14.1%. 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 OCtech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3250 Saint Matthews Rd, Orangeburg, SC 29118-8299 |
| Phone: | 803-536-0311 |
| Website: | www.octech.edu/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 1,799 students took at least one online class at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College. This is a decrease from the 1,893 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,799 | 892 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,893 | 1,127 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,002 | 288 |
| 2017-2018 | 951 | 247 |
| 2016-2017 | 815 | 216 |
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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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